A Victorian sampler. A murdered man. A secret stitched in thread for more than a century.
Textile restorer Eliza Vance has spent her life reading the stories damaged things leave behind. But when she buys a battered Victorian sampler at the Pendelton estate sale, she discovers more than age, stains, and frayed silk. Hidden in its flowers is a cipher—one that points to a missing deed, a thirty-year-old disappearance, and a truth powerful people in Millbrook have killed to protect.
As Eliza follows the coded trail through locked archives, family secrets, and the abandoned mill that built the Pendelton fortune, she realizes the sampler is not just an heirloom. It is evidence. And someone is still adding to it.
With a wary historian at her side and a dangerous woman watching every move, Eliza must unravel the message her mother died trying to hide—before the last thread is cut for good.
Perfect for readers who love atmospheric mysteries, buried family secrets, and heroines who uncover the truth one clue at a time, Threads of Suspicion is a richly woven novel of inheritance, danger, and the stories only damaged things can tell.
"Richly detailed with a captivating heroine. The cipher and antique restoration elements brought a whole new layer of intrigue to the genre."