KaleidoscopeNext 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 Karitska-as wise as she is lovely-chooses not to reveal all that she foresees. And when an attach 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. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 18 |
Section 3 | 32 |
Section 4 | 44 |
Section 5 | 64 |
Section 6 | 76 |
Section 7 | 89 |
Section 8 | 94 |
Section 9 | 128 |
Section 10 | 141 |
Section 11 | 155 |
Section 12 | 171 |
Section 13 | 193 |
Section 14 | 206 |
Section 15 | 232 |
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