THE POISON BED

• Long-listed for the Goldsboro Glass Bell Award 2017

• A Times Book of the Year 2017

'Engaging, vivid and revelling in historical detail.' Sarah Perry – The New York Times
'Think Gone Girl with bodices. Brilliant.' Glamour
'Wildly entertaining. One of the best historical novels I've read.' Huffington Post
'I imagined my hands about his throat, thumbs pressing into the soft flesh, could hear his choked pleas for mercy'

  • Autumn, 1615. Celebrated couple Robert and Frances Carr are imprisoned in the Tower of London on suspicion of murder.
SHE
Has been rescued from an abusive marriage by Robert, and is determined to make a new life for herself. Whatever the price...
HE
has risen from nothing to become one of the country's most powerful men. But to get to the top you cannot help making enemies...
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Now a man is dead.
And someone must pay with their life.
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Frances knows the truth can Kill.
Robert knows a lie can set you free.
Neither understands their marriage is a poisoned bed...​
Waterstones Recommendation
'An intricately plotted, incredibly well-written, genuinely page-turning historical thriller.'