Emily Noble's Disgrace

The moving and heartfelt third novel from Mary Paulson-Ellis, which follows two sisters and their journey into their traumatic past.

About the author

Mary Paulson-Ellis lives in Edinburgh. Her critically acclaimed debut, The Other Mrs Walker was a Times bestseller and Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year. Her second, The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing was long-listed for the McIlvanney Prize for best Scottish crime novel and a Historical Writers Association Gold Crown. Mary’s short fiction has featured on BBC R4 and in 2019 Val McDermid named her one of ten exciting LGBTQ+ writers working today. In 2023 she was appointed the Dr Gavin Wallace Fellow by Edinburgh Unesco City of Literature. Emily Noble’s Disgrace is her third novel.

Summary

'A brilliant, original read' - Daily Mail

'Totally absorbing, this is a story that will keep you gripped' - Janice Hadlow, author of The Other Bennet Sister

The case is unexceptional, that is what I know. A house full of stuff left behind by a dead woman, abandoned at the last . . .

When trauma cleaner Essie Pound makes a gruesome discovery in the derelict Edinburgh boarding house she is sent to clean, it brings her into contact with a young policewoman, Emily Noble, who has her own reasons to solve the case.

As the two women embark on a journey into the heart of a forgotten family, the investigation prompts fragmented memories of their own traumatic histories – something Emily has spent a lifetime attempting to bury, and Essie a lifetime trying to lay bare.

Emily Noble’s Disgrace is the third novel from Mary Paulson-Ellis, the bestselling author of The Other Mrs Walker, a Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year.

Additional text

The author writes with such compassion about people and there is poetry in her prose

Product details

• Authors: Mary Paulson-Ellis, Paulson-Ellis Mary
• Publisher: Mantle
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.08.2021
• EAN: 9781529036176
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-3617-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 224 mm x 39 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical fiction, Edinburgh, Scotland, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Literary, c 1920 to c 1929, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 1940 to c 1949, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Family Life / Siblings, Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Mystery & Detective / Historical