The Quicksilver Pool Author:Phyllis A. Whitney SHE FLED THE HEARTBREAK OF A WAR-TORN SOUTH -- ONLY TO BECOME CAUGHT UP IN A STARTLING WEB OF INTRIGUE AND MYSTERY... — The wrenching war between the states had destroyed all she held dear, then Lora married wounded Union soldier, Wade Tyler. Anxious to put her grief behind her, she accompanied him to his magnificent ancestral estate on the islan... more »d of Manhattan.
But all is not as it should be at Wade's boyhood home. Wade is estranged from Jemmy, his tender-hearted young son, and there is the tragic drowning of Wade's beloved wife, which haunts the Tyler household. Was Virginia's death an accident, suicide -- or something far worse? As Lora moves closer to the heart of the mystery, she finds herself on the edge of a shattering truth that someone will do anything to keep hidden forever.« less