The Mourning Necklace

<p><b>‘Moving and masterful . . . transports you to 18th-century Scotland and says as much about modern life as it does about those harrowing times’ – Janice Hallett, bestselling author of <i>The Appeal</i></b><br><br><b>Inspired by an infamous real-life case, <i>The Mourning Necklace </i>is the unforgettable original feminist historical novel from the Women’s Prize-longlisted author of <i>The Maiden</i>, Kate Foster.</b><br><br><i>They said I would swing for the crime and I did . . . I wear the rope-mark like a mourning necklace.</i><br><br><b>1724</b>. In a tavern just outside Edinburgh, the family of Maggie Dickson – hanged for the murder of her newborn child – drown their sorrows, mourning her death yet relieved she is gone. Shame haunts them; passers-by avert their eyes from her cheap coffin on its rickety cart.<br><br>But as her family pray her soul rests in peace, a figure appears at the door.<br><br>It is Maggie. She is alive.<br><br>Bruised and dazed, Maggie has little time for her family’s questions. All that matters to her is answering one: will they hang her twice?<br><br><b>Praise for Kate Foster:</b><br><br>‘Riveting . . . The tension persists until the last page’ – <i>The Times</i><br><br>‘Tense, thrilling . . . with a decidedly feminist slant’ – <i>Daily Mail</i><br><br>‘Kate excels at bringing the forgotten women of history back to life and giving them the attention they deserve’ – Claire Evans, author of <i>The Fourteenth Letter</i><br><br>‘Captivating . . . Scratch beneath the surface of a Kate Foster novel and all of life is there in the most elegant prose’ – Marion Todd, author of the bestselling DI Clare Mackay series<br><br>‘Brilliant . . . the new Hilary Mantel’ – Tina Baker, author of <i>What We Did In The Storm</i></p>