Kaleidoscope

Next to the incomparable Mrs. Pollifax, Dorothy Gilman's best-loved character is the mysterious Madame Karitska, who is blessed with a powerful gift of clairvoyance that attracts to her a stream of men and women craving help with their misfortunes, desperate to know what the future holds. . . . When a brilliant young violinist dies in a horrific accident, Madame Karitska has only to hold the victim's instrument in her hands to perceive the shocking truth. But when an insecure wife asks whether her husband will abandon her to join a sinister cult, Madame Karitskaas wise as she is lovelychooses not to reveal all that she foresees. And when an attache case is suddenly dropped into her lap by a man fleeing a crowded subway, she knows it's time to consult her good friend Detective-Lieutenant Pruden. A nine-year-old accused of murder, a man dying a slow death by witchcraft for the hunted and the haunted, Madame Karitska's shabby downtown apartment becomes a haven, where brilliant patterns of violence, greed, passion, and strange obsessions mix and disintegrate with stunning, kaleidoscopic beauty. Once again Dorothy Gilman exercises her own uncanny power to render readers spellbound. From the Hardcover edition.

<b>Dorothy Gilman</b> is the author of fourteen Mrs. Pollifax novels, including <i>The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax</i> (the series debut), <i>Mrs. Pollifax Pursued</i>, <i>Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer</i>, <i>Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist</i>, and <i>Mrs. Pollifax</i> <i>Unveiled</i>. She is also the author of many other novels, among them <i>Thale’s Folly</i>. She lives in Westport, Connecticut.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>