Kaleidoscope by Dorothy Gilman

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Kaleidoscope by Dorothy Gilman, Ballantine Books, 2002 525 yen
The story opens :
Madame Karitska, lives in the shabby brownstone on English Eighth Street, gave only a cursory glance at the sign in the first-floor window that read MADAME KARITSKA, READINGS.
Madame Karitska has a gift of clairvoyance and psychometry. She live in the English street of Trafton.

Where is Trafton? I searched in Wikipedia : Trafton is a small unincorporated community located in Snohomish County, Washington. It is located near the city of Arlington, and although many things is the area are named Trafton ( such as Trafton Elementary and Trafton Cemetery), most residents consider themselves residents of Arlington.........
Umm, this is not the Trafton! I can't find the railroad around the Trafton, Washington. Wao! I misread the street name. It's not English street. It's Eighth Street. I can't find Trafton in real USA.

Many people in troubles visit to her to get an advise. Her psychometry can be appeared by touching the object which is belong to the person. When she touches the thing, the view of the past and future come into her mind and she advice what she thinks to make her client step into the better life. The client pay her money which the client values the advice. Almost of her clients are poor. So she usually gets not so big money.
The Detective Lieutenant Pruden is her friend and visits her everyday to enjoy tea time. He believes in her psychometry. Sometimes he needs her advice and sometimes she tells him what she worries about her clients.
And one day she meets a person who is a friend of her ex-husband in Europe. He is a jewel merchant. He ask her to keep his bag until he'll back to Trafton.
She touches the bag and sees the vision to advice him to take care of the bad incident in the near future. And the friend of her ex-husband can't be back. Somebody kills him in NY.
In Trafton, the police annoys two cases, a cult group and the drug dealing. Like a relation of Madame Karitska and Lieutenant Pruden, the incidents in Trafton and the murder of jewel merchant get combined.

I think in the mystery, the using psychometry is not fair to the reader. But about this clairvoyance mystery, the adventure with Madame Karitska is an entertaining experience fantastically. At the last page You should thank her to say see you again with lots of happiness.