The Clairvoyant Countess

By James A. Michener

Book Overview

In The Clairvoyant Countess, the bestselling author of the beloved Mrs. Pollifax series gives us the mysterious Madame Karitska, who can see things no one else can--including murder.

Madame Karitska has a style all her own--a rare blend of psychic power, an exotic past, and an uncanny gift for common sense. But when a chance encounter with Detective-Lieutenant Pruden of the Police Department catapults her into the midst of a seamier side of life, she must use all her resources to keep danger at bay.

"Dorothy Gilman is one of those authors that we would like to lock in a tower and command to produce a novel at least every three months. To get a new one is to become ecstatic, to finish it is to grieve, and to wait for the next one is torment "--Chattanooga Times

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0449213188
• ISBN13: 9780449213186
• Release Date: December 1986
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Seek Your Dreams

This book changed my life. In 1986 I actually followed the characters travels through Europe. The goal of the trip was to find the Alamo bar in Torremolinos, Spain. Even though no one had heard of such a bar and it was not listed in any business or telephone directory I did what the characters did-I wandered through the city. At the end of a small alley was a hand scrawled sign that read "Alamo Bar". I followed the arrow and came to a tiny hole in the wall bar that had an upside down horseshoe over the door and a sign that said "Alamo Bar, open 8 til late". It seems that the people who ran the Alamo moved into a larger bar called the Stagecoach. According to the bartender, I was the second person who had found them because of the book. The other guy was from Poland and actually kissed the floor when he arrived. My copy of the book is still behind the bar waiting for the third visitor.Five years later I met a woman who had just come back from Europe and I asked her where she visited. She replied "Have you ever heard of a book called "The Drifters"? A year and a half later she became my wife. Read this book at the risk of changing your life too.

A Must Read...about young people's search for themselves

Just as Dorothy had to travel far away from home to "find herself" (excuse the cliche)James Michener's very real characters travel to the beautiful coast of Torremolinos,Spain - to escape conventions and restrictions, to experiment with sex,drugs,love,friendship all in attempt to define and become themselves. Reminiscient of the romantic haze of the sixties - The Drifters speaks most directly to those of us who've been 'drifting' through life in search of that which lies at our very core. It chronicles our struggles, our obstacles, our hopes and narrates the story of that bumpy and incredible path on which we become ourselves - for better or for worse. An engrossing and awesome read - and a particularly good travel book! READ IT!