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The burial plot / Elizabeth Macneal.

Summary:

London, 1839. Where the cemeteries are full and land is worth more to house the dead than the living, Bonnie and Crawford lead a life of trickery, surviving off ill-gotten coin and nefarious schemes. Until one hot evening, their luck runs out. 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, still deep in mourning for its late mistress. As Bonnie comes to understand this family - the eccentric Mr Moncrieff, obsessively drawing mausoleums grand enough for his dead wife, and their peculiar daughter Cissie, scribbling imaginary love letters to herself from the mysterious Lord Duggan so too does she begin to question what really happened to Mrs Moncrieff and whether her presence here is all part of some dark plan. Because Crawford is watching, and perhaps he is plotting his greatest trick yet.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781443474115 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: 330 pages : map ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto, ON : HarperCollins Publishers, 2025.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published in hardcover: London : Picador, 2024.
Subject: Families > Fiction.
Manipulative behavior > Fiction.
Mansions > Fiction.
Murder > Fiction.
Secrecy > Fiction.
London (England) > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction)
Gothic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Innisfil Public Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lakeshore Branch.

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  • HARPERCOLL

    The Burial Plot is a spellbinding historical Gothic thriller about murder and manipulation, set in Victorian London. From Elizabeth Macneal, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory.

    London, 1839. Where the cemeteries are full and there is money to be made in death, Bonnie and Crawford lead a life of trickery, surviving off ill-gotten coin and nefarious schemes. But one hot evening, their luck runs out. A man lies in a pool of blood at Bonnie’s feet and now she needs to disappear.

    Crawford secures a position for her as lady’s maid in a grand house on the Thames that is still deep in mourning for its late mistress. As Bonnie comes to understand this family—the eccentric Mr. Moncrieff, obsessively drawing mausoleums grand enough for his dead wife, and their peculiar daughter, Cissie, scribbling imaginary love letters to herself from the mysterious Lord Duggan—she begins to question what really happened to Mrs. Moncrieff and whether her own presence here was planned from the beginning.

    Because Crawford is watching, and perhaps he is plotting his greatest trick yet . . .


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