Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter
16 March 2023Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
'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 British pearl-boat captain Charles Brightwell goes missing out at sea, rumours of mutiny and murder swell within the bay's dens and back alleys. Only his headstrong daughter, Eliza, refuses to believe...
Details
16 March 2023304 pages
9781035027965Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Immersive storytelling, a rollicking mystery and a take-no-prisoners heroineStylist
Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter is a gorgeous debut. 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 . . . A gleaming achievementEmma Stonex, bestselling author of The Lamplighters
A lively tale with a gutsy, likeable heroineNick Rennison, Sunday Times
Tense and vividly atmospheric, with a determined, independent heroine intent on the truth. It’s beautifully written, unflinching and brimming with adventure. I loved the journey to a world I knew nothing about - it’s gloriously transportingJennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne
