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I've been a writer since I was a child, but I didn't begin my writing career until I was seventy-three.
I've been a writer since I was a child, but I didn't begin my writing career until I was seventy-three.
As the old house gives up its secrets — a handwritten will and hidden jewels — Winna questions everything she knows about her beloved grandmother. As Winna shares memories with her married daughter, reconciles with her disinherited sister Chloe, and becomes reacquainted with old classmates, the old house gives up its secrets. A handwritten will, old love letters, an unfinished story in a notebook, and a diamond ring hidden among her childhood marbles call into question everything Winna knows about her beloved grandmother.
Then come footsteps on the stairs, numerous break-ins, her car's brake failure on a mountain road, a fall down the basement stairs. Someone is trying to kill Winna. She can't begin to think it is her sister or Todd, Chloe's handsome new husband. Could it be her high school boyfriend John or the local handyman she's hired?
“The thing that struck me all the way through this book was the wonderful contrast between the languid descriptions of 'old town' America and of the house and gardens, the fading grandeur, and the build up of mystery and suspense. This was finely woven by the author.”
— AL W., Customer Review
“There's a well-plotted mystery unfolding in the book, but a quite unusual one, ranging back and forth in time over most of the 20th century, exploring the lives of some remarkable characters in three generations of a Colorado family.”
— Conrad J., Customer Review
“The delicious twist at the end came out of nowhere—and made perfect sense.”
— Carol C., Customer Review
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