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This edition includes two full original songs written by the author and performed by the narrator.
Edinburgh, 1791. Isobel Duguid and her friend Clessidro are the stars of the Edinburgh Musical Society. Clessidro sings opera and Isobel sings famously dark Scottish ballads, despite her cavalier attitude to holding a tune. They roam the streets of Edinburgh, enjoying an opulent lifestyle.
One night a note arrives from the mysterious Mrs Abercorn, asking if Isobel's most notorious song, The Fiddler's Wrath, might be included in a book. It's the tale of a prima donna who died of heartbreak after her husband committed murder and was sent to the gallows. Isobel is intrigued. But Mrs. Abercorn's curiosity about the ballad is far more than a fickle interest. When Clessidro goes missing, Isobel is forced to confront her past and the truth about The Fiddler's Wrath begins to emerge.
Using the geography of Edinburgh to guide us through the story, this dark tale becomes more complicated than anyone could have imagined and awakens the chilling retribution of a once buried secret. Lucy Ribchester (Author)
Lucy Ribchester was born in Edinburgh. She has a first-class degree in English from the University of St Andrews and a Masters in Shakespeare Studies from Kings College London & Shakespeare's Globe.
In 2013 she received a New Writers Award from The Scottish Book Trust. She has since won a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship, and been shortlisted for the COSTA Short Story Award and Manchester Fiction Prize. Her first novel, The Hourglass Factory was longlisted for the Historical Writers Association Debut Crown, picked by Val McDermid for her New Blood panel at Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, and selected by Waterstones' Edinburgh branches as their Book of the Year.
Lucy also covers dance, books and children's events for Scotland's The List magazine, and writes contemporary thrillers under the name Elle Connel.
A story of betrayal, mystery, and the secrets some would die to protect. Isobel Duguid's tale takes us from Edinburgh's dazzling 18th century opera scene to the Old Tolbooth gallows. A new spin on the trend of dark historic fiction and successes like The Whispering Muse. Lucy Ribchester has a great track record. She has won a Scottish Book Trust New Writers' Award, a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship and a Creative Scotland Open Project Award for her two previous bestselling novels. This is her first book set in Scotland and she is excited to write more Scottish historical fiction. Incredibly gripping and unexpected storyline which blends music and the setting of Edinburgh into the narrative, giving fantastic publicity opportunities.
Edinburgh, 1791. Isobel Duguid and her friend Clessidro are the stars of the Edinburgh Musical Society. Clessidro sings opera and Isobel sings famously dark Scottish ballads, despite her cavalier attitude to holding a tune. They roam the streets of Edinburgh, enjoying an opulent lifestyle.
One night a note arrives from the mysterious Mrs Abercorn, asking if Isobel's most notorious song, The Fiddler's Wrath, might be included in a book. It's the tale of a prima donna who died of heartbreak after her husband committed murder and was sent to the gallows. Isobel is intrigued. But Mrs. Abercorn's curiosity about the ballad is far more than a fickle interest. When Clessidro goes missing, Isobel is forced to confront her past and the truth about The Fiddler's Wrath begins to emerge.
Using the geography of Edinburgh to guide us through the story, this dark tale becomes more complicated than anyone could have imagined and awakens the chilling retribution of a once buried secret. Lucy Ribchester (Author)
Lucy Ribchester was born in Edinburgh. She has a first-class degree in English from the University of St Andrews and a Masters in Shakespeare Studies from Kings College London & Shakespeare's Globe.
In 2013 she received a New Writers Award from The Scottish Book Trust. She has since won a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship, and been shortlisted for the COSTA Short Story Award and Manchester Fiction Prize. Her first novel, The Hourglass Factory was longlisted for the Historical Writers Association Debut Crown, picked by Val McDermid for her New Blood panel at Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, and selected by Waterstones' Edinburgh branches as their Book of the Year.
Lucy also covers dance, books and children's events for Scotland's The List magazine, and writes contemporary thrillers under the name Elle Connel.
A story of betrayal, mystery, and the secrets some would die to protect. Isobel Duguid's tale takes us from Edinburgh's dazzling 18th century opera scene to the Old Tolbooth gallows. A new spin on the trend of dark historic fiction and successes like The Whispering Muse. Lucy Ribchester has a great track record. She has won a Scottish Book Trust New Writers' Award, a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship and a Creative Scotland Open Project Award for her two previous bestselling novels. This is her first book set in Scotland and she is excited to write more Scottish historical fiction. Incredibly gripping and unexpected storyline which blends music and the setting of Edinburgh into the narrative, giving fantastic publicity opportunities.