The Burial Plot

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A cat-and-mouse thriller set in Victorian London, The Burial Plot is the third novel from Sunday Times bestseller Elizabeth Macneal, about murder, manipulation, and a young woman wrestling power from the hands of a dangerous man. 'Ingenious' - The Sunday Times'I genuinely could not put this down' – Stacey Halls'A tour de force of a gothic thriller. I devoured it' – Gillian McAllisterA Victorian gothic thriller from Elizabeth Macneal, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory.London, 1839. Bonnie is running from a terrible crime. She and her lover Crawford have gone too far this time, and now she needs to disappear.When Crawford secures her a position as lady’s maid in a grand house on the Thames, Bonnie thinks she has found safety. But Endellion is a strange place, haunted by the recent death of its mistress. As Bonnie comes to understand the family who live here, she begins to question what secrets might be lying behind the house’s paper-thin walls. Because Crawford is watching, and perhaps he is plotting his greatest trick yet . . .'Gothic and gripping, full of twists and turns. I was hooked from the first page' - Flora Carr'A book to sink into and relish. Dark, clever, with a twist worthy of your attention' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave'Taut, propulsive, beautifully done' – Susan Stokes-Chapman

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London, 1839. With the cemeteries full and money to be made in death, tricksters Crawford and Bonnie survive on wicked schemes and ill-gotten coin. But one blistering evening, their fortunes flip. A man lies in a pool of blood at Bonnie\'s feet and now she needs to disappear.Crawford secures her a position as lady\'s maid in a grand house on the Thames. As Bonnie comes to understand the family - the eccentric Mr Moncrieff, obsessively drawing mausoleums for his dead wife, and their peculiar daughter Cissie, scribbling imaginary love letters to herself - she begins to question what secrets are lying behind the house\'s paper-thin walls and whether her own presence here was planned from the beginning.Because Crawford is watching, and perhaps he is plotting his greatest trick yet . . .

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Pagina's: 336, Editie: Eerste editie, Paperback, Pan Macmillan