Title: The Lace Reader
Description: The Lace Reader (2006) is a novel by Brunonia Barry. The novel is set in Salem, Massachusetts, the American town famous for the Salem witch trials. A crucial plot device is the Ipswich lace that the protagonist's family would make.

The novel came to be well known for its unusual route to mainstream publishing. Originally self-published by the author it became a local success story, got rave reviews in many places including Publishers Weekly, and was eventually picked up by the US branch of HarperCollins in a multimillion-dollar deal.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Suspense fiction, Literature, Drowning victims, Mystery fiction, Suspense, Psychics, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2008-08-17, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Large type books, mystery & detective, women sleuths, thrillers, Women psychics, American fiction, Psişik, Roman, Amerikan romanı, Polish language materials, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Salem (mass.), fiction
Places: Salem (Mass.), Salem, Massachusetts
People: Towner Whitney