{"product_id":"the-yarn-woman-brooks-mencher-9781494776305","title":"The Yarn Woman","description":"She lives above an Art Deco theater in San Francisco's Sunset district with an old long-haired cat, a harpsichord and more yarn than a loading dock. The FBI and city police call her the Yarn Woman. She's their textile forensics expert.In her first recorded case, 'Ghosts of the Albert Townsend, ' Ruth has only a blood-soaked nineteenth century shawl to unravel the link between the resurfacing of a ghostly schooner just offshore and the severe wounds on young Hauper Brown's body. A nearby fatal animal mauling only adds to her worry. In her second case in this first Yarn Woman mysteries book, 'The Fisherman's Wife, ' Ruth must decipher the meaning behind a dead man's hand-knit sweater while racing against time to save his otherworldly widow. Finally, Ruth helps identify the body of a playwright by the handwork in his shirt, and finds not only a young friend in Gabriel, a curly-haired boy with unusual abilities, she unearths a network of beggar-masters and their slaves deep in San Francisco's seamy underside.This first book, a trilogy of dramatic novellas, introduces a cast of characters who will recur as the Yarn Woman mystery series continues in 'Wailing Wood' and 'The Rusalka Wheel, ' with more cases on the horiz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brooks Mencher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1494776308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781494776305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.64d","brand":"Brooks Mencher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047083405567,"sku":"9781494776305","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1e62faf9-e7c9-46bc-ab31-ee52b9de9de3.jpg?v=1684988158","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-yarn-woman-brooks-mencher-9781494776305","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}