The Other Face of Elizabeth Peters

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1. Pat Robbins, the protagonist of "The Walker in Shadows", is a widow when Josef Friedrich moves in next door. Pat and Josef each have a teenager in the house. What exactly is the set up during the first half of the book? Pat's daughter, Marcia, hates Josef's son Kristof on sight; Pat blames Kristof Pat's son Mark and Josef's daughter Kathy are embarrassed when their parents fall in love Pat's daughter, Kathy, turns out to be the hospital-swapped twin of Josef's daughter, whose name is Kate Pat's son Mark falls in love with Josef's daughter, Kathy; Josef objects

2. Ruth Bennett, the protagonist of "Ammie, Come Home", appears in some of Barbara Michaels' other books as well, but this is her first appearance. It is in this book that she meets Pat MacDougal, whom she eventually marries. Why does Ruth turn him down at first? She was a widow, and devoted to the memory of her first husband She had had a horrific first marriage She was ashamed of being a middle-aged virgin Her first husband had disappeared, and she couldn't trace him to ask for a divorce

3. There is something very, very nasty in Ruth Bennett's Georgetown house in "Ammie, Come Home". Ruth's niece, Sara, is possessed by a ghost, but poor dead Ammie isn't the only unquiet spirit about. Who is, or was, the malevolent phantom? Mrs Jackson MacDougal, Pat's mother Anthony Doyle, Ammie's one-time lover Douglass Campbell, Ammie's father Bruce, Sara's boyfriend

4. Sara appears in "Ammie, Come Home", and her sister, Karen, plays a part in two novels called "Shattered Silk" and "Stitches in Time". Karen is known by that name in "Shattered Silk", but when Rachel, the protagonist of "Stitches in Time" meets her, she is using a different name. What was it, and why did she make the change? Kara, because she was possessed by a slave's spirit and changed her name in sympathy Kara, because she wanted to leave her frumpish Karen persona behind Verity, because it means 'truth', and she felt she now knew the truth about her sister She didn't change her name at all;Rachel made a mistake

5. In "Houses of Stone", Professor Karen Holloway is hot on the trail of a manuscript written by an obscure American writer. Karen's oddly named friend accompanies her on many of her trips. What is her name? Professor Margaret 'Daisy' Billycorn Atalanta Manticore, QC Lady Artemis Atlantis Dr Margaret 'Peggy' Finneyfrock

6. The pseudonymous author of the manuscript Karen Holloway is trying to acquire in "Houses of Stone" is finally revealed as an ancestor of the person who offered the book for sale. What pseudonym did the author use? Isabella Antigone Ismene Clara

7. Ellen March, protagonist of "Witch", was hopelessly in love. Who was her man and why did she think she couldn't marry him? He was Jack, her brother-in-law, and she thought she couldn't compete with her beautiful dead sister He was Tim, a young man who lived nearby. He was twenty years her junior He was Norman, her neighbour, and he hated cats;she loved them She didn't know his name, and he appeared to her in visions. She didn't know if he was real or not

8. In "Vanish With the Rose", Diana pretended to be an expert in which flowers to gain entry to Charles' and Emily's household? Waterlilies Miniature roses Heritage roses Hellebore, also known as Christmas roses

9. In "Vanish With the Rose", Diana had a special reason for wanting to spend time at Charles and Emily's house. What was it? She was in hiding because a murderer was after her She thought she was the heir to the house She was trying to discover the fate of her brother She was really a ghost hunter, and wanted to see if the rumours about the house were true

10. Who was the Barbara Michaels hero who wore far too many clothes and had a huge beard? He shaved it off and was nearly clobbered by his lady for his pains. She thought he was an intruder... Andy, from "Vanish With the Rose" Josef, from "The Walker in Shadows" Dave, from "Search the Shadows" Adam, from "Stitches in Time"