Kaleidoscope: a Countess Karitska Novel by Gilman, Dorothy - 2002

Ballantine Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 0345448200 . Madame Karitska's trade as a fortune-teller attracts a strange array of clients, including an artistic woman whose husband abandons her to join a religious cult and an Italian immigrant with a cursed child. Karitska also helps her good friend, Detective-Lieutenant Pruden, solve the hit-and-run death of a young violinist and the murder of a local philanthropist. Her most troubling case, however, occurs when a subway incident leaves her with an attache case full of diamonds. This well-written, episodic adventure, with a generous and charming Old World heroine who first appeared 25 years ago in The Clairvoyant Countess, will appeal to many, especially fans of Gilman's Mrs. Polifax series. ; 8vo - 7 ¾ - 9 ¾" tall. " .