The Secret Ever Keeps
by Art Tirrell (Goodreads author!)
Sign in to Goodreads to see your friends' reviews of this book.
discuss this book
friend reviews (0)
To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
lists with this book
Where's the love? Add this book to your favorite list.
other reviews (showing 1-20 of 54)
Read in May, 2007
recommends it for:
All
I read The Secret Ever Keeps in both draft and final form. Art's book is fabulous. You feel that you're in Oswego Bay, your heart in your
mouth, learning things you never knew and desperate to find out what
will happen to these wonderful characters. It has mystery, lots of action, and a yummy marine adventure too. There's even a love story and to show you just how well Art Tirrell writes, here's one of my favorite passages:
"His pulse hammered. He swam toward the pillars...more
mouth, learning things you never knew and desperate to find out what
will happen to these wonderful characters. It has mystery, lots of action, and a yummy marine adventure too. There's even a love story and to show you just how well Art Tirrell writes, here's one of my favorite passages:
"His pulse hammered. He swam toward the pillars...more
Like this review?
yes
(2 people liked it)
add a comment
recommends it for:
anyone who reads
This is my first Art Tirrell novel. From what I have read so far, it won't be my last. As soon as I am done posting, I am getting back to it and won't finish until I am done. Kudos, Mr. Tirrell.
Like this review?
yes
(2 people liked it)
add a comment
There are many meanings hidden in the word `Secret' in the title. On one level, the secret is simply a matter of what's buried beneath the stormy surface of Lake Ontario. If that were the only secret, what we would have here would be a swashbuckling, sexy adventure romp.
But there's a great deal more: hidden beneath this well-paced, neatly written action tale is a story of deeply submerged family secrets, shame and mis-guided altruism.
As the story progresses, we are lured from the ac...more
But there's a great deal more: hidden beneath this well-paced, neatly written action tale is a story of deeply submerged family secrets, shame and mis-guided altruism.
As the story progresses, we are lured from the ac...more
Like this review?
yes
(1 person liked it)
add a comment
recommends it for:
anyone who enjoys adventure and suspense
The Secret Ever Keeps
Great story! Loved the flashbacks sequences!
Art Tirrell’s The Secret Ever Keeps is a modern Cinderella story, with a rum-running, sunken treasure twist. On the shores of Lake Ontario, Laurel Kingsford discovers that there is more to her family’s past. There is a secret that has laid buried, one that is yearning to be revealed.
While searching for a treasure buried far beneath the sea, she uncovers a conspiracy, a passionate new love, a jealous and formidable ...more
Great story! Loved the flashbacks sequences!
Art Tirrell’s The Secret Ever Keeps is a modern Cinderella story, with a rum-running, sunken treasure twist. On the shores of Lake Ontario, Laurel Kingsford discovers that there is more to her family’s past. There is a secret that has laid buried, one that is yearning to be revealed.
While searching for a treasure buried far beneath the sea, she uncovers a conspiracy, a passionate new love, a jealous and formidable ...more
Like this review?
yes
(1 person liked it)
add a comment
Read in April, 2007
Art Tirrell sets his debut novel on the shores and waters of Lake Ontario. At the center of the Secret is Jake Eastland, a former bootlegger, and his search for treasures of the present and past. Eastland enlists Laurel Kingsford in a search for bootlegged whiskey lost in the depths of Lake Ontario. That's just part of the story. Unbeknownst to Laurel, Eastland is her estranged grandfather. Therein lies the real story, as Eastland gradually reveals to the reader his history and why he brought ...more
Like this review?
yes
(1 person liked it)
add a comment
Read in July, 2007
recommends it for:
everyone
Art's novel is grounded solidly in the world he inhabits and the events and action read as if one were there. Laurel and Jake could almost be old friends that one rediscovers in the novel.
I've learned about boats and sailing from Art before, but in 'Secret' I was immersed in the world of Lake Ontario, it's history and its storms. I now have a clearer picture of underwater exploration, the Coastguard, boat handling, and even bootlegging liquor -- should that become an employment interest some...more
I've learned about boats and sailing from Art before, but in 'Secret' I was immersed in the world of Lake Ontario, it's history and its storms. I now have a clearer picture of underwater exploration, the Coastguard, boat handling, and even bootlegging liquor -- should that become an employment interest some...more
Like this review?
yes
(1 person liked it)
add a comment
Read in January, 2007
recommended to Joylene by:
the authorrecommends it for: everyone
A wonderful endearing story that had me yearning for the open sea & the grandfather I've never known.
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
