The Woman in the Green Dress

By: Tea Cooper

Narrated by: Casey Withoos

Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

USA Today Best Seller!

A cursed opal, a gnarled family tree, and a sinister woman in a green dress emerge in the aftermath of World War I.

After a whirlwind romance, London teashop waitress Fleur Richards can’t wait for her new husband, Hugh, to return from the Great War. But when word of his death arrives on Armistice Day, Fleur learns he has left her a sizable family fortune. Refusing to accept the inheritance, she heads to his beloved home country of Australia in search of the relatives who deserve it more.

In spite of her reluctance, she soon finds herself the sole owner of a remote farm and a dilapidated curio shop full of long-forgotten artifacts, remarkable preserved creatures, and a mystery that began more than sixty-five years ago. With the help of Kip, a repatriated soldier dealing with the sobering aftereffects of war, Fleur finds herself unable to resist pulling on the threads of the past. What she finds is a shocking story surrounding an opal and a woman in a green dress...a story that, nevertheless, offers hope and healing for the future.

This romantic mystery from award-winning Australian novelist Tea Cooper will keep readers guessing until the astonishing conclusion.

“Readers of Kate Morton and Beatriz Williams will be dazzled. The Woman in the Green Dress spins readers into an evocative world of mystery and romance in this deeply researched book by Tea Cooper. There is a Dickensian flair to Cooper’s carefully constructed world of lost inheritances and found treasures as two indomitable women stretched across centuries work to reconcile their pasts while reclaiming love, identity and belonging against two richly moving historical settings. As soon as you turn the last page you want to start again just to see how every last thread is sewn in anticipation of its thrilling conclusion. One of the most intelligent, visceral and vibrant historical reads I have had the privilege of visiting in an age.” (Rachel McMillan, author of The London Restoration)

“Refreshing and unique, The Woman in the Green Dress sweeps you across the wild lands of Australia in a thrilling whirl of mystery, romance, and danger. This magical tale weaves together two storylines with a heart-pounding finish that is drop-dead gorgeous.” (J’nell Ciesielski, author of The Socialite)

• USA Today best seller!
• Full-length historical story with both romance and mystery
• Stand-alone novel
• Includes discussion questions for book clubs

©2020 Tea Cooper (P)2020 Thomas Nelson

Rich Characters

The way the story was woven together, 60 years apart, was very clever. The ending was quite satisfying too. Well worth the investment.

Great story, well read. Loved the surprises.

Great story. Well read. Loved the surprises in the storyline. Enjoyed the back and forth of the eras.

Two women to wonderful stories

I loved all the twists and turns from one to the other. Made a list of character names to keep everyone in the proper century . Can’t wait to listen to another Tea Cooper story .

Reading might be better

I really enjoyed this book, but being able to flip back-and-forth in a real paper book, would have been better for me. I always wanted to go back and check what had happened the last time I left the 1800s or the 1900s, and that’s hard to do on an audible book. Great story though. My first with a setting in Australia, and I quite enjoyed seeing it through early settlers eyes.

Women in green Dress audible book

Good and interesting time in history
Also interesting background about Australia Opels
Love Opels wow

Enjoyed

I enjoy reading this author and this book was another good one from Tea Cooper.

Confusing at the beginning. Not enough detail to let the reader know what time period you were in.

The date was given, but not enough description as to what the setting looked like. The same with the characters in this novel. You really didn’t get enough information to know them; they weren’t developed.

very good story

loved this story. I would love to see this as a movie. I would Definitely watch it.

Wonderful concept sadly under-developed

The author has some wonderful themes - Australian Aborigines, WW1 and soldier repatriation, opal mining, and just Australian history in general, but disappointingly none of the themes are fully developed.
We the readers are left wanting so much much more than was delivered. I believe I’ll have to listen to a book by Bryce Courtenay now just to get my Australian fix.

Great story and performance

I really enjoy reading Tea Cooper’s books. She has the great talent to weave two stories that result in a great read. I’ve learned so much about Australia’s history by reading her books. Two books down and on to her third book and and anticipating the release of her fourth one!