Blood Among the Threads

<p><strong><em>He only sought the truth. But some truths are best left buried.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Wrexham, 1876. Meet Alfred Neobard Palmer, an unlikely hero. "<em>It was a death which had brought him here. Death by snake venom, of all things.</em>" Palmer - and his more courageous sweetheart, young Ettie Francis. A series of accidental deaths which increasingly seem - well, more than simply accidental. Deaths luring Palmer and Ettie, slowly but surely, towards a terrifying climax through the treacherous waters of the North Wales coast. But can those deaths truly be linked to the huge coverlet on display at Wrexham''s magnificent Art Treasures Exhibition? A patchwork of images both biblical and bewitching. And is there, literally, blood among the coverlet''s threads? </p><p><br></p><p>A glittering mystery by award-winning author David Ebsworth.</p>