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Poor Girls - Meet the female Peaky Blinders in this gripping and darkly funny thriller

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'Funny, fast-paced and dark... with dialogue that absolutely crackles' ELODIE HARPER
'A brave, bold novel' ARAMINTA HALL

Don't get angry.

Get rich.

1922. Twenty-four-year-old Eleanor Mackridge is horrified by the future mapped out for her - to serve the upper classes or find a husband. During the war, she found freedom in joining the workforce at home, but now women are being put back in their place.

Until Eleanor crosses paths with a member of the notorious female-led gang the Forty Elephants: bold women who wear diamonds and fur, drink champagne and gin, who take what they want without asking. Now, she sees a new future for herself: she can serve, marry - or steal.

After all, men will only let you down. Diamonds are forever.

In Poor Girls, Clare Whitfield exposes the criminal underbelly of 1920s London - but this isn't a morality tale, it's an adventure for the willingly wicked.

'Memorable, outrageous and full of heart.' ELENI KYRIACOU

'Wonderfully roguish characters, and great period detail. Really enjoyable.' IAN MOORE

'A richly vivid and picaresque masterwork... humorous, horrifying and humane.' TOM MEAD

'A compulsive read... A real page turner.' CAITLIN DAVIES


About the author

Clare Whitfield was born in 1978 in Morden (at the bottom of the Northern line) in Greater London. After university she worked at a publishing company before going on to hold various positions in buying and marketing. She now lives in Hampshire with her family. Her debut novel, People of Abandoned Character, won the Goldsboro Glass Bell Award and is also published by Head of Zeus.

Summary

New historical crime from award-winning writer Clare Whitfield, based on a real-life all-female London crime gang. Twenty-four-year-old Eleanor Mackridge leaves behind her working-class family to reinvent herself as 'Nell the Mack' in the Forty Elephants.

Foreword

New historical crime from award-winning writer Clare Whitfield, based on a real-life all-female London crime gang. Nineteen-year-old Eleanor Mackridge leaves behind her working-class family to reinvent herself as 'Nell the Mack' in the Forty Elephants.

Product details

Authors Clare Whitfield
Publisher Bloomsbury
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 04.03.2025
 
EAN 9781837930869
ISBN 978-1-83793-086-9
No. of pages 416
Dimensions 154 mm x 234 mm x 38 mm
Weight 610 g
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, Historical fiction, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Coming of age, First World War fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Feminism and feminist theory, FICTION / Feminist

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