The Repentants

About the author

Kate Foster worked as a national newspaper journalist for more than twenty years before becoming an author. Growing up in Edinburgh, she became fascinated by its history and often uses it as inspiration for her stories. Her previous novels include The Maiden, which won the Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year and was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, and The King’s Witches. The Mourning Necklace is her third novel. She lives in Edinburgh with her two children.

Product details

• Authors: Kate Foster, Foster Kate
• Publisher: Mantle
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 28.05.2026
• EAN: 9781035052110
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3505211-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Historical novels and narratives; FICTION / General, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Religious, Fiction: general and literary, FICTION / Feminist, Fiction and Related items, FICTION / World Literature / Europe (General), FICTION / World Literature / Scotland / General, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, FICTION / World Literature / England / 16th & 17th Century