Katharine McMahon Books
Katharine McMahon's fiction centers on the lives of extraordinary women, exploring their experiences with a contemporary perspective. She delves into historical settings to illuminate complex friendships, resilience, and betrayal. McMahon masterfully captures human emotions and relationships against the backdrop of dramatic historical events. Her novels offer readers profound insights into the lives of women who shaped their world despite formidable circumstances.
The women in Helena Mayrick's life have always led secretive and tragic lives, and when Helena's comfortable marriage is devastated by her husband's tragic death, it seems that she, too, is locked into the cycle. Helena is invited to research a book on her grandfather, H. Donaldson, the celebrated Edwardian photographer. At first, she is reluctant to immerse herself in family history, particularly as Donaldson's relationship with her grandmother, Ruth, is shrouded in mystery and turmoil. But gradually, as the story of enigmatic Ruth and the elusive, passionate Donaldson unfolds, Helena finds that the past, like the present, was shaped by cruel dilemmas and the demands of love ...
The Hour of Separation
- 416 pages
- 15 hours of reading
An epic love story set in the Resistance from the Richard & Judy selected author of The Rose of Sebastopol. Now selected for ONE BOOK, ONE TOWN.
The Woman in the Picture
- 402 pages
- 15 hours of reading
The page-turning sequel to THE CRIMSON ROOMS by the author of bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club pick, THE ROSE OF SEBASTOPOL. London, 1926. Evie Gifford, one of the first female lawyers in Britain, is not a woman who lets convention get in her way. She has left her family home following a devastating love affair, much to her mother's disapproval. London is tense in the days leading up to the General Strike and Evelyn throws herself into two very different cases - one involving a family with links to the unions and the other a rich man who claims not to be the father of his wife's child. Evie is confronting the hardest challenge of her career when she is faced with an unexpected proposal - just as her former lover returns. How can she possibly choose between security with a man she admires and passion for the man who betrayed her?
Confinement
- 416 pages
- 15 hours of reading
The compelling, powerful story of two women, separated by a hundred years, but linked by the lives they choose and the decisions they make.
A Way Through The Woods
- 262 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Exploring the intricate dynamics of family relationships, this narrative delves into the lives of two generations, revealing the secrets that bind and divide them. The story unfolds with emotional depth, highlighting the impact of hidden truths on familial bonds. As the characters navigate their intertwined histories, readers are drawn into a compelling journey of love, betrayal, and the quest for understanding.
The Alchemist's Daughter
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
McMahon pens an unforgettable historical novel about a young woman's coming of age in 18th century England, a world of secrets and science, passion and betrayal, innocence and experience.
