Just finished The House at Riverton ready for Reading Group on Friday night. A delicious family saga which opens up like a Terry's chocolate orange at the end. Some of the 'secrets' contained in the plot are not so subtle, more like lumbering great elephants hurtling towards you over the hill, but that is OK, it helps the poor reader to think, "oh I saw that one coming." Reading the opening 30 or 40 pages I thought I had picked up Atonement again...set in a large country house, with a lake, in the early 20th century, a group of children rehearsing a play, a visitor who becomes pivotal to the story...heigh ho, the story soon picked up pace and overall was a pleasure to read.
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