Elizabeth Haynes: The Murder of Harriet Monckton

Elizabeth Haynes’ new novel is based on a true Victorian murder. In 1843 the body of Harriet Monckton, a respectable young lady, was found, apparently poisoned, behind the chapel she attended in Bromley, Kent. The shock of her murder was intensified when the postmortem revealed that Harriet was six months pregnant.Using coroner’s reports and witness testimonies, the novel unfolds from the viewpoints of each of the main characters, each of whom has a reason to want Harriet dead.