The Crewel Wing
“A delicious brew of propulsive mystery and tender romance, with mesmerizing Victorian atmosphere… lush, precise prose — rife with whip smart, sly observations on human nature.”
HEATHER HARPHAM
author of Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After
a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick
The Crewel Wing is the sweeping Gothic drama of a freethinking, self-reliant woman caught between Victorian constraints, ancient superstitions, and the deep bonds of family... After tragedy befalls her family, Claire Bietris is now married to schoolmaster James Ableton. They live in the perfect country village where James has always enjoyed peace, even as an outsider. But when a body is found brutalized and half-buried in an ancient long barrow, Claire's new life, and James' own hard-won acceptance, is threatened by dark forces real, imagined, and possibly conjured. A mysterious illness plagues Claire and prescient voices haunt her as she must face the shadowed secrets of her past. With an unsettling dose of magical realism imbued with historic atmosphere, Claire's journey is one of peril, heartache and redemption.
“An absorbing and beautifully-written historical mystery with a sprinkling of magic.”
ANNA MAZZOLA
author of The Clockwork Girl and The Unseeing
“…rich in historical detail, compelling and immersively told.”
SUSAN SCARF MERRELL
author of Shirley: A Novel and A Member of the Family
“Intricate, haunting and darkly magical… the tale of a talented needleworker and her struggle to escape the consequences of family secrets, the threads of which threaten to tangle and entrap her forever.”
JANE GOODRICH
author of The House at Lobster Cove