Dangerous Women
- Author Hope Adams
- Narrator Fenella Woolgar
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date 4 March 2021
- Run Time 10 hours and 18 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Historical crime and mysteries, Historical fiction.
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What to expect
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The devastating and thought-provoking tale about female anger, subservience and, ultimately, strength, inspired by a true story
London, 1841.
Two hundred Englishwomen file aboard the RAJAH, the ship that will take them on a three-month voyage to the other side of the world.
They're daughters, sisters, mothers - and convicts. Transported for petty crimes.
Except one of their number is a secret killer, fleeing justice.
When a woman is mortally wounded, the hunt is on for the culprit.
But who would attack one of their own, and why?
Based on a true story, Dangerous Women is a sweeping tale of confinement, loss, love and, above all, hope in the unlikeliest of places.
© Hope Adams 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
Beautifully written, Hope Adams has woven together an epic sea voyage with an intriguing murder mystery to make an unputdownable read
A gorgeous and compelling story with vibrant characters. I was fascinated by the novel’s inspiration and the real life story of the Rajah Quilt
An intriguing murder-mystery, skilfully written and bursting with colour and life
A fabulous book with a fascinating premise. A murder mystery drives the story, but it’s the characters who keep you entranced as, in the confined space of a long sea voyage, these feisty inventive women negotiate each other and their new world. I loved it
A fascinating prose patchwork of the women’s lives, stitched together by a twisting murder mystery. Engrossing and deeply satisfying – over the course of the journey we learn about the desperate lives of these women, many guilty only of petty crimes
I so enjoyed this. It evokes an era when justice was cruel, but also how the creation of something like a quilt gave hope and substance to existence. A terrific read
Dazzling. Adams takes the fascination history of a convict ship and brings it to life in a captivating story filled with intrigue and dark secrets. An immensely satisfying tale of guilt, innocent and second chances
Well-written, engaging and thoroughly compelling. I love it when forgotten histories are brought to light, and touch the reader so that they immediately want to know more
A gripping exploration of female solidarity in a time of crisis and claustrophobia. Hope Adams sets the grubby injustices of a misogynistic legal system against the beauty of creating a work of art and, through that art, stitching together an unlikely community
Hope Adams has skilfully patched a murder mystery into a historical event . . . Masterful plotting, well-drawn characters, and a plausible balance of despair for what was left behind and optimism for what lies ahead add up to an immensely satisfying read
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