'Propulsive, rich and properly gripping. Macneal is a masterful storyteller - I genuinely could not put this down.'
- Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars and Mrs England
'The always-brilliant Macneal levels up once again in this tour de force of a gothic thriller. I devoured it.'
- Gillian McAllister
'A book to sink into and relish. Dark, clever, with a twist worthy of your attention. Macneal gets better and better.'
- Kiran Millwood Hargrave, bestselling author of The Mercies
'Elizabeth Macneal is the real deal - she crafts meticulously researched, page turning gothic tales in beautiful prose. The Burial Plot's rich blend of mystery, mayhem and murder both grips and enchants.'
- Rachel Hore
'The Burial Plot is gothic and gripping, full of twists and turns. I was hooked from the first page, and on constant tenterhooks about the fate of the book's heroine. Macneal brings Victorian England - and all of its potential dangers - vividly to life, and the characters leap off the page.'
- Flora Carr, author of The Tower
'Taut, propulsive, beautifully done - Macneal has once again written a richly drawn story with characters that leap from the page and a plot which hooks you in from the first page to the very last.'
- Susan Stokes Chapman, Sunday Times bestselling author of Pandora
'You know the books everyone loves? Wuthering Heights, And Then There Were None, I Capture the Castle? The Burial Plot deserves a spot right alongside them, with its complex and brutal love story, merciless depiction of chance and class, and flawless rendering of the English countryside. Its heroine, Bonnie Fairchild, breaks every rule we hold most dear, and yet we can't help but love and root for her. As Bonnie herself says, A heroine changes her fortune. She finds another way out. . . . I feverishly devoured every perfect page of Elizabeth McNeal's tense, terrifying, and absolutely brilliant novel. It's an irresistible work of genius.'
- Nina de Gramont, author of The Christie Affair