Emerald Noose is an historical action-adventure YA / adult novel, with social-political themes.

The story describes how Lizzie Greenwood escapes her uncle – who wants to lock her up in a lunatic asylum to get her out of his way – only to be tricked by a gang of highwaymen. They want her to help them kidnap a girl.

By the end, she’s become trapped by her own choices and bad luck – she is an accessory to the kidnap and two murders. Although her entire journey has been focused on returning home to reclaim her rightful inheritance (a mill), she realises she can’t yet return. First, she must save the kidnapped girl.