The Girl Who Remembered Snow by Mathes, Charles - 1997

Worldwide Library. Very Good. 1997. Paperback. The spine and both covers, next to the spine, are creased from reading. The pages are clean, no tears or soiling. The pages and binding are tight. The lower right corner of the front cover is creased and curls upwards from the crease. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 300 pages; Professional magician, San Franciscan, Emma Passant knows the hand is quicker than the eye. But how much of her own life has been an illusion. Her grandfather is murdered and Emma is puzzled by her his cryptic will. He writes that she is to "take her place at the helm and turn the wheel on the legacy that I have kept hidden from her". As Emma ponders these elusive words, a friend of hers is fatally shot--by the same gun that was used to kill her grandfather. So when her brawny assistant departs for greener pastures, Emma puts her act on hold and sets out to find some answers. With only a spattering of clues, she follows a trail of cryptic words, rumors of stolen treasure, and her own vague snow-shrouded memories to the Caribbean, New York and Paris. The mystery begins to come together, however, upon the disappearance of a model boat--the replica of a boat her grandfather had sailed on years before. Emma departs in search of the real vessel, and discovers shattering deceptions made in the name of love -and the shocking truth about her own past. Will combine shipping on more than one book. .