Kaleidoscope (20 page)

Jan said with a sigh, “That's all very well, but it doesn't explain
Trafton's
blackout.”

Madame Karitsky wanted to say
Oh, yes, it does, it
means they reached the building just in time, and you
don't realize how lucky we are.

Because Roger Gillespie had just proved the impossible had become the possible. And it was not a pleasant thought.

Yet tomorrow life would go on, electric stoves would be lighted, refrigerator doors opened, computers and televisions turned on, planes would land and cars would fill their gas tanks, the radio and CNN would give more details of the powerful and mysterious explosion in Denby, Maine—if anyone was interested. In the morning she would deposit Max Saberhagen's check in the bank and there would be two clients in the afternoon, Pruden would be compiling a list of Jake Bodley's crimes, Jan would spend half of the day at the Settlement House, and Faber-Jones would visit his daughter at Daniel's Help Save Tomorrow.

Which was ironic, she thought, that because of Roger Gillespie there was—still—a tomorrow.

Until the next time.

If you enjoyed this Madame Karitska
novel,
why not go back to the beginning?

THE CLAIRVOYANT
COUNTESS

The First Madame
Karitska Novel
by
Dorothy Gilman

‘Can a psychic help solve crimes? If her name is Madame Karitska, she can. Dorothy Gilman's protagonist [is] a selfless protector of the innocent. . . Alluring.‘

—New York Daily News

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Discover—or rediscover—
Dorothy
Gilman's
fearless
grandmother
and
CIA
agent:
Mrs. Pollifax!

 

THE UNEXPECTED MRS. POLLIFAX
THE AMAZING MRS. POLLIFAX
THE ELUSIVE MRS. POLLIFAX
A PALM FOR MRS. POLLIFAX
MRS. POLLIFAX ON SAFARI
MRS. POLLIFAX ON THE CHINA STATION
MRS. POLLIFAX AND THE
HONG KONG
BUDDHA
MRS. POLLIFAX AND THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE
MRS. POLLIFAX AND THE WHIRLING DERVISH
MRS. POLLIFAX AND THE SECOND THIEF
MRS. POLLIFAX PURSUED
MRS. POLLIFAX AND THE LION KILLER
MRS. POLLIFAX, INNOCENT TOURIST
MRS. POLLIFAX UNVEILED

 

Published by Fawcett
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By Dorothy Gilman

Published by The Random House Publishing Group

 

CARAVAN
UNCERTAIN VOYAGE
A NUN IN THE CLOSET
THE CLAIRVOYANT COUNTESS
THE TIGHTROPE WALKER
INCIDENT AT BADAMYÂ
THALE'S FOLLY

 

The Mrs. Pollifax Series

THE UNEXPECTED MRS. POLLIFAX
THE AMAZING MRS. POLLIFAX
THE ELUSIVE MRS. POLLIFAX
A PALM FOR MRS. POLLIFAX
MRS. POLLIFAX ON SAFARI
MRS. POLLIFAX ON THE CHINA STATION
MRS. POLLIFAX AND THE HONG KONG BUDDHA
MRS. POLLIFAX AND THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE
MRS. POLLIFAX AND THE WHIRLING DERVISH
MRS. POLLIFAX AND THE SECOND THIEF
MRS. POLLIFAX PURSUED
MRS. POLLIFAX AND THE LION KILLER
MRS. POLLIFAX, INNOCENT TOURIST
MRS. POLLIFAX UNVEILED

 

For Young Adults

GIRL IN BUCKSKIN
THE MAZE IN THE HEART OF THE CASTLE
THE BELLS OF FREEDOM

 

Nonfiction

A NEW KIND OF COUNTRY

 

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Copyright © 2002 by Dorothy Gilman

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Kaleidoscope
is a work of fiction. Names, places, and incidents either are a product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

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