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'I absolutely loved The Lost Passenger. I adored the writing style, the characterization and the gripping storyline. Bliss!' Jill Mansell
In the chaos of that terrible night, her secret went down with the Titanic. But secrets have a way of floating to the surface…
Trapped in an unhappy aristocratic marriage, Elinor Coombes sees only lonely days ahead of her. So a present from her father - tickets for the maiden voyage of a huge, luxurious new ship called the Titanic – offers a welcome escape from the cold, controlling atmosphere of her husband's ancestral home, and some precious time with her little son, Teddy.
When the ship goes down, Elinor realises the disaster has given her a chance to take Teddy and start a new life – but only if they can disappear completely, listed as among the dead. Penniless and using another woman's name, she has to learn to survive in a world that couldn't be more different from her own, and keep their secret safe.
An uplifting story about grabbing your chances with both hands, and being brave enough to find out who you really are.
'A compelling, heart-warming novel' Gill Paul
'A powerful and inspiring story' Anna Mazzola
'A beautifully written page-turner' Lila Cain
'Utterly compelling' Essie Fox
'An immersive and intriguing narrative' Hazel Gaynor
'A vivid, compelling and immaculately researched story' Lucy Barker
Frances Quinn grew up in London and read English at King's College, Cambridge, realising too late that the course would require more than lying around reading novels for three years. After snatching a degree from the jaws of laziness, she became a journalist, writing for magazines including Prima, Good Housekeeping, She, Woman's Weekly and Ideal Home, and later branched out into copywriting, producing words for everything from Waitrose pizza packaging to the EasyJet in-flight brochure.
In 2013, she won a place on the Curtis Brown Creative novel writing course, and started work on her first novel, The Smallest Man. That Bonesetter Woman was published in 2022 and The Lost Passenger in 2025.
She lives in Brighton, with her husband and two Tonkinese cats. 'The author of The Smallest Man and That Bonesetter Woman has done it again with
another gripping historical drama' 'A juicy story of Dickensian scope, packed with colour and characters that leap from the page. Underpinned with serious themes of class and misogyny, Quinn deftly leads you from domestic turmoil to heart-stopping adventure' Jenny Lecoat
'Frances Quinn is one of my favourite historical fiction novelists and this book may just be her best yet! The Lost Passenger is storytelling at its very finest. I cannot recommend this book highly enough!' Louise Fein
'A thoroughly enjoyable novel about being brave enough to grab hold of a second chance and make the most of it' Louise Hare
'The Lost Passenger hooked me from the opening page, and the brilliant storytelling drew me all the way through to the moving and heart-warming conclusion. Great characterisation, authentic world-building and a really satisfying narrative. Another triumph from Frances Quinn!' Philippa East
'A cracking riches-to-rags tale from the queen of the underdog story, which cleverly turns the standard Cinderella story on its head to page-turning effect' Trevor Wood
'A brilliant rags-to-riches novel set around the Titanic disaster and getting a second chance in life. The Lost Passenger says so much about what family and love really means, and is emotionally heartwarming without ever being saccharine. Brilliantly compelling' Nikki Smith
'An acutely observed account of one woman's struggle to escape the shackles of an aristocratic marriage, and the desperate decisions she has to make after the sinking of the Titanic. You'll be rooting for Elinor Coombes all the way in this compelling, heart-warming novel' Gill Paul
In the chaos of that terrible night, her secret went down with the Titanic. But secrets have a way of floating to the surface…
Trapped in an unhappy aristocratic marriage, Elinor Coombes sees only lonely days ahead of her. So a present from her father - tickets for the maiden voyage of a huge, luxurious new ship called the Titanic – offers a welcome escape from the cold, controlling atmosphere of her husband's ancestral home, and some precious time with her little son, Teddy.
When the ship goes down, Elinor realises the disaster has given her a chance to take Teddy and start a new life – but only if they can disappear completely, listed as among the dead. Penniless and using another woman's name, she has to learn to survive in a world that couldn't be more different from her own, and keep their secret safe.
An uplifting story about grabbing your chances with both hands, and being brave enough to find out who you really are.
'A compelling, heart-warming novel' Gill Paul
'A powerful and inspiring story' Anna Mazzola
'A beautifully written page-turner' Lila Cain
'Utterly compelling' Essie Fox
'An immersive and intriguing narrative' Hazel Gaynor
'A vivid, compelling and immaculately researched story' Lucy Barker
Frances Quinn grew up in London and read English at King's College, Cambridge, realising too late that the course would require more than lying around reading novels for three years. After snatching a degree from the jaws of laziness, she became a journalist, writing for magazines including Prima, Good Housekeeping, She, Woman's Weekly and Ideal Home, and later branched out into copywriting, producing words for everything from Waitrose pizza packaging to the EasyJet in-flight brochure.
In 2013, she won a place on the Curtis Brown Creative novel writing course, and started work on her first novel, The Smallest Man. That Bonesetter Woman was published in 2022 and The Lost Passenger in 2025.
She lives in Brighton, with her husband and two Tonkinese cats. 'The author of The Smallest Man and That Bonesetter Woman has done it again with
another gripping historical drama' 'A juicy story of Dickensian scope, packed with colour and characters that leap from the page. Underpinned with serious themes of class and misogyny, Quinn deftly leads you from domestic turmoil to heart-stopping adventure' Jenny Lecoat
'Frances Quinn is one of my favourite historical fiction novelists and this book may just be her best yet! The Lost Passenger is storytelling at its very finest. I cannot recommend this book highly enough!' Louise Fein
'A thoroughly enjoyable novel about being brave enough to grab hold of a second chance and make the most of it' Louise Hare
'The Lost Passenger hooked me from the opening page, and the brilliant storytelling drew me all the way through to the moving and heart-warming conclusion. Great characterisation, authentic world-building and a really satisfying narrative. Another triumph from Frances Quinn!' Philippa East
'A cracking riches-to-rags tale from the queen of the underdog story, which cleverly turns the standard Cinderella story on its head to page-turning effect' Trevor Wood
'A brilliant rags-to-riches novel set around the Titanic disaster and getting a second chance in life. The Lost Passenger says so much about what family and love really means, and is emotionally heartwarming without ever being saccharine. Brilliantly compelling' Nikki Smith
'An acutely observed account of one woman's struggle to escape the shackles of an aristocratic marriage, and the desperate decisions she has to make after the sinking of the Titanic. You'll be rooting for Elinor Coombes all the way in this compelling, heart-warming novel' Gill Paul