THE HIDDEN MASTERPIECE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTTo my wife and mother in law for their encouragement and support with their many hours of editing and feedback. PLOTAbigail Whitby is introduced as a recent widow of a Methodist Minister with a knack for crossword puzzles, a love for mystery novels, and too much time on her hands. She sets out to discover the origins of an unknown masterpiece painting, meddle in her daughters martial affairs, and solve a puzzling bank robbery all in the same week. The Hidden Masterpiece is story woven with lifes experiences grounded in a steadfast faith in God and the human condition. Its a story of love built on the foundation for the caring of others as well as a lesson in forgiving grace. Abigails adventure takes her from the jungles of the equatorial tropical forest to the cobblestone streets of a medieval Polish city in her search for the truth and her lost past. In the end she finds that solving mysteries isnt nearly as satisfying as discovering herself after a lifetime of secrets and deception. Robert Stevens is a father of seven children and grandfather to two more. He lives in northern Alabama with his wife and the two children still at home. He works as a consultant for the government and enjoys most his weekly Sunday school class of four and five year old children._,