Barclay, Tessa, 1925-

A tissue of lies / Tessa Barclay. - Sutton, Surrey : Severn House, 2008. - 437 p. ; 23 cm.

HISTORICAL FICTION. Jenny Corvill, mistress of the Waterside Mill in the Scottish Borders town of Galashiels, is determined to relinquish the reins of her successful weaving business to her new husband and enjoy life as his bride.But when Jenny's frivolous sister-in-law, Lucy, disappears with a dashing young playboy, Jenny's plans are thrown awry and the Corvill family is plunged into disaster. Jenny must undertake a terrifying and dangerous journey into the seedy underworld of Victorian London and rescue her sister-in-law - before it's too late.

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Mills and mill-work--Scotland--Galashiels--Fiction.
Married people--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.


Galashiels (Scotland)--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.
London (England)--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.


Historical fiction.
Mystery fiction.