Tiny Threads
A Novel
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
In this sinister, slow-burn novel of supernatural suspense, a young woman gets her dream job working for a famous designer—and discovers the dark side of high-stakes fashion.
“Lilliam Rivera cuts the fashion industry to shreds in this horror-filled take on late-stage capitalism.”—CrimeReads
Fashion-obsessed Samara finally has the life she’s always dreamed of: A high-powered job with legendary designer Antonio Mota. A new home in sunny California, far away from those drab Jersey winters. And an intriguing love interest, Brandon, a wealthy investor in Mota’s fashion line.
But it’s not long before Samara’s dream life begins to turn into a living nightmare as Mota’s big fashion show approaches and the pressure on her turns crushing. Perhaps that’s why she begins hearing voices in her room at night—and seeing strange things that can’t be explained away by stress or anxiety or the number of drinks she’s been consuming.
And it may not be just Samara imagining things as her psyche unravels, because she soon discovers hints that her new city—and the House of Mota—may be built on a foundation of secrets and lies. Now Samara must uncover what hideous truths lurk in the shadows of this illusory world of glamour and beauty before those shadows claim her.
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A fashion writer tangles with sinister secrets in this harrowing haute couture thriller from Rivera (We Light Up the Sky). When Samara Martín leaves New Jersey and her tight-knit Cuban American family to take a dream job in California with designer Antonio Mota, she's determined to shine. But Mota proves an irascible boss, and making matters worse, his company headquarters is adjacent to a possibly haunted slaughterhouse. As Samara tries to win favor with the head seamstress, strange things happen: a mysterious embroidered name appears on outfits; hoglike grunting noises fill her apartment at night; she sees an apparition of a young woman in a bloodied gown; and a one-night stand with the charming son of Mota's investors (whose family owned the local sewing mill where Samara's late grandmother worked as a seamstress) leaves her covered in scratches. Overwhelmed by paranoia, Samara leans into her spiraling alcohol addiction. As danger ramps up, she's forced to confront an ugly family secret and a historical cycle of privileged white men taking advantage of young Latina seamstresses. Though this weird-Cinderella tale has too many tragic threads hastily interwoven, there's enough masterful detailing and vividly imagined scares to keep readers on pins and needles. Horror fans shouldn't miss it.
