After the sinister fall of the Circle of Thorns, the Locke Rowe Institute blooms into a sanctuary of creativity and freedom. But when a young student is found with her throat stitched in red thread and a hidden message in her hem, the peace is torn apart.

Now Lily Talbot, Judith Rowe, and a reluctantly reinstated Inspector Flint must follow a trail of crimson and cloth to uncover a secret order more ruthless than anything that came before. Their needles forged obedience, not beauty—and the patterns they follow lead into the shadows of the past.

Dark, atmospheric, and sharply plotted, The Needle's Shadow is a gripping Victorian gothic mystery stitched with betrayal, resilience, and quiet revolution.