The Secret Thread

Mimi Caswell has built her reputation as a style icon and interiors queen on being impossible to know. So when she announces she is leaving Manhattan for London, selling her legendary estate and staging a confessional auction of her life told through her possessions, the world takes notice. Her new assistant, Jo, is drawn into the glamour of it all, and she carries a secret of her own.

As Jo works through the stories behind each beautiful object, Mimi's polished history begins to fray. Humble beginnings, an estranged sister and a shattering death at a country house party long ago come to light, along with a far darker version of events running beneath it all. Eve Chase, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Midnight Hour, makes this a lush, atmospheric mystery for readers who love old houses, family secrets and the stories our belongings keep.