In the author's own words this is a “dramatic fictionalisation based on a true story”.

In 1843 a single but pregnant Harriet Monkton was found poisoned in a privy out the back of her local chapel. Based on her research of the inquests into Harriet’s death, Elizabeth Haynes tells us a story of what might have happened to Harriet that evening and who may just have been guilty.

Haynes has done an exceptional job of bringing some of these genuine historical characters to life; blending what she has observed of their true characters from the historical records with her imagined inner lives for them.

A courtroom drama with a difference, who did it was blindingly obvious but this story is was well worth the ride. Recommended to lovers of historical fiction, true crime and courtroom dramas.