01413cam a2200241 4500 1261838130 TxAuBib 090306s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009277180 9780061624766 0061624764 9780061688584 pbk. 0061688584 pbk. (OCoLC)117 AFQ DLC GZW BTCTA AFQ NRM MRC TxAuBib Barry, Brunonia. The lace reader / Brunonia Barry. New York : William Morrow, 2006. 390 p. ; 24 cm. ""Towner Whitney, a dazed young woman descended from a long line of mind readers and fortune tellers, has survived numerous traumas and returned to her hometown of Salem, Mass., to recover. Any tranquility in her life is short-lived when her beloved great-aunt Eva drowns under circumstances suggesting foul play. Towner's suspicions are taken with a grain of salt given her history of hallucinatory visions and self-harm. The mystery enmeshes local cop John Rafferty, who had left the pressures of big city police work for a quieter life in Salem and now finds himself falling for the enigmatic Towner as he mourns Eva and delves into the history of the eccentric Whitney clan.""--Publisher's Weekly review. Psychics Fiction. Salem (Mass) Fiction.