{"product_id":"miss-burnham-the-loose-thread","title":"Miss Burnham \u0026 The Loose Thread","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINTRODUCING ROSE BURNHAM: DESIGNER, DRESSMAKER . . . DETECTIVE?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e''\u003c\/i\u003eA joy of a read. A superbly researched story of post-WW1 female friendship chock-a-block with characters you’ll cheer on to the very last page, I read it cover to cover in a day''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--AJ Pearce, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDear Mrs Bird\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSouth-east London, 1925.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTalented, ambitious designer-dressmaker Rose Burnham knows well both the strains of her profession and the secrets it can yield. Newly established in her own business, she and her sisters are privy to the hushed conversations that unspool behind the fitting room’s closed doors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo when a major client finds herself the victim of a deception, it is Rose she tells. Driven by the shortage of men following the Great War, Miss Holmes had engaged the services of a matrimonial agency, only to be cheated out of her inheritance by a fake suitor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRose is determined to bring the swindler to justice. To begin with, playing the detective is a grand adventure, but as pressures mount and an old friend receives a troubling string of poison-pen letters, Rose discovers there is more to investigating – and these investigations – than she’d bargained for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRose had the sense of a thread being pulled. One tug and everything could unravel . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMiss Burnham and the Loose Thread\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘As well as being an exquisite mystery, \u003ci\u003eMiss Burnham and the Loose Thread\u003c\/i\u003e is an ode to the pioneering women who embraced new opportunities in the aftermath of The Great War. I loved it!’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Jessica Bull, author of \u003ci\u003eMiss Austen Investigates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A hat box of delights, full of period detail and thoroughly enjoyable.’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Claire Wilcox, author of \u003ci\u003ePatch Work: A Life Amongst Clothes\u003c\/i\u003e and Professor in Fashion Curation at the London College of Fashion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of those books that \u003cb\u003etransports you\u003c\/b\u003e, making you forget about real life and\u003cb\u003e full of delightful characters that spring to life\u003c\/b\u003e. I actually felt like I was there in the story with them. For all fans of historical fiction!'' \u003ci\u003eR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eeader review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Lynn Knight \u003cb\u003ewrites beautifully\u003c\/b\u003e about fabrics, design, fashion and a new generation of\u003cb\u003e women supporting each other\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003ci\u003eReader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003c\/i\u003eWhat\u003cb\u003e great fun\u003c\/b\u003e this book was! A \u003cb\u003edelightful \u003c\/b\u003estory [...] with lots of \u003cb\u003eexcellent period detail\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003ci\u003eReader review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57397616902526,"sku":"NW9781804995297","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781804995297.jpg?v=1778669666","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/miss-burnham-the-loose-thread","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}