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'Grisly, addictive fun . . . I devoured it in 24 hours' – Emilia Hart, author of Weyward In deepest winter, beware the coldest hearts . . . London, 1850. Constance Horton has disappeared. Maude, her older sister, knows only that Constance abandoned the apothecary they call home, and, disguised as a boy, boarded a ship bound for the Arctic. She never returned. ‘A tragic accident’, the Admiralty called it. But Maude Horton knows something isn’t right. When she finds Constance’s journal, it becomes clear that the truth is being buried by sinister forces. To find answers – and deliver justice for her sister – Maude must step into London’s dark underbelly, and into the path of dangerous, powerful men. The kind of men who seek their fortune in the city’s horrors, from the hangings at Newgate to the ghoulish waxworks of Madame Tussaud’s. It is a perilous task. But Maude has dangerous skills of her own . . . 'Brilliant! Stuffed with adventure' - Stuart Turton, author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle 'A gripping adventure story' - Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters 'Victorian gothic at its very very best' - Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of Pandora

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This is escapist fiction at its best. Grisly, addictive fun . . . I devoured it in 24 hours -- Emilia Hart, author of <i>Weyward</i> Thrilling, heartfelt and utterly compulsive — a gripping adventure story and an intelligent, richly textured portrait of a moment in history . . . I loved it -- Emma Stonex, bestselling author <i>The Lamplighters</i> Rip-roaring and guillotine-sharp - I couldn't tear myself away -- Ellery Lloyd, author of <i>The Club</i> A riveting tale of a sister’s burning desire for revenge, the tension tightening like a hangman’s noose . . . atmospheric, gripping and beautiful - the execution of this novel is flawless -- Amy McCulloch, author <i>Breathless</i> Tense and vividly atmospheric, with a determined, independent heroine intent on the truth. It’s beautifully written, unflinching and brimming with adventure. I loved the journey to a world I knew nothing about - it’s gloriously transporting -- Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of <i>Ariadne </i>on <i>Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter</i> I loved it: a gritty plot, exquisite prose, and a vivid evocation of a dangerous time and place. Wonderfully researched and realised -- Rosie Andrews, bestselling author of <i>The Leviathan </i>on <i>Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter</i> Immersive storytelling, a rollicking mystery and a take-no-prisoners heroine -- <i>Stylist </i>on <i>Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter</i>

A gorgeous debut. Both a breathtaking adventure story and a moving testimony to the lengths we go to for the people we love, it swept me away from the first page . . . A gleaming achievement -- Emma Stonex, bestselling author of <i>The Lamplighters </i>on <i>Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter</i> Tense and vividly atmospheric, with a determined, independent heroine intent on the truth. It’s beautifully written, unflinching and brimming with adventure. I loved the journey to a world I knew nothing about - it’s gloriously transporting -- Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of <i>Ariadne </i>on <i>Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter</i> I loved it: a gritty plot, exquisite prose, and a vivid evocation of a dangerous time and place. Wonderfully researched and realised -- Rosie Andrews, bestselling author of <i>The Leviathan </i>on <i>Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter</i> Immersive storytelling, a rollicking mystery and a take-no-prisoners heroine -- <i>Stylist </i>on <i>Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter</i>

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Lizzie Pook is an author and award-winning journalist and travel writer whose work has appeared in The Sunday Times, Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Condé Nast Traveller and more. Her first novel, Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter, was shortlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award and the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, and longlisted for the Author's Club Best First Novel Award. Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge is her second novel. She lives in London.

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