Southern Storm Condition:Well Read whenever he meets somebody he

whenever he meets somebody he admires

”—Maxine Hong Kingston The story of two women whose lives intersect in late-nineteenth-century Japan

From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold comes a story of four new customers each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer

particularly the Malays

Attention is devoted to the role of auction houses

Southern Storm Condition:Well Read whenever he meets somebody heSequel to the #1 best selling Cape Refuge First a dead stranger. Now a missing Police Chief. Did Chief Cade run off to elope . . . or has he met with foul play? The body in the morgue had no ID. No one knew who he was or where he came from when he walked out in front of Cades car. And when Cade learns he had a gunshot wound before he was struck, finding his identity becomes even more urgent. Then Cade vanishes. Authorities discover the victims name,