The Poison Bed

Engaging, vivid and revelling in historical detail, this thriller delves into a notorious murder. The reversal comes in a double blow, the first of which is so cunningly done I found myself pausing, frowning and riffling back through the pages to confirm that I had, indeed, been thoroughly stitched up * Sarah Perry, bestselling author of The Essex Serpent *
A twisting psychological thriller based on a real Jacobean murder. Unputdownable * The Times *
A gripping historical thriller. Think Gone Girl with bodices. Brilliant * Glamour *
A tale of intrigue and ambition, this is a rich and fascinating book – ONE OF THE BEST RECENT CRIME NOVELS * The Guardian *
A gripping page-turner that will have you awake long into the night. Ingenious * The Times *
An intoxicating blend of intrigue, seduction, witchcraft and murder. The Poison Bed is beautifully told and impossible to put down – Karen Perry
An electrifying, brilliantly executed thriller * Woman & Home *
Gripping and fascinating. Fremantle is a master * Santa Montefiore *
Who is to blame? And will they get away with it? A rollicking read * Heat *
Immaculately detailed and atmospheric, this Jacobean mystery borrows from both the revenge tragedies and contemporary noir thriller to manipulate the reader. It is dark, clever and compulsive – Elizabeth Buchan * Daily Mail *

Elizabeth Fremantle is the critically acclaimed author of four Tudor historical novels- Firebrand (formerly Queen’s Gambit and recently an acclaimed feature film starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law)), Sisters of Treason, Watch the Lady and The Girl in the Glass Tower. As E.C. Fremantle she has written two historical thrillers- The Poison Bed and The Honey and the Sting. Disobedient, her feminist retelling of the life of seventeenth-century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi, won the 2024 Historical Writers Gold Crown Award. She lives in London.

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