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Location: The Edinburgh Bookshop, 176 Bruntsfield Place, EH10 4DF
We're delighted to welcome Kate Foster back to the bookshop with her brand new scandalous, feminist, Scottish historical novel, The Mourning Necklace - inspired by the real-life case of Maggie Dickson.
About the book:
They said I would swing for the crime and I did. I wear the rope-bruise like a mourning necklace. Surely, they can't hang me twice?
1724. In a village tavern on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Maggie Dickson’s family drown their sorrows, mourning her death yet relieved she is gone. Shame haunts them. Passers-by avert their eyes from the cheap-looking coffin on the rickety cart. Despite protesting her innocence, Maggie was hanged that morning for the murder of her new-born child. But as her family pray her soul rests in peace, a figure appears at the door.
It is Maggie. She has survived her execution.
Whether Maggie bribed the hangman or has been touched by God matters little now. What matters is proving her innocence before they hang her again. . .
About the author:
Kate Foster has been a national newspaper journalist for over twenty years. Growing up in Edinburgh, she became fascinated by its history and often uses it as inspiration for her stories. Her previous novels include The Maiden, which won the Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year in 2023 and was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2024, and The King’s Witches. The Mourning Necklace is her third novel. She lives in Edinburgh with her two children.
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