<i>Weaving. Healing</i><i>. Haunting</i>. <b>The Top-Ten bestselling </b><b>story of a mysterious boarding school sheltering a centuries-old secret...</b><br/><b><br/></b><b>Australian history teacher Thea Rust</b> arrives at an exclusive boarding school in the British countryside only to find that she is to look after the first intake of girls in its 150-year history. She is to stay with them in Silk House, a building with a long and troubled past.<br/><br/><b> In the late 1700s, Rowan Caswell</b> leaves her village to work in the home of an English silk merchant. She is thrust into a new and dangerous world where her talent for herbs and healing soon attracts attention.<br/> <b><br/> In London, Mary-Louise Stephenson</b> lives amid the clatter of the weaving trade and dreams of becoming a silk designer, a job that is the domain of men. A length of fabric she weaves with a pattern of deadly flowers will have far-reaching consequences for all who dwell in the silk house. <br/><i><br/></i>'The ghostly stories of three women who had all spent time at a mysterious boarding school are beautifully woven together in this spellbinding tale. <b>An</b> <b>exceptional gothic mystery</b>' <b><i>Woman's Day</i></b><br/><b><i><br/></i></b>'A <b>haunting, atmospheric </b>novel that is near-<b>impossible to put down' SALLY HEPWORTH</b><b><i><br/></i></b><br/>'This <b>spellbinding story</b> intertwines <b>three strong, fearless women</b> in the pursuit of <b>fulfilling their dreams</b>' <b><i>Family Circle</i></b><br/><br/>'The stories of <b>three fascinating women</b> weave seamlessly together in this <b>atmospheric book</b> set against the sumptuous backdrop of the eighteenth-century silk trade... <b>a mystery that is so compelling I found myself racing towards the final pages</b>. Utterly spellbinding' <b>NATASHA LESTER</b>