1945. The vote in the House of Lords as to who should
inherit the Barrington family fortune has ended in a tie. The Lord Chancellor’s
deciding vote will cast a long shadow on the lives of Harry Clifton and Giles
Barrington. Harry returns to America to promote his latest novel, while his
beloved Emma goes in search of the little girl who was found abandoned in her
father’s office on the night he was killed. When the General Election is
called, Giles Barrington has to defend his seat in the House of Commons and is
horrified to discover who the Conservatives select to stand against him. But it
is Sebastian Clifton, Harry and Emma’s son, who ultimately influences his
uncle’s fate. In 1957, Sebastian wins a scholarship to Cambridge, and a new
generation of the Clifton family march onto the page. After Sebastian is
expelled from school, he unwittingly becomes caught up in an international art
fraud involving a Rodin statue that is worth far more than the sum it raises at
auction. Does he become a millionaire? Does he go to Cambridge? Is his life in
danger? Best Kept Secret will answer all these questions, but once again, pose
so many more.
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