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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.
The Maiden is a masterpiece. A thrilling historical murder tale but so much more. Vivid, evocative and full of humanity -- Janice Hallett, bestselling author of <i>The Appeal</i>, on <i>The Maiden</i> Riveting . . . The tension persists until the last page -- <i>The Times</i> on <i>The Maiden</i> Kate Foster expands the slender facts of the case into something exceptional - a tense, thrilling investigation, with a decidedly feminist slant - Daily Mail on The Maiden Threat hangs over every page like the awaiting guillotine, but the women in this book gleam sharper. Witty, gritty and full of heart, their voices rise through the brutality and hardship of seventeenth-century Edinburgh, battling to be heard -- Cari Thomas, bestselling author of <i>Threadneedle</i> Historical fiction at its finest. A true-life murder tale told thrillingly through the eyes of two very different women -- D. V. Bishop, author of <i>City of Vengeance</i>, on <i>The Maiden</i> A beautifully written tale of love and duty, fear and courage -- Jenny Ashcroft, bestselling author of <i>The Echoes of Love</i>, on <i>The King's Witches</i> A gripping, poignant novel that gives voice to those so often unheard in historical accounts -- Elizabeth Lee, bestselling author of <i>Cunning Women</i>, on <i>The King's Witches</i> A rich, compelling story of three women and their intersecting lives -- Katie Lumsden, author of <i>The Secrets of Hartwood Hall</i>, on <i>The King's Witches</i>
