The Shifting Fog

Summer is upon us here in Australia (41C for new year's eve!). So, what better time to lie around and read - any excuse I say!

I have just finished Kate Morton's The Shifting Fog. It took longer than it should of but only because I was constantly interrupted by mince pies, gin & tonics, pavlovas and children - perfect holiday mix.

The Shifting Fog was a lovely read. It ambled along with just the right amount of suspense, intrigue and romance. It was beautifully written and was basically just a very pleasant read that I would definitely recommend, especially to those with a touch of romance in their souls.

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 house-maid 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 twenties, The Shifting Fog is a thrilling mystery and a compelling love story.

Kate Morton is an Australian author (she was born in South Australia in fact) and is one of those horrible people who are beautiful and young (born in 1976), have a wonderful talent (writing) and are raising children to boot! Yes, jealousy is a curse...

I look forward to reading some of Kate Morton's other books now too. The Shifting Fog was her first published book back in 2006. The Distant Hours is next on my list of her books, but only once it is released in paperback - very hard to hold a heavy book up whilst drinking aforementioned gin & tonics and pretending to watch the children practise their bombing in the pool!

Now I have NOTHING to read - quelle horreur!!! I am currently forced to read trashy magazines which will do very nicely for a week but then I will definitely need something more substantial. Any recommendations???