PRE-ORDER: Ships to arrive in May 2027
SERIES SHORTLISTED FOR A HISTORICAL DAGGER, CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION 2026
1920s Glasgow. The city is simmering: unemployment gnaws, miners are on strike, and a dangerous IRA prisoner is loose on the streets. The last thing anyone needs is a female policewoman - or 'statement-taker' asking awkward questions.
But Mabel has never been good at staying quiet.
When women begin dying across the city, deaths dismissed as accidents by colleagues too busy, or too indifferent to look twice, Mabel is the only one willing to follow the thread. The deeper she pulls, the more dangerous it becomes. Desperate for allies, she turns to an unlikely pair: businesswoman Beatrice and former thief Johnnie, of Price's Detective Agency, whose methods are as unorthodox as her own...
Glasgow doesn't want its secrets found. And it has ways of making sure they aren't.
The third novel in The Mabel Adair mysteries.
(Can be read as a stand-alone.)
PRAISE FOR THE DEVIL'S DRAPER (BOOK 2) -
'The Devil's Draper is a history-mystery, inspired by a true crime, and yet striking in its topicality. Donna Moore tells a dark story, but with a light touch and plenty of pace.'- Martin Edwards, Author of the Rachel Savernake series
'A page-turning historical mystery set in 1920's Glasgow...This novel throws the fight for women's rights into stark relief, showing us how far we have come, and how far we still have to go.' - Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019, Author of 'Paper Sisters'
Praise for The Unpicking:
"You need a strong stomach to follow these three generations of women, as you endure their torment with them... Enthralling? Definitely. I read this in two sittings." - The Yorkshire Times
"The air hangs heavy with constant menace, and Moore evokes the wariness and vigilance of women and girls who have learned never to let their guard down: the heightened senses of the oppressed and vulnerable. There are villains here, of almost stereotypical moustache-twirling wickedness, but at every turn Moore highlights the institutional and societal misogyny that enables them, the collusion they can always rely on, whether in an asylum, a girls’ home or the police force." - Alastair Mabbott for The Herald
About the Author:
Donna Moore is the author of crime fiction and historical fiction. Her first novel, a Private Eye spoof called Go To Helena Handbasket, won the Lefty Award for most humorous crime fiction novel and her second novel, Old Dogs, was shortlisted for both the Lefty and Last Laugh Awards. Her short stories have been published in various anthologies. In her day job she works as an adult literacy tutor for marginalised and vulnerable women, facilitates creative writing workshops and has a PhD in creative writing around women’s history and gender-based violence.
