A botanical illustration of a butterfly.
Historical mystery set in Australia in the late 1800s and early 1900s Stand-alone novel featuring two strong female leads Includes discussion questions for book clubs Also by Tea Cooper: The Fossil Hunter , The Cartographer\'s Secret , and The Woman in the Green Dress.
Can she solve it? And will anyone believe her if she does? The Butterfly Collector is USA TODAY bestselling author Tea Cooper at her best.
As she begins to dig, her research quickly leads her to an increasingly dark and complex mystery--a mystery fifty years in the making.
At the ball she lands a juicy commission to write the history of the Treadwell Foundation, an institution that supports disgraced young women and their babies.
Her late grandfather, Sid, an esteemed newspaperman, would expect no less of her.
When would-be journalist Verity Binks is sent an anonymous parcel containing a spectacular Butterfly costume along with an invitation to the Sydney Artists Masquerade Ball the same day she loses her job at The Arrow , she is both baffled and determined to attend. 1922, Sydney.
Then Clarrie\'s newborn son goes missing and everything changes.
With the help of her maid Clarrie and her beautiful drawings, Theodora is poised to make a scientific discovery that will put her name on the map.
She cannot believe her luck when she discovers a Butterfly never before seen in Australia.
Theodora seeks to emulate prestigious nature illustrators, the Scott sisters, who lived nearby.
Theodora Breckenridge, still in mourning after the loss of her parents and brother at sea, is more interested in working quietly on her art at the family\'s country estate than she is finding a husband in Sydney society, even if her elder sister Florence has other ideas. 1868, Morpeth.
And a twisted mystery fifty years in the making.
A missing baby.
A botanical illustration of a butterfly
