The Racing Line The Racing Line

The Racing Line

The exhilarating feminist historical novel from a startling new talent for 2026

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Publisher Description

They say she can't win. She knows she can't lose.

An expansive, inspiring feminist novel about one woman's rise as a racing driver in mid-century Britain.
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'A commanding, expansive, confident novel turbocharged with courage and heart' JOSEPH O'CONNOR

'An exhilarating story of dauntless persistence in the face of prejudice' CARMELLA LOWKIS

'Surprising, engaging and deeply affecting' LISA SMITH
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It's 1945 and Winifred 'Freddy' Vaux fears she's the only person who isn't thrilled the war is over.


With peace comes the end of her career as a military driver, commanding ambulances and recovery vehicles across London. All she wants is to drive and she still can - but not for her occupation and certainly not fast.


Yet speeding through the city's war-torn streets one last time, she makes a resolution: she must pursue race car driving. No matter the cost.


From the country lanes of her youth to Europe's most exhilarating tracks, Freddy's thunderous ambition takes her where no woman has gone before. However, travelling at such speeds means that friends and lovers can be lost in an instant.

Freddy has a lot to learn. Driving was the easy part.
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Praise for Kelly Frost:

'Compelling' Sunday Times

'A storyteller who is here to stay' Joseph O'Connor

'A startling new talent' Peter James

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
AVAILABLE
2026
4 June
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
448
Pages
PUBLISHER
Atlantic Books
PROVIDER INFO
Faber and Faber