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After a layoff and months of struggling, Alice Humphrey finally lands her dream job managing a new art gallery in Manhattan’s trendy Meatpacking District. According to Drew Campbell, the well-suited corporate representative who hires her, the gallery is a passion project for its anonymous,... read more
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Characters edit
- Alice Humphrey: Unemployed art major who was asked to manage a gallery out of the blue by Drew Campbell.
- Jeff: Add a description of this character.
- Jeff Wilkerson: Alice's impossible to label friend. He's a lawyer in private practice.
- Hank Beckman: FBI Agent tracking Travis Larson
- Travis Larson: Man Hank Beckman is pursuing surreptitiously. He apparently conned Hank's sister.
- Ben
- Drew Campbell: Entrepreneur who approached Alice on behalf of a client to manage a new art gallery. He gets murdered.
- Ben Humphrey: Alice's older brother
- Joann Stevenson: Single mother to 15-year old Becca
- Christie Kinley: Young girl from Bedford.
- Ashleigh
- Hans Schuler: Highline Gallery's featured artist who is the beau of the owner. His art is provocative but uninspired.
- Robert Atkinson: Reporter for Empire Media
- Ashleigh Reynolds: Girl who referred to Becca as "slut" on Dan Hunter's Facebook page
- Sophie
- Frank Humphrey: Oscar winning director and Alice's father
- Arthur Cronin: Humphrey family attorney
- Lily Harper: Friend of Alice.
- Jason
- John Shannon: Detective investigating Drew's murder
- Coulton
- Sophie Ferrin: Becca's best friend
- Gloria
- George Hardy: Pastor of Redemption of Christ Church who is leading a protest against Schuler's exhibit.
- Dan Hunter: Jock that came on to Becca
- Jason Morhart: Detective investigating Becca's disappearance
- Morhart
- Mark: Dating Joann
- Rose Sampson
- Julie Kinley: Woman who settled with ITH back in 1985.
- Gloria Kinley: Christie Kinley's mother
- Willie Danes: Detective Shannon's partner.
- Mia Andrews: Christie Kinley's sister
- Sebastian: Joann's dog
- Mrs. Withers: Nosy neighbor of the Kinleys
- Rose Sampson Humphrey: Alice's mother who was a former film star. She's married to Fred Humphrey.
- Nancy: File processor for the detectives who thinks she's a techie
- Becca Stevenson: Joannn's 15- year old daughter who is missing.
- Rodney Carter: Sophie's boyfriend
First Sentence edit
Alice Humphrey knew the kiss would ruin everything.
Table of Contents edit
The Kiss
Part I: Too Good to be True
Chapters One - Twenty-Two
Part II: Nothing to Hide
Chapters Twenty-Three - Forty-Three
Part III: Memories
Chapters Forty-Four - Fifty-Three
Part IV: MIA
Chapters Fifty-Four - Fifty-Nine
Six Months Later
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alafair Burke (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper Collins
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 0061999180
Page Count: 368
Publisher: Harper Collins
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 0061999180
Page Count: 368
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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- Alafair Burke: Author's website
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