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  • Published: 3 August 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241678114
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $49.99
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The Girl with the Suitcase





The enthralling new novel from the 10-million-copy, No. 1 bestselling author

London 1941

When Mary meets a glamorous stranger named Elizabeth she realises their lives couldn’t be more different.

But when an air raid forces them to take shelter underground Mary’s life is set in change forever.

After waking up in hospital, injured but alive, the nurse mistakes her for Elizabeth and hands over her suitcase with Elizabeth’s money and tickets to Ireland inside.

This is Mary’s chance to escape the hardship of her life and start afresh.

What could go wrong?

  • Published: 3 August 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241678114
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $49.99
Categories:

About the author

Lesley Pearse

Lesley Pearse was brought up in South London in various orphanages from the age of three. She learned about the Soho club scene and the music business during the Sixties with the late John Pritchard. Her novels have sold over ten million copies worldwide. Lesley has three daughters and three grandchildren and lives in Bristol.

Lesley Pearse was told as a child that she had too much imagination for her own good. When she grew up she worked her way through a number of jobs, including nanny, bunny girl, dressmaker and full-time mother before, at the age of forty-nine, settling upon a career that would allow her gifts to blossom: she became a published writer. Lesley now lives just outside Bristol. She has three daughters and two grandchildren.

Find out more about Lesley and keep up to date with what she's been doing by following her on Twitter@LesleyPearse or by signing up for her regular newsletter at www.LesleyPearse.com

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Praise for The Girl with the Suitcase

PRAISE FOR LESLEY PEARSE:

***

Storytelling at its very best

Daily Mail

Gripping and suspenseful

Daily Express

A twisting and intense read

Woman's Own
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