Inspired by a real-life case that shocked and awed the public at the time, Kate Foster's "The Maiden" vividly takes us back in time to Edinburgh in October 1679, when Lady Christian Nimmo is tried for the murder of her lover, James Forrester, a man who seemingly had many women in his life and others who would wish him ill. But what led a lady with such social standing risk everything for an affair? And does that really make her capable of his murder? This debut and winner of Bloody Scotland's 2020 Pitch Perfect Award, gives a voice to the women that were otherwise silenced by the passing of time. If you enjoy your historical fiction with a feminist twist and a building sense of dread, be sure to pick this book up when it comes out at the end of April.
The Maiden by Kate Foster is out on 27 April (£14.99)