Clare Whitfield

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD! 'Funny, fast-paced and dark... with dialogue that absolutely crackles’ ELODIE HARPER 'A brave, bold novel' ARAMINTA HALL IF YOU CAN’T MAKE THE RULES 1922. Eleanor Mackridge is staring down the barrel of two equally depressing life choices – serving the upper classes or finding a husband – when she crosses...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD! 'Funny, fast-paced and dark... with dialogue that absolutely crackles’ — ELODIE HARPER 'A brave, bold novel' — ARAMINTA HALL IF YOU CAN’T MAKE THE RULES 1922. Eleanor Mackridge is staring down the barrel of two equally depressing life choices – serving the upper classes or finding a husband – when...

Part psychological thriller, part coming-of-age novel from the author of People of Abandoned Character. An absent father. A missing girl. Buried family secrets. Is the truth worth searching for? Sixteen-year-old Prue has grown up around secrets. Her gran's stern silence, her mother's teary breakdowns, her aunt's whispered assurances. But now, in the aftermath of her mum's latest 'episode', Prue's decided...

What would you do if you thought your husband was Jack the Ripper? A dark historical crime novel. What if you thought your husband was Jack the Ripper? London, 1888. Susannah rushes into marriage to a young and wealthy surgeon. After a passionate honeymoon, she returns home with her new husband wrapped around her little finger. But then everything changes....