The Poison Thread

"[An] uncanny Gothic mystery... Satisfying." — New York Times Book Review "A romping read with a deliciously dark conceit at its center... Reminded me of  Alias Grace ."—Kiran Millwood Hargrave From the author of The Silent Companions , a thrilling Victorian gothic horror story about a young seamstress who claims her needle and thread have the power to kill Dorothea Truelove is young, wealthy, and beautiful. Ruth Butterham is young, poor, and awaiting trial for murder. When Dorothea's chari