Miss Burnham and the Loose Thread

Miss Burnham and the Loose Thread is a 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 * AJ Pearce, Sunday Times bestselling author of Dear Mrs Bird *The House of Eliott meets Miss Marple in Lynn Knight’s superb fiction debut. As well as being an exquisite mystery, Miss Burnham and the Loose Thread is an ode to the pioneering women who embraced new opportunities in the aftermath of The Great War. I loved it! * Jessica Bull, author of Miss Austen Investigates *What’s more enthralling than women helping women — to reclaim fortunes, achieve justice, or get a worthy business off the ground? Rose Burnham is an admirable protagonist, full of courage, charm, talent, and empathy. I had the best time rooting for her every success. Lynn Knight has written a novel for everyone who’s ever cheered on a friend or sister. It’s suspenseful, enchanting, and uplifting: a pure delight. * Nina de Gramont, author of THE CHRISTIE AFFAIR *A seamless blend of elegance and drama, stitched together with exquisite skill … Phantom Thread meets Miss Marple * Orlando Murrin, author of KNIFE SKILLS FOR BEGINNERS *A hat box of delights, full of period detail and thoroughly enjoyable * Claire Wilcox, author of Patch Work: A Life Amongst Clothes, and Professor in Fashion Curation at the London College of Fashion *I thoroughly enjoyed this charming historical mystery and raced through it. Knight portrays the struggles of ‘surplus’ women in the 1920s convincingly, and the detailed description of threads, silks, and sewing techniques is, at times, exquisite * Joanna Miller, author of THE EIGHTS *Delightful is the word. Women supporting women in sisterhood and friendship. A glorious glut of period details - how you will long for a cloche hat. A comforting, delicious buttered crumpet of a novel * Natasha Poliszczuk, Content Director of BookBrunch *In Miss Burnham we find all of the charms of a 1920s dressmaking studio with some sleuthing on the side. It is the perfect combination * Kate Strasdin, author of THE DRESS DIARY OF MRS ANNE SYKES *

Lynn Knight was born in Derbyshire and lives in London. The women of her family passed on many stories along with beaded bags and buttoned gauntlets, and fostered her interest in the texture and narratives of women’s lives. She is the author of the biography Clarice Cliff (2005), a memoir, Lemon Sherbet and Dolly Blue—The Story of an Accidental Family (2011), and The Button Box—The story of women in the 20th century, told through the clothes they wore (2016). Miss Burnham and the Loose Thread is her first novel.

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