Mrs Pearcey

I inhaled Mrs Pearcey. What an incredible book. Gripping and creepy and compulsive, yet deeply touching … brilliant – Sabine DurrantGripping, sophisticated, modern, with an enviable lightness of touch: this is a fantastic novel. I can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t love it – Charlotte MendelsonVivid, gripping and moving, Mrs Pearcey provides the thrill of true crime and a comment on our appetite for that genre – Nina StibbeThis is a perfect novel - vivid, compelling characters caught up in a riveting mystery, at a historical moment that says so much about our own. Moggach wears her deep knowledge of Victorian London lightly, and the prose exudes warmth and humour. A masterpiece – Sathnam SangheraA thoughtful, nuanced novel that is both thoroughly modern and perfectly pitched within its timeframe. Mrs Pearcey is a great read - elegantly written true crime that delves with deftness into the sensationalism of its own genre. – Emily HowesRich, beautifully written, unsettling and, above all, real … A triumphant addition to the growing collection of novels that explore and enhance our understanding of real crimes – Emma FlintAn excellent novel - so beautifully written, so cleverly plotted, so atmospheric. I loved being transported to nineteenth century London and into the lives of such vivid and convincing characters – Francesca HornakMrs Pearcey is so gripping and vividly imagined I couldn’t bear to leave the world Lottie Moggach created. A brilliant book that will stay with me a long time – Fay RipleyGripping and propulsive and perfectly handled. I loved the details of nineteenth-century London … Engaging, vivid and intriguing – Kate Murray-BrowneThe murderess Mary Pearcey has been brought back from the dead by Lottie Moggach in an utterly engrossing novel. Moggach writes with enormous heart and a detective’s attention to detail regarding the court case and the Victorian press’s bloodcurdling appetite for the gruesome. Read it and the streets of London will transform before your eyes – Alex O’Connell * Observer *

Lottie Moggach is the author of Kiss Me First, which was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, won the Portsmouth First Fiction award, and was released in 17 countries. It was also adapted into a six-part Channel 4 series. She has since published the novels Under the Sun and Brixton Hill. She lives in London with her partner and son.

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