Emily Noble's Disgrace
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- 4,99 €
Publisher Description
'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.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Mary Paulson-Ellis’ third novel is built around a mysterious death but it’s much more than a simple crime thriller. This is a beautifully written exploration of family, secrets and redemption. Essie Pound is a trauma cleaner sent to clear a derelict Edinburgh boarding house where the owner had lain dead for two years. Here, she uncovers the remains of a child. Emily Noble is a struggling police officer who makes a similarly grim discovery nearby, and as the novel digs into these characters’ pasts and the stories behind their finds, the pair’s lives begin to converge in unexpected ways. Paulson-Ellis skilfully uses claustrophobic environments—the cluttered boarding house, heavily locked homes, the scrutinising looks of others—to create the captivating sense of a dark truth closing inexorably in. It’s a story that will grip you tightly to the end, and stay in your thoughts long afterwards.
