Essie Pound, a trauma cleaner who clears the homes of the recently deceased, discovers something deeply unsettling in a boarded-up Edinburgh boarding house—once belonging to a reclusive woman. PC Emily Noble arrives on the scene, burdened by personal disgrace and professional isolation. Their paths intersect as they unravel the life of the dead woman, Isabella Dawson, uncovering decades of buried secrets and connecting their own painful pasts. With alternating perspectives, the novel weaves a haunting tapestry of memory, abandonment, and family. As layers of guilt and grief are peeled away, the boarding house becomes both a physical and emotional landscape of loss and redemption. Reviews “A brilliant, original read.”— Daily Mail “Totally absorbing, this is a story that will keep you gripped through all its unexpected twists and turns.”— Janice Hadlow “This book is a swoon and slither of silk with the grit of salt underneath. Mary Paulson‑Ellis is a genius at peeling away the layers and slowly, skillfully putting flesh on the bones of an extraordinary, sinuous story.”— Sarah Hilary “Superb.”— Wendy Holden
Book Title: Emily Noble’s Disgrace Book Genre: Crime, Psychological Thriller, Literary Fiction ISBN: 9781529036190 Pages: 384 Publishing Date: July 21, 2022 Publisher: Pan Macmillan
