Description
Next to the incomparable Mrs. Pollifax, Dorothy Gilmanโs 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 victimโs 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 Karitskaโas wise as she is lovelyโchooses not to reveal all that she foresees. And when an attachรฉ case is suddenly dropped into her lap by a man fleeing a crowded subway, she knows itโs time to consult her good friend Detective-Lieutenant Pruden.
A nine-year-old accused of murder, a man dying a slow death by witchcraftโ for the hunted and the haunted, Madame Karitskaโs shabby downtown apartment becomes a haven, where brilliant patterns of violence, greed, passion, and strange obsessions mix and disintegrate with stunning, kaleidoscopic beauty.
ISBN:9780345448217
