![]() ![]() ![]() There was no way he could have known she'd be the one to find the manuscript, which was written during the time of Cleopatra by the daughter of a librarian at the great Library of Alexandria. Marcel died before the estate contracted with her firm. Translate the words and you will understand. Inside is an ancient manuscript and a note to her from Marcel Bossard that reads: “Semele, Tell no one what you find written in these pages. ![]() She spends two weeks in Switzerland, finishing her appraisal, and on the last day, she finds a box inside a cabinet. His collection would fill a manuscript museum, and his death drew a lot of attention from the press. When she is assigned to catalog Marcel Bossard's collection, she finds that there are only 20 people in the world who have collections like his. ![]() Semele Cavnow is an antiquities appraiser for a Manhattan auction house. Her latest work is “The Fortune Teller,” and I think it is even better than her first. It was so good it was an RWA PRISM Award Winner in the Time Travel/Steampunk category and a finalist for Best First Novel. "The Memory Painter," a compelling story about reincarnation, was Gwendolyn Womack's debut novel. "The Fortune Teller" by Gwendolyn Womack (Picador Paperback Original, 368 pages, in stores) ![]()
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