The Lace Reader

Description:

The Lace Reader (2006) is a novel by Brunonia Barry. The novel is set in Salem, Massachusetts, the American town famous for the Salem witch trials. A crucial plot device is the Ipswich lace that the protagonist's family would make. The novel came to be well known for its unusual route to mainstream publishing. Originally self-published by the author it became a local success story, got rave reviews in many places including Publishers Weekly, and was eventually picked up by the US branch of HarperCollins in a multimillion-dollar deal.

subjects: Detective and mystery fiction,  Fiction,  Suspense fiction,  Literature,  Drowning victims,  Mystery fiction,  Suspense,  Psychics,  nyt:hardcover-fiction=2008-08-17,  New York Times bestseller,  New York Times reviewed,  Large type books,  mystery & detective,  women sleuths,  thrillers,  Women psychics,  American fiction,  Psişik,  Roman,  Amerikan romanı,  Polish language materials,  Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths,  Salem (mass.), fiction

People: Towner Whitney

Places: Salem (Mass.),  Salem,  Massachusetts