OUR LADY OF THE HUNT

COMING JUNE 2027

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For readers of Lucy Foley's The Hunting Party, Emma Cline's The Guest, and Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl, Our Lady of the Hunt combines high-stakes menace with the feverish, decadent allure of SALTBURN. Darkly funny, sharp and richly atmospheric, it is a tale of wealth, obsession and the danger of letting the wrong person into your world.

OUR LADY IS MERCIFUL. BUT OUR LADY DOES NOT FORGET.

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When Ian Sicard, heir to a dynasty that oozes old money, is stranded on a remote Scottish road, a woman named Sylva stops to help him. Ian is drawn to her self-possession, beauty and mystery, and within weeks Sylva is swept into his gilded world.

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But as Sylva is drawn deeper into the beautiful, brutal orbit of the Sicards, it becomes clear she is not just learning their rules - she's waiting for the right moment to break them.

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With razor-sharp bite and glittering prose, Our Lady of the Hunt is a spiralling tale of obsession, deception and retribution. Beneath its surface lies a feral, acerbic examination of class, complicity and the price of worshipping at the altar of wealth.

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Praise for The Body and the Blood:
'A darkly glittering gem of Southern Gothic, a gripping read from a big new talent' - Liam McIlvanney
'Molly Crighton hits the ground running with her debut novel, an atmospheric, propulsive tale ... highly recommended' - NZ Listener
'Assured and atmospheric' - NZ Herald