The Silver Thread
Published on 1. May 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
496 pages
978-1-908800-59-6 (ISBN)
Description
To the disgrace of his family, an illustrious London shipping merchant has taken his own life. But his niece Rhia Mahoney believes her uncle has been murdered to conceal the secrets of his trading partners. And as she begins to investigate his death, her fears are realized when she is arrested for a crime she didn't commit.
Convict Michael Kelly's sentence is almost ended, but his plans are interrupted when a woman he has known since childhood, Rhia Mahoney, arrives in Sydney harbour aboard a prison hulk. And Michael cannot allow the men who falsely imprisoned him to condemn this young woman to the same fate...
Convict Michael Kelly's sentence is almost ended, but his plans are interrupted when a woman he has known since childhood, Rhia Mahoney, arrives in Sydney harbour aboard a prison hulk. And Michael cannot allow the men who falsely imprisoned him to condemn this young woman to the same fate...
Reviews / Votes
A novel of genuine power and conviction * The Sunday Times * impressively researched and closely imagined. An exciting, spirited and ambitious tale -- Andrew Miller, Costa-award winning author of Pure Fitzpatrick's world is well-researched and many-hued, filled with references that enrich the reader's experience' * For Books' Sake *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-908800-59-6 (9781908800596)
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Kylie Fitzpatrick
The Silver Thread
E-Book
07/2012
1st Edition
Head of Zeus
€6.99
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Person
Kylie Fitzpatrick was born in Denmark and grew up in England, America and Australia. She has worked as a researcher and script editor and now teaches creative writing at Bath Spa University. She is the author of The Silver Thread, Tapestry and The Secret of the Ninth Stone, and has been published in eleven languages.