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The Burial Plot
- Author
- Elizabeth Macneal
- Narrator
- Olivia Vinall
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 6 June 2024
- Run Time
- 9 hours 58 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
'I genuinely could not put this down' – Stacey Halls, author of Mrs England
'A tour de force of a gothic thriller. I devoured it' – Gillian McAllister, author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time
'Taut, propulsive, beautifully done' – Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of Pandora
From Elizabeth Macneal, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is a spellbinding Gothic thriller about murder and manipulation.
London, 1839. With the cemeteries full and money to be made in death, tricksters Crawford and Bonnie survive on wicked schemes and ill-gotten coin. But one blistering evening, their fortunes flip. A man lies in a pool of blood at Bonnie’s feet and now she needs to disappear.
Crawford secures her a position as lady’s maid in a grand house on the Thames. As Bonnie comes to understand the family – the eccentric Mr Moncrieff, obsessively drawing mausoleums for his dead wife, and their peculiar daughter Cissie, scribbling imaginary love letters to herself – she begins to question what secrets are lying behind the house’s paper-thin walls and whether her own presence here was planned from the beginning.
Because Crawford is watching, and perhaps he is plotting his greatest trick yet . . .
The audiobook includes an exclusive interview between the author, Elizabeth Macneal, and the narrator, Olivia Vinall.
Critics Review
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Propulsive, rich and properly gripping. Macneal is a masterful storyteller - I genuinely could not put this down.
Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars and Mrs England
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The always-brilliant Macneal levels up once again in this tour de force of a gothic thriller. I devoured it.
Gillian McAllister
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A book to sink into and relish. Dark, clever, with a twist worthy of your attention. Macneal gets better and better.
Kiran Millwood Hargrave, bestselling author of The Mercies
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Elizabeth Macneal is the real deal - she crafts meticulously researched, page turning gothic tales in beautiful prose. The Burial Plot’s rich blend of mystery, mayhem and murder both grips and enchants.
Rachel Hore
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The Burial Plot is gothic and gripping, full of twists and turns. I was hooked from the first page, and on constant tenterhooks about the fate of the book’s heroine. Macneal brings Victorian England - and all of its potential dangers - vividly to life, and the characters leap off the page.
Flora Carr, author of The Tower
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Taut, propulsive, beautifully done - Macneal has once again written a richly drawn story with characters that leap from the page and a plot which hooks you in from the first page to the very last.
Susan Stokes Chapman, Sunday Times bestselling author of Pandora
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You know the books everyone loves? Wuthering Heights, And Then There Were None, I Capture the Castle? The Burial Plot deserves a spot right alongside them . . . I feverishly devoured every perfect page of Elizabeth McNeal’s tense, terrifying, and absolutely brilliant novel. It’s an irresistible work of genius.
Nina de Gramont, author of The Christie Affair
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The Burial Plot is a masterclass in gothic storytelling. I was completely gripped from the first page, the period detail is utterly immersive and the tale Elizabeth MacNeal weaves is so dark, rich and compelling. Her main character Bonnie is a wonderful creation - flawed, sympathetic, fascinating - and I adored every moment I spent in her company. And the finale of the novel is just fabulous - it gave me chills
Elodie Harper, author of The Wolf Den
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Gripping, taut, elegantly-written and full of richly-researched period detail, The Burial Plot is exactly what a gothic should be: thrilling.
Rebecca Stott
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As dark, twisting and magnificent as Victorian cemetery itself, The Burial Plot is a brilliantly clever and richly imagined novel. I loved it.
Anna Mazzola, author of The Clockwork Girl
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Macneal demonstrates her gift for conjuring up the 19th century . . . ingenious
Sunday Times
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A Gothic thriller which is both immersive and compelling. Its shivery spell might best be enjoyed on a sunny day.
Teddy Jamieson, The Herald
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Infused with a real sense of threat, it's a mesmerising and compelling read
Heat
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Another gripping Victorian thriller from the author of The Doll Factory
Good Housekeeping, The best books to read this month
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[The Burial Plot made] me think of the greatest Victorian crime or mystery novel, The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins . . . Admirable and deeply enjoyable . . . Elizabeth Macneal has written a novel which, while offering a welcome escape from the times we live in, also presents aspects of human behaviour which are true to all time. I think it even better that its predecessor, Circus of Wonders.’
Allan Massie, The Scotsman
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This macabre mystery is perfect for those who enjoy historical fiction, more so the Victorians and death culture.
The York Press
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Details
- Author
- Elizabeth Macneal
- Narrator
- Olivia Vinall
- Duration
- 9 hours 58 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 June 2024
- ISBN
- 9781529090932
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Historical crime and mysteries, Thriller / suspense fiction, Historical fiction, Historical romance, Narrative theme: love / relationships, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: identity / belonging, Narrative theme: sense of place
Synopsis
'I genuinely could not put this down' – Stacey Halls, author of Mrs England'A tour de force of a gothic thriller. I devoured it' – Gillian McAllister, author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time'Taut, propulsive, beautifully done' – Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of PandoraFrom Elizabeth Macneal, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is a spellbinding Gothic thriller about murder and manipulation. London, 1839. With the cemeteries full and money to be made in death, tricksters Crawford and Bonnie survive on wicked schemes and ill-gotten coin. But one blistering evening, their fortunes flip. A man lies in a pool of blood at Bonnie’s feet and now she needs to disappear.Crawford secures her a position as lady’s maid in a grand house on the Thames. As Bonnie comes to understand the family – the eccentric Mr Moncrieff, obsessively drawing mausoleums for his dead wife, and their peculiar daughter Cissie, scribbling imaginary love letters to herself – she begins to question what secrets are lying behind the house’s paper-thin walls and whether her own presence here was planned from the beginning.Because Crawford is watching, and perhaps he is plotting his greatest trick yet . . .The audiobook includes an exclusive interview between the author, Elizabeth Macneal, and the narrator, Olivia Vinall.
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