{"product_id":"9781035052073","title":"The Mourning Necklace - Kate Foster","description":"\u003cp\u003e`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 The AppealInspired by an infamous real-life case, The Mourning Necklace is the unforgettable original 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 . . . I wear the rope-mark like a mourning necklace. 1724. 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. 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 one: will they hang her twice?Praise for Kate Foster:`Riveting . . . The tension persists until the last page' - The Times`Tense, thrilling . . . with a decidedly feminist slant' - Daily Mail`Kate excels at bringing the forgotten women of history back to life and giving them the attention they deserve' - Claire Evans, author of The Fourteenth Letter`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`Brilliant . . . the new Hilary Mantel' - Tina Baker, author of What We Did In The Storm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kate Foster","offers":[{"title":"304 pages \/ 05\/02\/2026 \/ Fiction: special features","offer_id":56967000490359,"sku":"9781035052073","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781035052073.jpg?v=1780931116","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781035052073","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}