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Exiled for a murder her father committed, Brigid Cleary has until midsummer to gather what she needs for readmission to her home in the fairy mound: a chest of stolen gold and a chest full of her father’s blood. With nothing but her own wits and an ability to be mostly unseen, she takes a position as a scullery maid in a country manor house, where stealing gold is easy as dusting the candlesticks.

When discovery of her thieving becomes likely, she scarpers, embarking on a madcap season in London. With midsummer fast approaching, Brigid must recoup her stolen gold in any way she can, even if it means modeling for a lecherous pre Raphaelite artist, posing as a young debutante to spy on other debutantes, and forming a clandestine Pugilism Club for Young Ladies.

With gold filling her pockets and her father newly released from prison, the path back to the fairies should be clear. Or would be, were it not for her growing feelings for Edmund, the gentle young lord who hired her to spy on his sister; her burgeoning sense of loyalty and friendship to Adelaide, the sister upon whom she was meant to spy; and the unsettling question of whether she should--or even could--bloodily avenge her mother’s death.

Inspired by the actual 1895 murder of Bridget Cleary by her husband Michael, the struggle for Irish Home Rule, and events surrounding the late pre Raphaelite artistic movement, The Revenge of Bridget Cleary has been heralded by author Joanna Ruth Meyer as "equal parts haunting, compelling, and thoughtful."

What readers are saying:

The Revenge of Bridget Cleary is filled with the strength of sisterhood, healing generational trauma, and the complex meaning of justice. I appreciated the crisp language and witty dialog. But most of all I loved the satire on socially condoned darkness. Though the story deals with the horror of an extended-family provoked murder, it focuses more on the strength that comes from sharing trials with those you trust and how to both forgive and to hold to justice.

-Maria, Goodreads

"If Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell had a baby with Greta Gerwig's Little Women, this is certainly the wild, weird little book baby that would come out."

-W. R. Gingell, author of The City Between series

"Chaotic but addictive, witty and gut-wrenching..."

-Saily Bhagwat

"I very, VERY rarely cry reading books, but the reveals about the Cleary family were touching enough it pulled out a few tears from me. Okay. I was bawling. And drinking a beer."

-Irina Kermong

"Simply put, Zeller's writing was brilliant..."

-Billy

This whimsical yet biting novel stars stabby fairies, vivid imagery, and a witty narrative style. Equal parts haunting, compelling, and thoughtful.

— Joanna Ruth Meyer, author of Into the Heartless Wood and Echo North

A rich delve into Irish faerie folklore, The Revenge of Bridget Cleary tells the story of

Bridget Cleary, the woman murdered by her own husband because he thought she was a fairy.

We see the world through Brigid Cleary’s eyes, the ill-conceived, half-fae daughter of Bridget and Michael Cleary. This book hits all the sweet spots: part Irish fairytale, part murder mystery, with a backbone of complex, deeply-realized characters, including Brigid herself. The strong female friendships between Brigid, Adelaide and Florence are deeply satisfying, especially as together they navigate a world where they are outsiders in every way, whether it be as fairy, woman, or both. From revenge and murder to class struggle and magic, and with a dash of fairytale romance, The Revenge of Bridget Cleary is a delicious, toothy book that will haunt its readers for a long time after.

-Brielle Porter, author of Jester