Eloise
On sale
27th July 2023
Price: £8.99
The Sunday Times #1 bestseller
Discover the debut novel from the iconic Richard & Judy book club champion
***Don’t miss Judy Finnigan’s heartrending new novel. ROSELAND is out in November 2023 and is available to pre-order now***
‘Romantic and rain-lashed. . . a stirring and intriguing read’
Louise Candlish
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‘Gripping . . . captures the mystery and menace of Cornwall in glorious gothic style’
Liz Fenwick
‘Highly readable, incredibly moving . . . Eloise had me turning pages late into the night’
Dorothy Koomson
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What secrets did she take to her grave?
Eloise and Cathy have been best friends since childhood, growing up together against the idyllic backdrop of Eloise’s family home on the Cornish coast. When Eloise dies after a long battle with breast cancer, Cathy is devastated.
Cathy returns to Cornwall for the funeral, but soon begins to have disturbing dreams, implying that Eloise’s death was not all it seems. With a history of depression, Cathy is only just recovering from a nervous breakdown and her husband Chris, a psychiatrist, is concerned that she is losing her grip on reality once again.
Stung by her husband’s scepticism, Cathy decides to explore Eloise’s mysterious past. But as she is drawn ever deeper into her friend’s great – and tragic – secret, Cathy soon finds herself in unimaginable danger.
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WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING ABOUT ELOISE AND JUDY FINNIGAN
‘A moving meditation on grief, family bonds, motherhood and female friendship.’ Sunday Express
‘A haunting, pacy page-turner, with a real ghostly feel – a must read.’ Fabulous Magazine
‘Impressive debut.’ Woman & Home
‘A great first book from the Queen of the Book Club.’ Essentials
‘A warm and promising debut.’ Daily Mail
‘Judy deserves to be taken seriously as a writer of thoughtful, descriptive fiction.’ Choice
‘The kind of book you shouldn’t start if you don’t want to stay up all night.’ Western Daily Press
‘Haunting thriller.’ Cornwall Today
‘Atmospheric, creepy and original, Judy has written a blinder of a first novel.’ Sun
‘An assured first novel.’ Choice magazine
‘Keeps you guessing.’ Sidmouth Herald
‘Kept me glued to the pages until the very end.’ Jersey Evening Post
‘An absorbing, thought-provoking tale of family skeletons, betrayal and the enduring spirit of friendship.’ Good Book Guide
Discover the debut novel from the iconic Richard & Judy book club champion
***Don’t miss Judy Finnigan’s heartrending new novel. ROSELAND is out in November 2023 and is available to pre-order now***
‘Romantic and rain-lashed. . . a stirring and intriguing read’
Louise Candlish
___________
‘Gripping . . . captures the mystery and menace of Cornwall in glorious gothic style’
Liz Fenwick
‘Highly readable, incredibly moving . . . Eloise had me turning pages late into the night’
Dorothy Koomson
___________
What secrets did she take to her grave?
Eloise and Cathy have been best friends since childhood, growing up together against the idyllic backdrop of Eloise’s family home on the Cornish coast. When Eloise dies after a long battle with breast cancer, Cathy is devastated.
Cathy returns to Cornwall for the funeral, but soon begins to have disturbing dreams, implying that Eloise’s death was not all it seems. With a history of depression, Cathy is only just recovering from a nervous breakdown and her husband Chris, a psychiatrist, is concerned that she is losing her grip on reality once again.
Stung by her husband’s scepticism, Cathy decides to explore Eloise’s mysterious past. But as she is drawn ever deeper into her friend’s great – and tragic – secret, Cathy soon finds herself in unimaginable danger.
___________
WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING ABOUT ELOISE AND JUDY FINNIGAN
‘A moving meditation on grief, family bonds, motherhood and female friendship.’ Sunday Express
‘A haunting, pacy page-turner, with a real ghostly feel – a must read.’ Fabulous Magazine
‘Impressive debut.’ Woman & Home
‘A great first book from the Queen of the Book Club.’ Essentials
‘A warm and promising debut.’ Daily Mail
‘Judy deserves to be taken seriously as a writer of thoughtful, descriptive fiction.’ Choice
‘The kind of book you shouldn’t start if you don’t want to stay up all night.’ Western Daily Press
‘Haunting thriller.’ Cornwall Today
‘Atmospheric, creepy and original, Judy has written a blinder of a first novel.’ Sun
‘An assured first novel.’ Choice magazine
‘Keeps you guessing.’ Sidmouth Herald
‘Kept me glued to the pages until the very end.’ Jersey Evening Post
‘An absorbing, thought-provoking tale of family skeletons, betrayal and the enduring spirit of friendship.’ Good Book Guide
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Reviews
Having run a wildly successful book club, championing new fiction, it was perhaps inevitable that Judy Finnigan should turn her hand to novel-writing. Eloise has nods to Daphne du Maurier and Emily Brontë in its vividly evoked Cornwall setting and story of a woman haunted in her dreams by the best friend who died of cancer. No vanity project this, Judy deserves to be taken seriously as a writer of thoughtful, descriptive fiction
A great first book from the Queen of the Book Club
A moving meditation on grief, family bonds, motherhood and female friendship
Judy Finnigan's gripping début novel captures the mystery and menace of Cornwall in glorious gothic style
Exudes a deep and soulful sense of place. Romantic and rain-lashed, du Maurier's Cornwall haunts the pages of Eloise as powerfully as the spirit of the elusive heroine herself. A stirring and intriguing read
An absorbing, thought-provoking tale of family skeletons, betrayal and the enduring spirit of friendship
Atmospheric, creepy and original, Judy has written a blinder of a first novel
Impressive debut
Haunting thriller
An assured first novel
Highly readable, incredibly moving in parts, and with wonderful echoes of Daphne Du Maurier, Eloise had me turning pages late into the night
A creepy ghost story . . . the real star of the book is Judy's beloved Cornwall - a wild beautiful backdrop to the tale that is almost a character in itself
[Eloise] has a life of its own thanks to Finnigan's lack of pretension, light touch and obvious passion for the Cornish landscape, which is so lovingly described it's almost a character in its own right. A warm and promising debut
A haunting, pacy page-turner, with a real ghostly feel - a must read