The Misadventures of Margaret Finch

Blackpool, 1932. Miss Margaret Finch - a rather old-fashioned young woman - is spying for the mass observation project when she happens across the disgraced Reverend Stiffkey (aka Harold Davidson) who is the subject of a national scandal. Though the two are thrown together by chance, Margaret is determined to discover the truth about the Reverend; is he a maligned hero or an exploiter of the vulnerable. But her own troubles are never far away, and Margaret's fear that the past is about to repeat itself means her desire to uncover the truth feels more urgent than ever. This deeply evocative novel walks us through the sideshows, boarding houses and even under the pier of 1930s Blackpool, where Miss Margaret Finch's quest leads her on a path much closer to home than she could possibly have countenanced.