A superb exploration of female agency, sexuality and class … Anne thrums with life all the way through to her tragic, gruesome end, while Frankie is calculating and alluring … A scintillating novel that plunges you head-first into a darkly compelling chapter of British history

Observer

A powerful take on a fascinating piece of history

The Times

Sumptuous … If you're feeling bereft after finishing The Mirror and the Light, let Jago transport you back to the Jacobean court

Lucy Scholes, Daily Telegraph

Rich in intrigue and incident, with a cast of vividly drawn characters and a wealth of detail on every atmospheric page, this is a fabulously engaging read

Daily Mail

Bravura historical debut … Gloriously immersive ... Jago makes her a brilliantly engaging narrator … Jago is excellent on clothes … Throughout the novel, surface detail is deftly handled to convey deeper anxieties and shifts in attitude ... Jago keenly conveys the peril of being a woman of any class in the 17th century … Like all the best historical fiction, A Net for Small Fishes is a gloriously immersive escape from present times, but it's not escapism

Guardian

Riveting … In a narrative that brims over with colour and invention, Jago summons up Jacobean London with enormous persuasiveness

Sunday Times, Book of the Month