Terri M. LeBlanc
This book has hook that pulls you in, "Nearly two hundred condemned women board a transport ship bound for Australia. One of them is a murderer. "
I'm not certain that this book succeeds as a thriller, but it does succeed in bringing to light the plight of women in the early 1840s and I did enjoy those bits of the story the most. I felt the pivots in time were too close together and the voices of the different women were too similar at time which led to some confusion. (I thought Sarah was Hattie for a good portion of the book.) Overall, the book was enjoyable, if not confusing at points, and I did enjoy learning about this time this time in history.
I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.