A Scandal in Silk

Previously

…A private collection. The words hung in the air, heavy with unspoken implications. Lord Ashworth, the titan of the silk trade, with a secret collection of garments. And Agnes’s mother, a seamstress, who had left behind a faded swatch of silk, now found in Agnes’s possession. It was a seemingly insignificant clue, a thread out of place, but Davies felt the familiar tug of intuition. This faded swatch, so different from the vibrant indigo thread clutched in Lord Ashworth’s dead hand, might be the key. It was a whisper from the past, a connection that ran deeper than mere employer and employee. The investigation, Davies realized, was far from over. It was just beginning to unravel.