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Eight linked stories tracing the history of a painting by the 17th century Dutch artist, Vermeer. In one, he paints his daughter to pay off debts, a second story describes the loss of the ownership papers, a third takes place on the eve of its theft by the Nazis. By the author of What Love Sees.

Ex-CIA agent David Webb, one-time host to the CIA implanted personality Jason Bourne, must call his old skills into action when his quiet life as a professor at Georgetown University is disrupted by an attempt on his life and the murders of two of his closest associates.

Divorces school teacher Allison Banks falls in love with Dana Stevens, her summer university instructor, but when Dana reveals that he plans to have a sex change operation, Allison must judge whether their relationship can survive, even amidst the fallout from the people of their small town.

A mid-twentieth-century Jewish man who has failed in all of his major professional and personal endeavors sets out on a philosophical letter writing campaign to anyone and everyone who will read his thoughts--friends, enemies, and strangers.

In the prison Falconer, a convict named Farragut struggles to maintain his identity and a grasp of reality in a surreal world.

A tribute to author Iris Murdoch, now stricken with Alzheimer's disease, written by her husband of over forty years, in which he discusses their passionate love relationship and traces the progression of her affliction.

Professor David Shepherd uncovers an ancient text containing the names of each generation's thirty-six righteous souls by whose merits the world continues to exist and must protect their identities before a killer can eliminate them all and bring on the end of the world.