The Murder of Harriet Monckton

'Absolutely brilliant! Elizabeth Haynes has brought to life a wonderful array of characters, recreated a truly authentic Bromley and given a voice to an intriguing mystery surrounding the death of a young woman. Highly recommended.' - Compulsive Readers; 'This page-turning whodunit based in compelling historical reality reads like a modern psychological thriller, with all the resonance of the #MeToo movement. Haynes is a can't-miss author for me.' - Alexandra Sokoloff; 'A poignant and gripping reimagining of a real-life case from 1843 which skilfully evokes Victorian England in all its petty conventions and dark hypocrisy. Brava Elizabeth Haynes.' - Rachel Rhys; 'The writing is exceptional: I spent much of the book in a state of visceral terror for Harriet... Haynes captures the age perfectly and she's particularly good on the precarious life of the unmarried woman, virtuous or not... the plot has a sense of completeness about it and the ending blew me away: it just seemed so right. In real life, the murder might remain unsolved, but Haynes' solution is neat, realistic and entirely plausible. Perhaps the highest praise that I can give this book is to say that it won't be too long before I reread to see how it was all done.' - The Bookbag; 'Absolutely brilliant! Elizabeth Haynes has brought to life a wonderful array of characters, recreated a truly authentic Bromley and given a voice to an intriguing mystery surrounding the death of a young woman. Highly recommended.' - Compulsive Readers; 'A bloody great whodunnit. Poor Harriet. I can highly recommend this book. All the stars.' - The Book Whisperer, Bookstagrammer, 5/5 star review; 'An atmospheric and cosy Victorian mystery that also touches on many social issues and injustices that were common during this time period.' - The Untrained Librarian, Bookstagrammer, 4/5 star review; 'Who is the writer whose books you'd buy without question, and without even reading the blurb? Mine is the amazing Elizabeth Haynes.' - Sam Carrington, author of I Dare You and The Missing Wife

Elizabeth Haynes is a former police intelligence analyst who lives in Norfolk with her husband and son. Her first novel, Into the Darkest Corner, was Amazon's Best Book of the Year 2011 and a New York Times bestseller. Now published in 37 countries, it was originally written as part of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), an online challenge to write a 50,000 word novel in the month of November. She has written a further three psychological thrillers-Revenge of the Tide, Human Remains and Never Alone-and two novels in the DCI Louisa Smith series, Under a Silent Moon and Behind Closed Doors. Next came her highly praised historical novel The Murder of Harriet Monckton (a Sunday Times Summer Read) which is based on the 1843 unsolved murder of a young school teacher in Bromley, Kent. Elizabeth's latest novel, You, Me and the Sea is a contemporary story of love and redemption set on a remote, windswept Scottish island.