When you read this, Ill be dead...These are the troubling words Serena Charterss grandmother has written on a note accompanying four pages of a centuries-old illuminated manuscript delivered after the old womans passing. That the strangeMoreWhen you read this, Ill be dead...These are the troubling words Serena Charterss grandmother has written on a note accompanying four pages of a centuries-old illuminated manuscript delivered after the old womans passing. That the strange inheritance has considerable worth seems obvious -- but what Serena doesnt realize is how many secrets it hides...and how many lives it has already cost.Seeking answers, she turns for professional help to Rarities Unlimited, and specifically to Erik North, a reclusive manuscript appraiser with a passion for the past, its people, and its treasures.
But Eriks careful examination of the vellum pages and the agonized jottings of a medieval scribe is raising perplexing questions -- about the true importance of Serenas legacy, the possible location of the remainder of the lost manuscript...and the senseless murder of an eccentric old woman in the blistering heat of Californias Mojave Desert.A spellbinder that bristles with almost unbearable intensity, Elizabeth Lowells Moving Target is a masterful tale of intrigue, secrets, danger, and murder -- a breathtaking work that brings one of Americas favorite storytellers to an electrifying new level.