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  • Published: 29 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9781761358180
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 512
  • RRP: $12.99
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The Pearl Thief

Soon to be a major feature film from the producers of Big Little Lies & Gone Girl





  • Published: 29 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9781761358180
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 512
  • RRP: $12.99
Categories:

About the author

Fiona McIntosh

Fiona McIntosh is an internationally and million-copy bestselling author of novels for adults and children across several genres. Alongside her highly successful historical fiction titles, for which she has been nominated at the Australian Book Industry Awards for commercial fiction book of the year, her popular Detective Jack Hawksworth series will soon be released across the UK. Several of her historical titles as well as the ‘world of Hawksworth’ crime novels have been optioned for the screen. Her debut children’s picture book, Harry and Gran Bake a Cake, was published in 2025. Fiona roams the world for her research and lives between Adelaide in South Australia and Wiltshire in England.

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The Pearl Thief by Fiona McIntosh

The thrilling new blockbuster by the bestselling author of THE TEA GARDENS. Learn more: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-pearl-thief-9780143796626

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