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The Murder of Harriet Monckton Hardcover – January 1, 2018

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Myriad (January 1, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1912408031
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1912408030
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 1.5 x 8.5 inches
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Elizabeth Haynes worked for many years as a police intelligence analyst. Her debut novel, Into the Darkest Corner, won Amazon's Book of the Year in 2011 and Amazon's Rising Star Award for debut novels.

Elizabeth grew up in Sussex and studied English, German and Art History at Leicester University. She now lives in North Norfolk. Elizabeth is a regular participant in, and a Municipal Liaison for, National Novel Writing Month - Nanowrimo - an annual challenge to write 50,000 words in the month of November.

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eevans
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting story
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2020
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I lived in this English village, "Bromley" for a few years and found it intriguing to read this story that happened there. I bought this for that reason and although the event happened so long ago, I could imagine the setting as how it must have been. The book had a few tedious spots that seemed repetitious, but I was able to hang in to the end.
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Jenz Piks
4.0 out of 5 stars A good Who Done It
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2019
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I started reading this not knowing it was actually based on a true story. I have googled Harriet Monckton and it
truly is a fascinating unsolved murder mystery, but the author has fictionalised it slightly - it is written in a
compelling way and it is the author's take on the facts.
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Nichole
5.0 out of 5 stars Book had
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2021
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Book came in the same box with clothes but a lot of the pages were bent and so was the back cover like someone had been reading it
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L. Lyons
3.0 out of 5 stars Like the Endless Inquest
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2019
Mixed reaction. Intriguing and tedious in equal measure. It goes on and on and on like the endless inquest. I am 411 pages in and find that I don’t care who killed Harriet Monckton. I just want everyone to be put out of their misery. Ms. Haynes needed a better editor. And yet there is something about it that interests.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommend!
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2018
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Excellent book!!! Set in the mid 19th century and based on a true story so it's a bit different from her other work. Very atmospheric - she really has a gift for writing about this period. Great mystery with a very interesting twist at the end.
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Jill-Elizabeth (Jill Franclemont)
4.0 out of 5 stars A well-crafted tale of a real-life unsolved murder in 1840s England...
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2019
This was a wonderful find that arrived, quite literally, on my doorstep. I was sent a review copy by the good folks at Meryl Zegarek Public Relations. I hadn’t heard of the book or of Harriet Monckton, but was immediately drawn to the tale both by the blurb and the cover (mine is different than the one Amazon lists – and, I think, much more evocative; it is the one I’ve included as a result). My instincts proved strong on this one – I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, even despite it’s being a bit more drawn out than I think it had to be AND it’s being in a variety of narrative formats all presented as one tale.

I’m not normally a fan of unusual writing formats. I often find them to distract me from the essential telling of the story. In this book, Elizabeth Haynes has presented Harriet’s life and death through a mixture of first-person narration by each of the main characters involved in the investigation into the murder, letters from several characters, and Harriet’s diary entries. The actual whodunit is presented in an epilogue.

On it’s face, it’s a bit of a mish-mash of formats and frankly I wasn’t sure if it would work for me, but it absolutely did. I found myself drawn into the first-person perspectives immediately; each is differentiated by an identifier, so it was always clear whose point of view the reader was engaging in. I think the first-person format is the easiest way to draw readers in; it’s almost impossible not to find yourself in the midst of the action when reading it in first person. The diary and letter entries were a great way to add the behind-the-scenes details that would have been difficult to incorporate otherwise, and the epilogue was necessary to solve the riddle.

I must admit that I found the first-person sections to run a little long and to start to feel a bit redundant and drawn out – although that may have been intentional, as a reflection of the extended nature of the inquest into Harriet’s death. It certainly added to the weighty feeling of desperation for conclusion, which I imagine must have been on the minds of all involved as things dragged out over a course of years. It did make the reading a bit slow-going for a while though… Still, I never lost interest and remained engaged and eager to see who was responsible – and when the conclusion was finally revealed, it caught me by surprise and I found the resolution most satisfying to read.

If you enjoy historical fiction that is immersive and fully pulls you into a time and place, you are likely to enjoy Haynes’ writing style. Her language pulled me into the characters’ lives and world from the opening pages. Harriet’s world is a dark and often unfortunate one, but Haynes presented it in a matter-of-fact style that I think made the emotional elements of the story resonate all the more strongly for it. There is an Afterword in which she explains which bits are fact and which extrapolation; I for one think she did an excellent job with her fictionalized elements. The story felt genuine and whole as she told it, which is a credit both to her writing and her research. From the looks of it, very few people did right by Harriet Monckton. Elizabeth Haynes is one of them.

Thanks to the author and Meryl Zegarek Public Relations for my obligation-free review copy.
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Maria Valdez Haubrich
5.0 out of 5 stars Yay, a new book
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2018
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Been waiting for Haynes new book and I was happily surprised she wrote a different kind of book with so much historical reference. Loved it!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Useless
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2019
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I dislike that the CDs could only be played on a computer. Consequently, I did not listen to them.
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Ravneet Kaur
4.0 out of 5 stars a marvellous book of crime, suspicion, love, lust and betrayal!!
Reviewed in India on December 2, 2020
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oh my god!!!!!!
this book has shook me. I finally finished it and I am so emotional right now.
I am so glad that Elizabeth Haynes took the time to write the story of Harriet Monckton-a woman who didn't get the justice she deserved.
the book was told from the points of views of people close to Harriet and since all of them are suspects, it is interesting to read about the inquest from their view. I loved how the author gave us a view into Harriet's mind through her diary and so we could relate to her and understand her for an innocent, scared and desperate woman that she was.
this book was emotional, captivating and so suspenseful. we are not told who the murderer is until the very last page but I was able to guess who it might be and I was somehow right. in real life, Harriet Monckton's murderer had not been identified and I am not sure if the murderer in book is the one in real life as well or not.
This book is definitely a must read, especially for Harriet and her son.
This book was my first Elizabeth Haynes book and I can’t read more from her.

product quality review: the book cover is in a beautiful color of midnight blue. the quality of the pages is great. it is a thick book and I am so glad I got a chance to read it. this book is also available in hardcover but it was in brown colour so I didn't buy it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars a marvellous book of crime, suspicion, love, lust and betrayal!!
Reviewed in India on December 2, 2020
oh my god!!!!!!
this book has shook me. I finally finished it and I am so emotional right now.
I am so glad that Elizabeth Haynes took the time to write the story of Harriet Monckton-a woman who didn't get the justice she deserved.
the book was told from the points of views of people close to Harriet and since all of them are suspects, it is interesting to read about the inquest from their view. I loved how the author gave us a view into Harriet's mind through her diary and so we could relate to her and understand her for an innocent, scared and desperate woman that she was.
this book was emotional, captivating and so suspenseful. we are not told who the murderer is until the very last page but I was able to guess who it might be and I was somehow right. in real life, Harriet Monckton's murderer had not been identified and I am not sure if the murderer in book is the one in real life as well or not.
This book is definitely a must read, especially for Harriet and her son.
This book was my first Elizabeth Haynes book and I can’t read more from her.

product quality review: the book cover is in a beautiful color of midnight blue. the quality of the pages is great. it is a thick book and I am so glad I got a chance to read it. this book is also available in hardcover but it was in brown colour so I didn't buy it.
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lm
5.0 out of 5 stars delicious mystery
Reviewed in Canada on November 10, 2018
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great suspense story, loved reading it. Full of intrigue, lust, and mystery, set in 1840s England.
The only big problem is the very poor editing in the Kindle edition, that should not happen, poor spelling errors, words split, some sentences convoluted - totally takes away from a great story. Smarten up Kindle editors!
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Leigh ~ books.tea.and.me
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Read!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2019
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Whilst chatting with Elizabeth Haynes on Twitter, she said “you see why I didn’t want her to be forgotten?” and I absolutely did. Also, and most importantly all the other ‘Harriets’ living in a time when women were treated as inferior within a patriarchal and hypocritical society. This is a book that explores the plight of the unmarried female and is based on a true murder case; it is clear this book is a labour of love by the author to give this young woman a voice and a justice, albeit within a dramatic fictionalisation. I think, that’s a truly remarkable aim that is certainly fulfilled for the reader. I have thought a lot about this book since finishing it and how it’s a rich, gripping read that pulls you into the events after and finally leading up to the murder with an engaging and driven narrative.

Harriet Monckton was murdered on the 7th November 1843, only 23 years of age, unmarried and six months pregnant. The story is told through the different perspectives of Francis Williams; Reverend George Verrall; Thomas Churcher and Richard Field. All four voices each with a motive for murder. I really enjoyed the plot structure, moving between the perspectives of these central players. The very clever portrayal of three very different men who all affect Harriet’s life. Verrall’s narrative is particularly foul to read, as he justifies his lustful and abusive treatment of women as a religious act, and Field’s narrative, albeit a seemingly caring man, is not at all what he first seems. The fourth, Francis Williams is the female voice, develops a friendship with Harriet and her story is also significant as a study of the unmarried female with her own desires and challenges.

What follows is a dark and disturbing psychological study of this group of people as we follow the events after the murder and into the community that is at the heart of it all. Towards the end of the novel, Haynes has included Harriet’s fictional diary and this is the particularly poignant moment for the reader and the threads finally come together. I really ‘enjoyed’ this part of the book, even though it was really sad and frustrating to read.

In summary, this book is like going back in time, it’s engaging, driven and a great murder mystery. We also have a culprit at the end, albeit a fictional one; it could easily been seen as a real possibility. It’s a shame Harriet’s murderer was never found and made to pay for their crime, but at least Haynes has given us a plausible fictional one, and in that, there is some justice for Harriet’s story.

I thoroughly recommend this book – an addictive read!
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Dianne Guthrie
5.0 out of 5 stars great story
Reviewed in Australia on February 15, 2021
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Who killed Harriet ?
Why was Harriet killed ?
If you read this book you will find the answers wrapped up in a highly entertaining story.
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Anna Bluebell
4.0 out of 5 stars Am puzzled
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 4, 2020
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This is a well-written book and a good read. It was based on facts; however, I was puzzled at the mention of someone in the book living in Telford in the 1840s - so far as I am aware, Telford was created a new town some 50 or so years ago and was then named after Thomas Telford. I do not know of any area/hamlet/village around here in Shropshire that had the name of Telford before the new town was built. It's a minor detail but a bit mystifying to me. Shifnal was also mentioned, which is credible as it is an older place. I just wondered if I was missing a trick and there was somewhere called Telford pre-Telford? It just jarred with the assertion that it was based on fact, that's all. I am happy to be corrected on this if anybody knows. Thanks. Meanwhile, yes, a book well-worth the story.
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