Books like The secret keeper by Kate Morton

In an elite New England college, a charismatic classics professor lures a group of eccentric students into obsessive study, leading them from intellectual curiosity to corruption, betrayal, and ultimately murder.

A young bride, the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter, arrives at Manderley on the Cornish coast and finds her new home haunted by the memory and housekeeper’s obsession with her mysterious, stylish predecessor—Rebecca.

In January 1946, London novelist Juliet Ashton receives a mysterious letter from a Guernsey native, opening a lively epistolary journey that reveals the island’s quirky community, wartime struggles and a beloved book club born of curfew-breaking escapades.

In Jeffrey Archer’s debut of The Clifton Chronicles, the life of Harry Clifton unfolds from a Bristol dockyard in 1920 through two World Wars, revealing family secrets that shape one generation’s fortunes.

When thirteen‑year‑old orphan Maria Merryweather arrives at Moonacre Manor in 1842, she discovers a village shrouded in a centuries‑old feud, a myth of a Moon Princess and a little white horse, and a destiny to restore peace to the valley.

Following the events of The Sins of the Father, the Clifton family must confront new threats and hidden agendas as they navigate marriage, career, and political ambitions in 1960s Britain.

A family’s idyllic summer party at a grand estate in Cornwall turns into a desperate search when six‑year‑old Theo vanishes, leaving the house abandoned and the siblings torn apart.

Set in 1940s London, Sarah Waters weaves a richly detailed portrait of wartime life through interlocking stories of three women and a former soldier, exploring love, duty, and survival amid air raids and social change.

James Salter's 'All that is' is a captivating and sometimes devastating labyrinth of love and ambition. A deeply intimate portrait of the emotional and physical experiences of being alive. Set during the golden decades following World War II, the book captures Salter's lifelong obsession with capturing the intimate, ephemeral spaces that all of us hold and leave behind on paper. After serving as a young officer in Okinawa during the war, Philip Bowman returns home to a small publishing house in New York. The frenetic social scene of New York in the post-war era is a backdrop for the story, where Bowman feels at home. However, his enduring love seems to elude him. When he meets a woman who captivates him, Bowman embarks on a journey that he never intended to take. The book is celebrated for its lyrical evocation of a post-war world imaginatively rendered and beautifully written.

A quest across time, from a lost girl on an Australian voyage to a Cornish inheritance, where a hidden garden holds Victorian secrets and a desperate search for justice reveals family history and forgotten loves.

In August 1942, Frankie Washburn returns to his Minnesota resort for one last family gathering before enlisting as a bombardier, only to confront a violent encounter with a runaway German POW that will change their lives forever.

An Oxford student interviews a 93‑year‑old London Blitz survivor, 93‑year‑old artist Isabel MacFarland, who reveals long‑kept secrets about her wartime experiences and identity.

In 1970s New York, a wealthy family's split inheritance, a rising punk scene, an obsessive magazine reporter and a Central Park shooting collide during the infamous 1977 blackout—each character’s fate changes forever.

When her father relocates to America, three sisters in Calcutta navigate family expectations, scarce resources, and growing secrets, all while teenage Asha finds refuge in her diary and unexpected friendship with a boy across the street.

When reclusive novelist Vida Winter’s health wanes, she tasks biographer Margaret Lea with revealing the truth of her life, though Margaret must sift through Winter’s penchant for exaggeration to arrive at facts.

Jake Gallegher made her want to break the rules, to flirt with the danger in his eyes--but impetuous, sexy Mallory Bennett wondered if challenging the gorgeous restaurant owner would get her kicked out... or get her kissed! Jake wanted desperately to be alone with her, to explore the powerful chemistry that sparked between them. Mallory trembled beneath the look that told her he could read her thoughts... and shivered when his touch promised he'd make her every fantasy real--but bitter experience had taught her a man might want more than her love. Her family wealth had cushioned her life, and friends had protected her from faithless lovers, now all bets were off. The more Jake learned about Mallory, the more he wanted to know, but his mysterious lady kept too many secrets. Once shed given him her body, admitted her fears, and spoken her dreams--could she finally trust him with her love?

Victorian detective Charles Lenox is drawn from his quiet study to investigate the suspicious death of a former servant in London, where a rare poison may have hidden a murder beneath an apparent suicide.

In 1938, Senator’s daughter Layla Beck is forced to leave her affluent life and work on the Federal Writers' Project, where she uncovers hidden family secrets and the true history of the West Virginia town of Macedonia.