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From the award-winning and bestselling author of Into the Darkest Corner comes a delicious Victorian crime novel based on a real murder. 

The Murder of Harriet Monckton is based on an unsolved true crime. On 7th
November 1843, 23 year-old Harriet Monckton is found murdered in the privy behind
the dissenting chapel she regularly attended in Bromley, Kent. The townsfolk are
appalled by her death, apparently as a result of swallowing a fatal dose of prussic
acid, and even more so when the autopsy reveals that Harriet was almost six months
pregnant. 

Drawing on the original coroner's reports and witness testimonies, Elizabeth
Haynes builds a compelling picture of Harriet Monckton's final days through the eyes
of those closest to her: her fellow teacher and companion, her would-be fiancé, her
seducer, and her former landlord and lover. All are suspects. Each has a reason to
want her dead. Brimming with lust, mistrust and guilt, The Murder of Harriet
Monckton is a masterclass of suspense from one of our greatest crime writers.