Stuff
Product Details
Pocket Books, June 2006
Trade Paperback, 256 pages
ISBN-10: 0743475593
ISBN-13: 9780743475594
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Chapter 1
Description
She's an antique print dealer, a college professor, and now...a parent? Maggie Summer is considering adopting a child from the New Jersey agency Our World, Our Children, and she has happily agreed to stage a benefit antiques show on their behalf. With her dealer friends, her college, and her lover, Will Brewer, all donating their time and support, everything is falling into place. But someone is harboring a vicious grudge against Our World, Our Children. The adoptive mother of thirteen children is the first victim, and then Maggie begins receiving threats. With the crowded benefit set to open and hundreds of innocent lives at stake, Maggie races to preserve the future with a clue hidden in her prints from the past....
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Chapter 1"Wait is a supple writer . . . captivating." -- Booklist
-- Booklist
"Wait renders the print business . . . intriguingly and with a sense of style." -- The Boston Globe
-- The Boston Globe
"Fresh and relevant." -- The New York Times
-- The New York Times
"Breezy. . . . Fun and compelling." -- Maine Sunday Telegram
-- Maine Sunday Telegram
"A perfect read." -- Mystery Scene
-- Mystery Scene
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