Frederick, K.C. Country of Memory (Sag Harbor, NY: Permanent Press, 1998) 240 p.

Marit has “eerily white skin and bleached hair” and wears a turtleneck under her jacket.

“You don’t dress like a librarian.” He still wondered how this exotic-looking woman had managed to spring like a jack-in-the-box from the comely, demure and well-groomed wife he’d known.” (p. 64).