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The Secret Thread

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The page-turning and spellbinding new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Glass House and Midnight Hour

Even the darkest secrets unravel in time . . .

Mimi Mott, celebrated designer and famously private style icon, is auctioning off her legendary estate, intent on telling the true story of her life in objects.

In London, her new assistant, Jo O’Mara, is determined to win Mimi’s trust. But Jo carries a secret of her own, and time is running out to unpick the past before the auctioneer’s hammer falls.

Who is Mimi, really? A woman who rose from humble beginnings to build an interiors empire – but at what cost? What happened in that remote Wiltshire manor house where Mimi and her family worked during the summer of 1969? Who died the night of the glittering party that stole the headlines?

As the auction countdown begins, Jo is drawn into an intoxicating world of obsession, sisters and secrets – and must risk everything to unravel the truth, one thread at a time.


Praise for The Midnight Hour:
'A clever mystery that kept me gripped. I loved every word' Claire Douglas
'Passionately emotional, dreamily written and dripping with boho glamour' Daily Mail
'A book you want to race back to' Lisa Jewell
'A wonderful twisty novel of family and secrets' Kate Morton
'Moody, evocative, with a dream-like quality no other author can master' Gillian McAllister
'Lush, evocative, nostalgic; gripping. A true treat of a book' Sarah Vaughan
'Impossible to forget' Publishers Weekly, starred review

© Eve Chase 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026

Critics Review

An intriguing mystery wrapped in the sumptuously glamorous life of a famous designer, The Secret Thread is a story beautifully and compassionately told. With shades of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo I was enthralled till the very end
Jennie Godfrey, #1 bestselling author
I loved everything about The Secret Thread. Spellbinding, evocative and beautifully written, with stunning locations and unforgettable characters that I truly cared about. A moving and compelling story of sisters, hidden secrets, tragedy and first love. Eve Chase’s best book yet!
Claire Douglas, #1 bestselling author
Glorious and glamorous . . . a great premise, fabulously realised in Chase's lush, lyrical style, and with a wonderful ending
Daily Mail
Family secrets unravel in this clever page-turner of a book, portraying a constellation of glittering characters. A sharply observed and sumptuous read
Fiona Valpy, #1 bestselling author
I was completely swept up in this intoxicating tale of two sisters divided by tragedy. The Secret Thread is a riveting, beautifully told mystery that absorbs from the very first page. I loved it
Clare Leslie Hall, author of Broken Country
I devoured it! Eve has always been a lyrical and beguiling writer but The Secret Thread is so cleverly constructed and evocative of that fateful summer, it really is her best yet
Karen Swan, bestselling author of Three Summers
An exquisite stately home caught in the stultifying summer’s heat; ripe gardens and inviting river. First love and sexual awakenings. Glamorous interiors. A story waiting to be unravelled and understood. Chase’s numerous fans are in for a treat with a propulsive mystery, luminous writing, and characters who stayed with me. Quite possibly her best yet
Sarah Vaughan, Sunday Times bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal
Exquisite! Shimmering with allure, The Secret Thread is a story of embroidered memories, naked ambition and families ripped asunder. With rich, textured prose, the star-crossed lives of the earthy Bramleys and the celestial Caswells unfold deliciously in this addictive read
Evie Woods, internationally bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop
The Secret Thread is a stunning, evocative novel that pulls you into a hot summer on a grand country estate, in which the lives of two families become fatally entwined. Characters you feel like you know coupled with descriptions that are wonderfully lush and vivid meant I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. I had to find out what happened to them all
Araminta Hall
The novel really is proof that the treasures we hold onto are more than mementos of our past; they are also keys to our future. The Secret Thread is supremely clever, glittering with glamour, and exquisitely tied together with the most beautiful denouement. A stunning achievement. I loved it.
Amanda Geard
Author Eve Chase
Narrator Clare Corbett
Duration 10 hours and 52 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781405983280
Format Audiobook
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Genre Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Modern and contemporary fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE

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