Many chain bookstores have been incredibly supportive as well—thank you to those many booksellers who’ve gone out of their way to become familiar with Josie. Special thanks go to my friend Dianne Defonce at the Border’s in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Thanks also to Nili L. Olay and Gene C. Gill of the Jane Austen Society of North America, Linda Landigran of Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Barbara Floyd of The Country Register, Aldon James of the National Arts Club, and Wilda W. Willliams of Library Journal. Many thanks also to Molly Weston and Jen Forbus.
Special thanks to my librarian friends David S. Ferriero, Doris Ann Norris, Sally Fellows, Mary Russell, Denise Van Zanten, Mary Callahan Boone, Cynde Bloom Lahey, Cyndi Rademacher, Eleanor Ratterman, Jane Murphy, Jennifer Vido, Judith Abner, Karen Kiley, Lesa Holstine, Monique Flasch, Susie Schachte, Virginia Sanchez, Maxine Bleiweis, Cindy Clark, Linda Avellar, Heidi Fowler, Georgia Owens, Eva Perry, Mary J. Etter, Paul Schroeder, Tracy J. Wright, Kristi Calhoun Belesca, Paulette Sullivan, Frances Mendelsohn, Deborah Hirsch, and Heather Caines.
Thank you to my literary agent emerita, Denise Marcil, and my much-appreciated literary agent, Cristina Concepcion of Don Congdon Associates, Inc. Special thanks go to Michael Congdon, Katie Kotchman, and Katie Grimm as well.
My editor, Minotaur Books’ executive editor, Hope Dellon, continues to provide insightful feedback about the manuscript, helping me write stories that ring true. Special thanks also go to Laura Bourgeois, assistant editor, for her thoughtful comments. I’m indebted to them, and to the entire Minotaur Books’ team. Thank you also to those I work with most often, Andy Martin, Hector DeJean, Sarah Melnyk, and Talia Ross, as well as those behind the scene, including my copy editor, India Cooper, and my cover designer, David Baldeosingh Rotstein.
OTHER JOSIE PRESCOTT ANTIQUES MYSTERIES BY JANE K. CLELAND
Silent Auction
Killer Keepsakes
Antiques to Die For
Deadly Appraisal
Consigned to Death
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
DEADLY THREADS. Copyright © 2011 by Jane K. Cleland. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Deadly threads / Jane K. Cleland.—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-312-58656-0
1. Prescott Josie (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Murder—Investigation—Fiction. 3. Appraisers—Fiction. 4. New Hampshire—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3603.L4555D44 2011
813'.6—dc22
2010041091
First Edition: April 2011
eISBN 978-1-4299-5994-0
First Minotaur Books eBook Edition: April 2011