She Writes Press
August 2016
On Sale: August 2, 2016
Featuring: Peda; Elsie; Winter
ISBN: 1631521519 EAN: 9781631521515 Kindle: B01HSNBZAU Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Diane B. Saxtonβs debut novel PEREGRINE ISLAND, explores the mysteries behind three generations of women, one valuable painting, the artist who created it, and those who would do anything to possess itβeven kill.
The action takes place on a privately owned island on Long Island Sound, where prim Winter Peregrine lives with her fickle, reckless daughter, Elsie, and her sensitive young granddaughter, Peda. Winter is named for the season her father preferred because βthere were no distractions then.β But now itβs summer with distractions aplenty, particularly when two art βexpertsβ suddenly arrive on the island to examine a beloved family heirloom: an early 20th century waterfront scene by world-famous artist Simon Crandor.
The painting is one of the few privately held Crandors, and the two experts β along with Crandorβs debonair grandson, Hamlet β want to determine the pieceβs authenticity. But when they pull the painting from its frame, they find more than they bargained for β hidden documents and additional paintings, possibly by Crandor. Who put them there and why? And who stands to gain and lose from the discovery of these stunning treasures?
In this engrossing literary novel that brings the Sound to vibrant life, not even a painting can be taken at face value, βFor what you see, or think you see on Peregrine Island, is seldom what it seems.β
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