That Night on Thistle Lane by Carla
Neggers
Librarian Phoebe O’Dunn lives in the
small New England town of Knight’s Bridge and is quite content with her orderly
and practical life. Until she finds a
hidden room in the attic of her library packed with beautifully made vintage
dresses and Hollywood costume replicas.
Inspired by her find she plans a vintage fashion show, but first lends
two of the dresses to her sister and her best friend so they can attend a
masquerade ball in Boston. Swept up by
her discovery she also secretly uses a ticket to the ball herself and dresses
like a princess in a gown which would have fit perfectly in the movie Titanic.
At the ball she dances with a gorgeous stranger dressed as a
swashbuckler. Will she ever see her
dancing partner again? Does she want
to? Who was he? And who created the dresses? Why was the sewing room hidden so well in the
library attic?
While there is romance, like many of
Neggers’ books this is romance suspense.
There are two mysteries (which of course turn out to be intertwined)
concerning the characters in the novel, neither of which is too mysterious nor
threatening, but that is not the impression at first. This is the second in the series taking place
in this small town and you know there will be quite a few more.
