Compelling storytelling that draws us ever deeper into the life of Marguerite Diblanc who commits a murder but had ‘no intention to kill’. Peppered with social history, we are whisked to rural Belgium, Paris during the Siege and the bustling streets of Soho… A page-turner, with a cast of characters, good and bad, who will remain with you long after you close the book.”
M. Colyer

An absorbing historical crime novel based on a real 19th-century murder. Naomi Clifford has done a fabulous job of bringing to life the central character, troubled, lonely, complicated Marguerite, and her settings – London and Paris of 1872 – are especially vivid. I The research is woven carefully into the plot, and the history never overpowers the plot. An excellently written story, a real page-turner.
Cass Green, author of In a Cottage in a Wood 

Gripping from the first page, beautifully written, this book weaves together fascinating historical detail with an intimate re-imagining of the life of a long-forgotten woman… Naomi Clifford has given this one woman, who led a life both obscure and notorious, a voice. It was a pleasure to be introduced to the dark and turbulent world she inhabited.
Helena Wright

There’s a distinct brilliance to Naomi Clifford’s ability to take a historical setting and fill it with tension, flawed characters, and the kind of dread that keeps you turning pages late into the night. 13 Park Lane is one of those rare books that doesn’t just tell a story—it immerses you in it.
You can’t help but love Marguerite, a woman who seems to have suffered all the sorrow the world could offer.”
Amazon review

This wonderful but dark novel manages to describe the relentless life of servants both in London and Paris in 1870, as well as that shocking siege, without allowing the reader to lose hope. The epoch is exquisitely woven in every sentence… This is so well-written I’m sure it will win prizes. Marguerite will live on for sure.”
Perdita – Amazon

I loved this book even though I don’t normally read this genre. I could almost hear horse hooves in the descriptions of every day life in Park Lane. The short chapter format and the way the in-depth research is woven so lightly into the story, peppering it with interest in and unfamiliar facts, without the story ever sounding like a history lesson, are all masterful.”
KB – Amazon