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The Grey Beginning

Barbara Michaels

1984277 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1984
first published
  • 1984Congdon & Weed · 277 pages · ENGISBN 9780865531338
  • 1985Tom Doherty Associates · 277 pages · ENGISBN 9780812522525
  • 1985G.K. Hall · 354 pages · ENGISBN 9780816137879
  • 1995Ulverscroft · 340 pages · ENGISBN 9780708988091
  • 1994Severn House Publishers · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9780727845382
  • 1999HarperTorch · 304 pages · ENGISBN 9780061044717
  • 2007Harper · 324 pages · ENGISBN 9780060878191
  • 1995HarperCollins Publishers · ENGISBN 9780061007255

Devastated by her husband's death, Kathy Malone has traveled to his childhood home, hoping to come to terms with the recent tragedy. Here in the beautiful rolling hills of Tuscany, she seeks solace—and discovers something sinister instead. Befriending a lonely boy named Pietro—accepting the chilly hospitality of the aristocratic Contessa Morandini—Kathy begins to uncover the pieces of an ominous puzzle and hints of a deadly obsession. And now she has stumbled upon a murderous plot that could cost Kathy her life—for it was meant to stay hidden... forever.

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