Don't forget to book your ticket for our author talk with Kate Foster, author of The Mourning Necklace on Wednesday the 27th of May to celebrate the publication of her latest book, The Repentants.
Signed copies can be collected and/or delivered on or after the event with Kate and will be available from 28/5/2026
˜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 Appeal Inspired 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