The Crewel Wing - Paperback

by Erica-Lynn Huberty (Author)

The Crewel Wing is the sweeping Gothic drama of a freethinking, self-reliant woman caught between Victorian constraints, ancient superstitions, and the deep bonds of family... After tragedy befalls her family, Claire Bietris is now married to schoolmaster James Ableton. They live in the perfect country village where James has always enjoyed peace, even as an outsider. But when a body is found brutalized and half-buried in an ancient long barrow, Claire's new life, and James' own hard-won acceptance, is threatened by dark forces real, imagined, and possibly conjured. A mysterious illness plagues Claire and prescient voices haunt her as she must face the shadowed secrets of her past. With an unsettling dose of magical realism imbued with historic atmosphere, Claire's journey is one of peril, heartache and redemption.

"In The Crewel Wing, Erica-Lynn Huberty mixes a delicious brew of propulsive mystery and tender romance, with mesmerizing Victorian atmosphere. Readers seduced by Claire's story of hidden powers will be equally rewarded by Huberty's lush, precise prose - rife with whip smart, sly observations on human nature. Like a friend's cozy cottage on the moors, this book will keep you safe and warm and in good company!"

HEATHER HARPHAM

author of Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After

a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick

"An absorbing and beautifully-written historical mystery with a sprinkling of magic. Claire is a hugely sympathetic, independent-minded hero whose journey we follow with fear and hope."

ANNA MAZZOLA

author of The Clockwork Girl and The Unseeing

"The Crewel Wing sits solidly between the novels of Anya Seton and Diana Gabaldon, rich in historical detail, compelling and immersively told."

SUSAN SCARF MERRELL

author of Shirley: A Novel and A Member of the Family

"Intricate, haunting and darkly magical, The Crewel Wing relates the tale of a talented needleworker and her struggle to escape the consequences of family secrets, the threads of which threaten to tangle and entrap her forever."

JANE GOODRICH

author of The House at Lobster Cove