The Silence Factory

In The Silence Factory, acclaimed author Bridget Collins weaves a captivating gothic tale centered around the Ashmore-Percy family and their hidden, exploitative history tied to a magical breed of spiders that produce a perilous silk. Set in 1820, Sophia Ashmore-Percy embarks on a journey of self-discovery on a Greek island, leading her to reconsider her marriage and desires. Decades later, audiologist Henry Latimer is drawn into the family's enigmatic world while trying to cure Sir Edward Ashmore-Percy's deaf daughter, uncovering dark secrets and the unsettling consequences of their silken fortune. With its beautiful prose, the novel explores themes of complicity, desire, and the haunting complexities of family legacy.