The Lost Passenger

An immersive historical drama about a young mother who starts a new life with her son in New York after faking their deaths on the Titanic—the U.S. debut of acclaimed British novelist Frances Quinn. “A compelling examination of the cost of dreams,delusions of the heartand the unbreakable bond of mother and child.”—Shana Abéauthor of The Second Mrs. Astor Sometimes it takes a disaster to change your life. Marrying above your social class can come with unexpected consequencesas Elinor Coombes discovers when she is swept into a fairy-tale marriage with the son of English aristocrats. But she realizes too late that it was the appeal of her father’s hard-earned wealth rather than her own pretty face that attracted her new husband and his family. Ground down by rigid social rules that include her being allowed to see her nanny-raised infant son for only moments each dayElinor faces a lonely future. But a present from her father—tickets for the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanica luxurious new ocean liner—offers a welcome escape from the coldcontrolling atmosphere of her husband’s ancestral homeand some precious time with her little sonTeddy. After the ship goes downElinor grasps at the chance to take Teddy and start a new life in America: They can disappear completely if they are listed among the dead. After stealing another woman’s identitya now penniless Elinor must put that terrible night behind her and learn to survive in a brash new world that couldn’t be more different from her own. And when a face from the past appearsshe must risk everything to keep her secret—and her son. An absorbing historical drama set between the hidebound traditions of the English aristocracy and the opportunities of a bustling young cityThe Lost Passenger is a gripping and dramatic story about grabbing your chances with both handsand being brave enough to find out who you really are.