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The poison thread / Laura Purcell.
Dorothea Truelove is young, wealthy and beautiful. Ruth Butterham is young, poor and awaiting trial for murder. When Dorothea's charitable work leads her to Oakgate Prison, she is delighted with the chance to explore her fascination with phrenology and test her hypothesis that the shape of a person's skull can cast a light on their darkest crimes. But when she meets teenage seamstress Ruth, she is faced with another theory: that it is possible to kill with a needle and thread. For Ruth attributes her crimes to a supernatural power inherent in her stitches. The story Ruth has to tell of her deadly creations - of bitterness and betrayal, of death and dresses - will shake Dorothea's belief in rationality, and the power of redemption. Can Ruth be trusted?
Record details
- ISBN: 9780143134053 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 350 pages ; 20 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2019.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published in Great Britain as The Corset by Raven Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018"--Title page verso. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Phrenology > Fiction. Dressmakers > Fiction. Socialites > Fiction. Prisoners > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Paranormal fiction. Gothic fiction. |
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- 3 of 3 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Smithers Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithers Public Library | F PUR (Text) | 35101011035727 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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When Dorothea's charitable work brings her to Oakgate Prison, she is excited to explore her interest in phrenology, but when she meets Ruth, a strange young seamstress imprisoned for murder, she begins to question all that she once held true. - Baker & Taylor
While doing charitable work at Oakgate Prison, Dorothea meets Ruth, a teenage inmate who claims that her crimes are the result of a supernatural power in her needle and thread and the dresses she sews. Original. - Penguin Putnam
"[An] uncanny Gothic mystery... Satisfying."âNew York Times Book Review
"A romping read with a deliciously dark conceit at its center... Reminded me of Alias Grace."âKiran 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 charitable work brings her to Oakgate Prison, she is delighted by the chance to explore her fascination with phrenology and test her hypothesis that the shape of a person's skull can cast a light on their darkest crimes. But when she meets one of the prisoners, the teenaged seamstress Ruth, she is faced with another strange idea: that it is possible to kill with a needle and thread--because Ruth attributes her crimes to a supernatural power inherent in her stitches.
The story Ruth has to tell of her deadly creationsâof bitterness and betrayal, of death and dressesâwill shake Dorothea's belief in rationality, and the power of redemption. Can Ruth be trusted? Is she mad, or a murderer? For fans of Shirley Jackson, The Poison Thread is a spine-tingling, sinister read about the evil that lurks behind the facade of innocence.
