The Forgotten Secret: A heartbreaking and gripping historical novel for fans of Kate Morton - Softcover

McGurl, Kathleen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0008330824 ISBN 13: 9780008330828

Publisher: HQ Digital, 2019

Can she unlock the mysteries of the past?

A country at war

It’s the summer of 1919 and Ellen O’Brien has her whole life ahead of her. Young, in love and leaving home for her first job, the future seems full of shining possibility. But war is brewing and before long, Ellen and everyone around her are swept up by it. As Ireland is torn apart by the turmoil, Ellen finds herself facing the ultimate test of love and loyalty.
 
A long-buried secret

A hundred years later and Clare Farrell has inherited a dilapidated old farmhouse in County Meath. Seizing the chance to escape her unhappy marriage she strikes out on her own for the first time, hoping the old building might also provide clues to her family’s shadowy history. As she sets out to put the place – and herself – back to rights, she stumbles across a long-forgotten hiding place, with a clue to a secret that has lain buried for decades.
 
For fans of Kate Morton and Gill Paul comes an unforgettable novel about two women fighting for independence.

Readers love Kathleen McGurl

‘Another fabulous dual timeline story’

‘Haunting’

‘Had me gripped from the start’

‘I literally could not turn the pages fast enough’

‘Captivating’

Book Description:

A heartbreaking and gripping historical novel for fans of Kate Morton

About the Author:

Kathleen McGurl lives near the sea in Bournemouth, UK, with her husband and elderly tabby cat. She has two sons who are now grown-up and have left home. She began her writing career creating short stories, and sold dozens to women’s magazines in the UK and Australia. Then she got side-tracked onto family history research – which led eventually to writing novels with genealogy themes. She has always been fascinated by the past, and the ways in which the past can influence the present, and enjoys exploring these links in her novels.
When not writing or working at her full-time job in IT, she likes to go out running. She also adores mountains and is never happier than when striding across the Lake District fells, following a route from a Wainwright guidebook.
You can find out more at her website: http://kathleenmcgurl.com/, or follow her on Twitter: @KathMcGurl.

• Publisher: HQ Digital
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0008330824
• ISBN 13: 9780008330828
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384