Recent Reads: The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins

My review: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

The Confessions of Frannie Langton is set in 1826, with Frannie Langton, a servant, is standing trial, charged with murdering her employers.  This book is her writing to her barrister, telling him her life story, with occasional cross examinations of witnesses during the trial thrown in.

She tells us her story; born a slave in Jamaica, she is Mr Langton's property, and so when he decides to take her to Britain with him, she has no choice but to follow.  We see her starting a new life in Britain, and the relationships she has with her master, her mistress, and fellow servants.  And we see her in love with her mistress, how that love is returned, and how she can't remember what happened that fateful night, when she was found sleeping next to the dead body of her mistress.

With settings like the sugar plantation in Jamaica, to a gentleman's home in Britain, this is all rife with discussions of slavery, racism, and opium, which you see all through the eyes of Frannie.

I thought this was a compelling story, with Frannie as a fascinating character.  I wanted to know what had happened, and wasn't disappointed.  I would recommend this if you enjoy crime novels, and historical fiction!

The Confessions of Frannie Langton is out on 4th April 2019, and will be available on Amazon, and everywhere else you can find books!

I was given this book for free in return for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Book UK (the publishers) for this book.

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