“An exquisite novel of obsession, delusion, resilience, and love, Elizabeth Macneal really is a breathtaking new talent.

“A page-turning psychological thriller” (Essie Fox, author of The Somnambulist) that will haunt you long after you finish it, The Doll Factory is perfect for fans of The Alienist, Drood, and The Historian. Silas has only thought of one thing since that chance meeting, and his obsession is darkening by the day. Suddenly, her world begins to expand beyond her wildest dreams-but she has no idea that evil is waiting in the shadows. When Iris is asked to model for Pre-Raphaelite artist Louis Frost, she agrees on the condition that he will also teach her to paint. It won the Caledonia Novel Award 2018, and excitingly, film and TV rights have been sold to Buccaneer Media. It is currently available to pre-order via Amazon. Born in Scotland, Elizabeth Macneal is a writer and potter based in London. Dreaming of freedom, Iris throws herself into a new life of art and. Iris agrees, on the condition that he teaches her to paint. Louis is a painter who yearns to have his work displayed in the Royal Academy, and he is desperate for Iris to be his model. For Iris, an arrestingly attractive aspiring artist, it is a brief and forgettable moment but for Silas, a curiosity collector enchanted by all things strange and beautiful, the meeting marks a new beginning. The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal will be published in the UK by Picador on 2nd May 2019, and by Simon and Schuster in the US on 3rd September 2019. On a crowded street, the dollmaker Iris Whittle meets the artist Louis Frost. In 1850s London, the Great Exhibition is being erected in Hyde Park and, among the crowd watching the dazzling spectacle, two people meet by happenstance. In this “sharp, scary, gorgeously evocative tale of love, art, and obsession” (Paula Hawkins, bestselling author of The Girl on the Train), a beautiful young woman aspires to be an artist, while a man’s dark obsession may destroy her world forever.

“ This terrifically exciting novel will jolt, thrill, and bewitch readers.” -Booklist, starred review

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