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Book Synopsis'A brilliant, original read' – Daily Mail
'Totally absorbing, this is a story that will keep you gripped' – Janice Hadlow, author of The Other Bennet Sister
The case is unexceptional, that is what I know. A house full of stuff left behind by a dead woman, abandoned at the last . . .
When trauma cleaner Essie Pound makes a gruesome discovery in the derelict Edinburgh boarding house she is sent to clean, it brings her into contact with a young policewoman, Emily Noble, who has her own reasons to solve the case.
As the two women embark on a journey into the heart of a forgotten family, the investigation prompts fragmented memories of their own traumatic histories – something Emily has spent a lifetime attempting to bury, and Essie a lifetime trying to lay bare.
Emily Noble’s Disgrace is the third novel from Mary Paulson-Ellis, the bestselling author of The Other Mrs Walker, a Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year.
Trade ReviewPaulson-Elis writes with poetry and compassion about the forgotten and overlooked . . .
A brilliant, original read * Daily Mail *
Totally absorbing, this is a story that
will keep you gripped through all its unexpected twists and turns -- Janice Hadlow, author of
The Other Bennet SisterThis book is a swoon and slither of silk with the grit of salt underneath.
Mary Paulson-Ellis is a genius at peeling away the layers and slowly, skilfully putting flesh on the bones of
an extraordinary, sinuous story -- Sarah Hilary, author of
FragileSuperb -- Wendy Holden * Daily Mail *
The territory of the dead — and the objects they leave behind — is the subject of this
beautifully written, compelling contemporary gothic novel. Mary Paulson-Ellis strips back the secrets and lies hiding within one house with a deft touch -- Andrew Wilson, author of
I Saw Him DieThe author writes with such compassion about people and there is poetry in her prose * Prima *
A richly rewarding, gripping page-turner -- Val McDermid on
The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing
