Mrs England

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Don't miss Stacey Halls' captivating new novel THE HOUSEHOLD - available to buy now!

WINNER of the WOMEN'S PRIZE FUTURES AWARD
A Waterstones Best Book of the Year

'Highly atmospheric and tense' Richard Osman

From the bestselling author of The Familiars and The Foundling comes Stacey Halls' most compelling and ambitious novel to date.

'Something's not right here. In the house. With the family.'

West Yorkshire, 1904. When newly graduated nurse Ruby May takes a position looking after the children of Charles and Lilian England, a wealthy couple from a powerful dynasty of mill owners, she hopes it will be the fresh start she needs. But as she adapts to life at the isolated Hardcastle House, it becomes clear there's something not quite right about the beautiful, mysterious Mrs England . . .

Simmering with slow-burning menace, Mrs England is a portrait of an Edwardian marriage, weaving an enthralling story of men and women, power and control, courage, truth and the very darkest deception.

Praise for MRS ENGLAND:

'Stacey Halls is a writer of great originality, great imagination and great sense of place. Atmospheric, intelligent, accessible, every novel is worth reading, then reading again and again' Kate Mosse

'Utterly compelling. Menacing and marvellously written, this is a hugely accomplished Edwardian chiller' Daily Mail

'Shimmers with menace... enticing and beautifully written' Sunday Express

'Outstanding. Haunting, compelling, atmospheric' Emma Stonex, bestselling author of The Lamplighters

*Sunday Times bestseller June 2021 and January 2022*

*Winner of Women's Prize for Fiction x Good Housekeeping Futures award - Good Housekeeping 14 Oct 2022*

Genre: Fiction / General (fancy, right?)