Book description
Adam Hardesty has a serious problem. The secrets of his past are in
danger of being exposed, and in the course of investigating his would-be
blackmailer, he discovers the dead body of a prominent psychic. To make
matters worse, her house has been torn apart, and the diary containing
Adam's secrets is missing. His only lead is a list of the psychic's last
visitors. The most likely suspect is a woman named Mrs. Caroline
Fordyce, whom he confronts in her parlour, only to discover an
inconvenient attraction to the beautiful young widow. Alarmed by Adam's
insinuations and questions, Caroline concludes that she must conduct her
own investigation - if she can discover the true killer, Adam will have
no reason to expose her connection to the dead psychic, which would
cause a scandal she and her aunts could ill-afford. Besides, her life
has been boringly uncomplicated for too long, and the exciting tension
she feels around Adam presents a welcome alternative to her mundane
daily routine. But as Caroline and Adam journey deeper into the shadowy
world of psychics, mediums and con artists, they find that the only ones
they can count on are each other. Amanda Quick is a pseudonym for
Jayne Ann Krentz, the author of forty New York Times bestsellers under
various pen names; more than twenty-five million copies of her books are
in print. She lives in the Pacific Northwest.
