Mourning Necklace

'Kate Foster can pluck a dark story from the depths of history and bring it to vivid life before your eyes . . . A strong contender for my book of the year' – Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The AppealInspired by an infamous real-life case, The Mourning Necklace is the unforgettable feminist historical novel from the Women's Prize-longlisted author of The Maiden, Kate Foster.They said I would swing for the crime, and I did . . .1724. In a tavern just outside Edinburgh, Maggie Dickson’s family drown their sorrows, mourning her death yet relieved she is gone. Shame haunts them. Hanged for the murder of her newborn child, passers-by avert their eyes from her cheap coffin on its rickety cart.But as her family pray her soul rests in peace, a figure appears at the door.It is Maggie. She is alive.Bruised and dazed, Maggie has little time for her family’s questions. All that matters to her is answering this one: will they hang her twice?* * *What readers are saying about The Mourning Necklace:'Absolutely superb . . . Kate Foster cannot put a foot wrong in this genre''I was so moved''Kate Foster is fast becoming one of my favourite authors'

Kate Foster worked as a national newspaper journalist for more than twenty years before becoming an author. Growing up in Edinburgh, she became fascinated by its history and often uses it as inspiration for her stories. Her previous novels include The Maiden, which won the Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year and was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, and The King’s Witches. The Mourning Necklace is her third novel. She lives in Edinburgh with her two children.