num_pages: 400
description: Natalie Rubin, middle-class Jewish wife and mother, has vanished. Worse, she has taken her three children with her. Her husband, Mark, is devastated. He loves her; and he thought she was happy. So he approaches Tess to trace her.At first Tess is wary. She doesn't like getting involved in domestic disputes, and Mark's love for his wife seems to contain a disturbing desire to control her. Did he drive her away? Did he perhaps kill her? But as Tess pursues her quest for Natalie, she discovers a woman with a mysterious past, a man whose values will challenge her own, and a family that knows how to keep its secrets ...
language: English
title: By a Spider's Thread
titlecomplete: By a Spider's Thread
characters: Tess Monaghan
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Detective, Adult, Jewish, Audiobook
ratings_count: 4620
places: Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
series: Tess Monaghan
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Gumshoe Award
category: Best Mystery, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Agatha Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Orion