Seven Years

A gripping novella from the New York Times –bestselling author of the Inspector Banks Mysteries and a “master of the art” ( The Boston Globe ).   Retired Cambridge professor Donald Aitcheson loves scouring antiquarian bookshops for secondhand treasures—as much as he loathes the scribbled marginalia from their previous owners. But when he comes upon an inscription in a volume of Robert Browning’s poetry, he’s less irritated than disturbed. This wasn’t once a gift to an unwitting woman. It wa