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The Shifting Fog [also published under the alternate title The House at Riverton]

By: Kate Morton
Narrated by: Caroline Lee
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Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again.

Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken and memories, long consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge; something history has forgotten but Grace never could.

Set as the war-shattered Edwardian summer surrenders to the decadent 20s, The Shifting Fog is a thrilling mystery and a compelling love story.

An alternate title for this novel is The House at Riverton.

©2006 Kate Morton (P)2006 Kate Morton Historical Fiction
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Thank you Kate for another brilliant novel and to Caroline for bringing this magical piece to life.

Enthralling and utterly captivating in every sense.

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Another great story line from a fabulous author. Lots of twist and turns. Loved it.

Compelling

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Of all Kate's books I have enjoyed this one the most. I laughed, I cried, I gasped and I didn't predict the end. Great book

Enthralling

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I enjoyed this more than I can express. Kate is utterly brilliant and Caroline Lee did an incredible, sensitive job with the performance. Completely superb, I’m in tears!

Beautiful story and production

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I enjoyed listening to this audio book, I have read the hard copy of Riverton house and thought that this was a different book. I admit that I didn't read all the details and later realised that this book is the same but with a different title.
Why would it have multiple titles? I think that this is misleading. But I learned my lesson.

Overall I enjoyed it.

Misleading title

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Although I enjoyed The Shifting Fog, I prefer the other books I have read by Kate Morton, which are, in my opinion, more riveting and full of suspense.

I found the fact, that when reading, no mention was made of the end of a chapter, and this made it difficult to read a chapter at a time.

This book would appeal to anyone who is interested in life at the beginning of the 20th century; the background and characters are believable and well delineated. An enjoyable read!

Upstairs/Downstairs revisited

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This book kept me interested to the very end. Beautifully written and read. Set in the early 20th century, but told by Grace looking back at the end of her life to the events that changed the world forever. The story is fiction but the settings and background are historical fact. Thank you so much and can't wait for more.

Loved it!

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A beautiful in-depth story about life & secrets from a ladies maid’s point of view, performance was lovely. The story could have explored a few of the secrets further & the outcome of their revelations. Apart from that, a thoroughly enjoyable listen.

Exquisite detail & beautiful performance

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A slow start but had me enthralled once into the story. Well written . A great insite into the customs and felings of the 19th - 20 th century progresion

Great read

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took a bit to get into....I've listened to it 3 times.. I KNOW it's going to pick up speed and still I consider calling it quits and listening to any other of her titles....but also...I cant...I just have to plough through the flotsam till.....

a great story

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