{"product_id":"9780007345823_the-lace-reader","title":"The Lace Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawn by family. Driven by fear. Haunted by fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWould knowing the future be a gift or a burden? Or even a curse…?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Whitney women of Salem, Massachusetts are renowned for reading the future in the patterns of lace. But the future doesn’t always bring good news – as Towner Whitney knows all too well. When she was just fifteen her gift sent her whole world crashing to pieces. She predicted – and then witnessed – something so horrific that she vowed never to read lace again, and fled her home and family for good. Salem is a place of ghosts for Towner, and she swore she would never return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet family is a powerful tie. So it is that fifteen years later, Towner finds herself back in Salem. Her beloved Great Aunt Eva has suddenly disappeared – and when you’ve lived a life like Eva’s, that could mean real trouble. But Salem is wreathed in sickly shadows and whispered half-memories. It’s fast becoming clear that the ghosts of Towner’s fractured past have not been brought fully into the light. And with them comes the threat of terrifying new disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA literary page-turner with depth, narrative power and a story that novels like ‘The Thirteenth Tale’ can only dream of, ‘The Lace Reader’ is a bewitching and tightly plotted read.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunonia Barry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46895158001813,"sku":"9780007345823","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007345823_dc5bc18f-c1aa-4a24-b562-3cf3e9189cb8.jpg?v=1776888210","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007345823_the-lace-reader","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}