The Cursed Wife

Pamela Hartshorne

• 08 maart 2018
• 9781509859320

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When a young girl is cursed at the age of six, she carries the curse all her life – set against a rich, dark, Elizabethan England – in this gripping historical thriller.

Curses cannot be silenced Mary is happily married to a wealthy merchant, living a charmed life in Elizabethan London. But there’s a part of her past she can’t forget. As a small girl she was cursed for causing the death of a vagrant child, a curse that predicts she will hang. Mary’s carefully curated world begins to falter – her whole life is based on a lie. One rainy day she ventures to London’s Cheapside, where her past catches up with her. Suddenly, the lies and deception she has so fought to bury begin to claw their way to the surface. As the wronged enact their vengeance, Mary must attempt to break the curse. Can she right the wrongs of her past before the curse wreaks its revenge? Praise for Pamela Hartshorne `Addictive, atmospheric and completely enjoyable’ Julie Cohen `Powerful and thrilling . . . You won’t be able to rest until the end’ Sun `Authentic, vivid and gripping’ Kate Riordan

The Cursed Wife by Pamela Hartshorne is a page-turning, psychological thriller set in Elizabethan London.

Curses cannot be silenced . . .

Mary lives a contented life as wife to a wealthy merchant in Elizabethan London. But there's a part of her past she can’t forget . . . As a small girl she was cursed for causing the death of a vagrant child, a curse that predicts that she will hang.

Sometimes the happiest households are not what they seem, and Mary's carefully curated world begins to falter. Mary’s whole life is based on a lie. Is she the woman her husband believes her to be?

One rainy day she ventures to London's Cheapside, where her past catches up with her . . . Suddenly the lies and deception she has so fought to hide begin to claw to the surface.