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Best Kept Secret picks up shortly after the resolution of Harry Clifton’s trial and the joyous marriage to Elizabeth Barrington, uniting their family. Harry has become a bestselling novelist, while Emma, their son Sebastian, and orphaned Jessica begin a new chapter together. Yet domestic bliss is challenged by family secrets and political manoeuvres: Emma’s brother Giles is engaged to a woman who may be more interested in the Barrington fortune than in marriage, and Sebastian lures into the temptations of unsavory friends. The plot thickens when Fisher, a villain from Harry’s past, returns with grudges against both Harry and Giles. Fisher allies with Giles’ ex‑wife to sabotage Giles’ election campaign and to sow discord within the Barrington household, while Harry and Emma must respond to a new scheme that Sebastian inadvertently joins. The narrative culminates in a crescendo of drama that sees the Clifton family’s fortunes shift dramatically in the 1960s.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Jeffrey Archer
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