Eve Chase is a million-copy, internationally bestselling British novelist who writes rich, layered, and suspenseful novels, steeped with secrets, unforgettable characters, and settings. Her previous novels include The Midnight Hour, a Richard and Judy Book Club pick in the UK; The Birdcage; The Daughters of Foxcote Manor, which was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller and Richard and Judy Book Club pick in the UK; The Wildling Sisters, longlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award; Black Rabbit Hall, winner of Paris's Saint-Maur en Poche prize for Best Foreign Fiction.

"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

"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, author of The Dark of the Moon

"The Secret Thread is sensational. Gripping, immersive and hair-raisingly beautiful. I adored every word, every page."--Rosie Walsh, author of The One Day You Were My Husband

"Exquisite!"--Evie Woods, author of The Violin Maker's Secret

"An intriguing mystery wrapped in the sumptuously glamorous life of a famous designer, The Secret Thread is a story beautifully and compassionately told."--Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things

"Like a literary geologist Eve Chase identifies the fault lines that fracture families starting with seemingly trivial incidents and growing into major rifts that endure for decades."--Gill Paul, author of Scandalous Women

"The Secret Thread is an engrossing, layered read. This saga of two sisters lost to each other due to the textured, tricky nature of memory and how they find each other again is as seductive as the bewitching setting of country houses, Manhattan apartments and Swinging London in the 1960s."--Melanie Benjamin, author of The Windsor Affair

"It glitters and winks and shines, never letting up for a moment. Absolutely gorgeous."--Veronica Henry, author of Thirty Days in Paris

"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, author The Couple at Number 9

"The Secret Thread is a tantalizing, evocative mystery. Eve Chase's trademark gorgeous prose conjures up vivid, splendid settings, where upstairs, downstairs and family dramas play out to a tragic end."--Gilly Macmillan, author of The Burning Library

"An absorbing and exquisitely written tale of possessions, obsession, and sisterhood. A book to fall in love with."--Anna Mazzola, author of The Book of Secrets

"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."--Araminta Hall, author Imperfect Women

"A stunning achievement. I loved it."--Amanda Geard, author of The Midnight House

"Chase's impeccable writing evokes the past with such specificity, the sounds, the smells, the feelings, and above all, the difference in atmosphere to the present, weaving effortlessly the now and then of her intergenerational story."--Elizabeth Fremantle, author of Firebrand

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Pub date: 2026-06-30

Length: 368 pages