Picked as one of Stylist magazine's 'Fiction Books You Can't Miss in 2022' and longlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award 2022 'Tense and vividly atmospheric, with a determined, independent heroine intent on the truth . . . beautifully written, unflinching and brimming with adventure' - Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne 'A stunning debut . . . paints a memorable picture of ambition, sacrifice and corruption while exploring personal loss as driving force' - Charmaine Wilkerson, author of Black Cake Fortune favours the brave in Lizzie Pook's mesmerising debut novel, Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter 1886, BANNIN BAY, AUSTRALIA. The Brightwell family has sailed from England to make their new home in Western Australia. Ten-year-old Eliza knows little of what awaits them on these shores beyond shining pearls and shells like soup plates - the things her father has promised will make their fortune. ~~~ Ten years later and Charles Brightwell, now the bay's most prolific pearler, goes missing from his ship while out at sea. Whispers from the townsfolk suggest mutiny and murder, but headstrong Eliza, convinced there is more to the story, refuses to believe her father is dead, and it falls to her to ask the questions no one else dares consider. But in a town teeming with corruption, prejudice and blackmail, Eliza soon learns that the truth can cost more than pearls, and she must decide just how much she is willing to pay - and how far she is willing to go - to find it . . . 'Gritty, lyrical, breath-taking. I couldn't put it down' - Fiona Valpy, author of The Dressmaker's Gift 'Adventure, feminist heroine, crocodiles and jellyfish, dangerous men, secrets, grief love and hope... It's not just good, it's important. Lizzie shines a light on a dark part of British history with grace, skill, sensitivity and honesty. I LOVED IT - Nikki May, author of Wahala

In deepest winter, beware the coldest hearts . . .

London, 1850. Constance Horton has disappeared and her sister Maude is determined to find out what’s happened.

She discovers that Constance has disguised herself as a boy and boarded a ship bound for the Arctic, but when the ship returns without her the truth about her fate is buried by sinister forces.

To find answers – and deliver justice for her sister – Maude must step into London’s dark underbelly, and into the path of dangerous, powerful men. The kind of men who seek their fortune in the city’s horrors, from the hangings at Newgate to the ghoulish waxworks of Madame Tussaud’s.

It is a perilous task. But Maude has dangerous skills of her own . . .

'Beautifully written, unflinching and brimming with adventure.' - Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne and Elektra 'Immersive storytelling, a rollicking mystery and a take-no-prisoners heroine.' - Stylist 1896, Bannin Bay, Australia. When Charles Brightwell, the bay's most prolific pearl diver, goes missing out at sea, his headstrong daughter, Eliza, refuses to believe her father is dead. As rumours about mutiny and murder swirl, Eliza starts to ask the questions nobody else dares to consider and sets out to discover the truth. But in a town teeming with corruption, prejudice, and blackmail, Eliza soon learns that the truth can cost more than pearls, and must decide just how much she is willing to pay for it . . . 'Both a breathtaking adventure story and a moving testimony to the lengths we go to for the people we love, it swept me away from the first page.' - Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters - Longlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award 2022 - Times Best Historical Fiction Pick of 2022 - A Woman & Home Best Book of 2022 - Stylist Top Pick for 2022 Compelling, imaginative and atmospheric, Lizzie Pook's Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter is a truly mesmerising debut.

Picked as one of Stylist magazine's 'Fiction Books You Can't Miss in 2022' and longlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award 2022 'Tense and vividly atmospheric, with a determined, independent heroine intent on the truth . . . beautifully written, unflinching and brimming with adventure' - Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne 'A stunning debut . . . paints a memorable picture of ambition, sacrifice and corruption while exploring personal loss as driving force' - Charmaine Wilkerson, author of Black Cake Fortune favours the brave in Lizzie Pook's mesmerising debut novel, Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter 1886, BANNIN BAY, AUSTRALIA. The Brightwell family has sailed from England to make their new home in Western Australia. Ten-year-old Eliza knows little of what awaits them on these shores beyond shining pearls and shells like soup plates - the things her father has promised will make their fortune. ~~~ Ten years later and Charles Brightwell, now the bay's most prolific pearler, goes missing from his ship while out at sea. Whispers from the townsfolk suggest mutiny and murder, but headstrong Eliza, convinced there is more to the story, refuses to believe her father is dead, and it falls to her to ask the questions no one else dares consider. But in a town teeming with corruption, prejudice and blackmail, Eliza soon learns that the truth can cost more than pearls, and she must decide just how much she is willing to pay - and how far she is willing to go - to find it . . . 'Gritty, lyrical, breath-taking. I couldn't put it down' - Fiona Valpy, author of The Dressmaker's Gift 'Adventure, feminist heroine, crocodiles and jellyfish, dangerous men, secrets, grief love and hope... It's not just good, it's important. Lizzie shines a light on a dark part of British history with grace, skill, sensitivity and honesty. I LOVED IT - Nikki May, author of Wahala

A young woman searches for the truth about her sister, who boarded a ship headed to the frozen Arctic and never returned.

Twenty-year-old Constance Horton has run away from her life in Victorian London, disguising herself as a boy to board the Makepeace, an expedition vessel bound for the icy and unexplored Northwest Passage of the Arctic. She struggles to keep her real identity a secret on the ship, a feat that only grows more difficult when facing off with the constant dangers of the icy North.

Even more dangerous than the cold, the storms, and the hunger, are some of the men aboard—including the ship’s scientist Edison Stowe. He seems to be watching Constance, and she knows that his attention could be fatal.

In London two years later: Maude Horton is searching for the truth. After being told by the British Admiralty that her sister’s death onboard the Makepeace was nothing more than a tragic accident, she receives a diary revealing that Edison Stowe had more of a hand in Constance’s death than the returning crew acknowledged.

In order to get the answers she needs, Maude decides to shadow Edison. She joins him on a new venture he’s started to capitalize on the murder mania that has all of London in a frenzy—a travel company that takes guests around the country via train to witness public hangings—to extract the truth from him in any way possible. As tensions and dangers mount, it ultimately falls to Maude to enact the ultimate revenge to get justice for her sister.

Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge is a transporting, atmospheric novel about the lengths we will go to for justice—and for love.