title: Tangled Thread, A: A family mystery set in England and Scotland
author:  Anthea Fraser 
description: "This genre veteran offers a taut, moving story of love, loss, hate, and redemption that will keep readers enthralled from the first page" (<i>Booklist Starred Review</i>)<br /><br />Once again, Fraser uses complicated domestic relationships as the basis for a good mystery served up with plenty of family angst. (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>)<br /><br />Fraser does her usual fine job of planting red herrings and subtle clues to the puzzles solution as her well-crafted plot builds to a surprising (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>)<br /><br />"This story has many threads to it, which makes it more enjoyable to read and the ending is possibly one of the most jaw dropping endings of all times! <br /><br />Anthea Fraser uses a very easy flowing style and manages to keep the various strands of the book flowing and uncomplicated to follow. This is the first book I've read by her, but hopefully, not the last." (Breakaway Reviewers)
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  A Christmas mission...
  
  ...with the scarred and brooding gentleman!
  
  Part of Secrets of a Victorian Household. Working in her family’s charity
  foundation for destitute women, caring but impulsive Miss Lottie Fairclough is
  desperately trying to find a missing woman. She’s roped in family acquaintance
  Mr. Jasper King to help her, having been equally impressed and annoyed when he
  rescued her from perilous danger. As she gets to know the injured
  entrepreneur, it seems he needs her just as much...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Secrets of a Victorian Household
  
  One family. Four unexpected romances!
  
  The Fairclough Foundation, situated in the backstreets of Westminster in
  London, has become a vital safe haven for women down on their luck. At the
  helm is resilient widow Lilian Fairclough. But now Lilian and her two
  daughters, Millie and Lottie, find themselves in trouble, having not heard
  from Millie’s twin brother, Silas, for over six months...
  
  With their dwindling funds threatening the foundati