Mercy
by Emma Woodhouse
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Pub Date 29 Jul 2025 | Archive Date 14 Jul 2025
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Description
“A Newton takes their own life, or that of another.”
So says the curse of the Newtons.
As the river rises and rain lashes down, The Watering is filled with smoke. In the early hours, a charred corpse is found in the brew house. Mercy Newton is arrested and sent to Shrewsbury assizes.
But is she guilty?
Pieced together from historical records, the life of the nationally notorious Mercy Newton is presented for the first time. Lost to history, this real-life story of a family curse, a jealous daughter and a suspected murder has been forgotten for over 100 years.
Until now.
A Note From the Publisher
“I first discovered Mercy Newton when I was looking through the British Newspaper Archives, searching for a real Victorian murder story based around the River Severn for my next book. Mercy Newton’s story just kept rearing itself over and over again, and I realised, quite quickly, that there was more to her story than just her arrest and trials. Soon, it became like my own Da Vinci Code – trails of paperwork unfolded, the story of not just her life, but those around her, and I realised that this was what I’d been looking for."
Advance Praise
"A hard, relentlessly gritty true crime tale of inequality, hardship, codependency, deprivation and substance abuse in industrially rural 19C England." - DJG Palmer, author of the Babanango trilogy
Marketing Plan
For media and event enquiries, please contact: Lauren Barnes lauren.barnes@cranthorpemillner.com
For media and event enquiries, please contact: Lauren Barnes lauren.barnes@cranthorpemillner.com
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781803783093 |
| PRICE | £12.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 400 |
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Featured Reviews
Aubrey T, Educator
Mercy focuses on Mercy Newton aka Mercy Milner and takes place in the 1800's, a time when moving up classes in society was a dream and women were subjected to acceptable physical abuses. The title and description drew me to this book but the character and her decisions kept me interested. Mercy lives a tough life where money and general comforts are hard to come by and her relationships are strained. This book was an interesting read but not a page turner, I enjoyed reading it slowly over a weeks time.
I will review this book on goodreads once the book is added. Thank you netgalley and cranthorpe millner publishers for this ARC>
