NINA'S VERMEER - A novel set on a Maine Island Nina a precocious girl of 16 graduated from high school at 13. She was cached at eight with an uncle to prevent her stepfather, Karl, from harming her. At 16 she sought out her brother, Ogie, who was living incognito on a Maine island. He had been convicted of kidnapping their mother who Karl kept prisoner and drugged. Ogie escaped using his increasingly powerful mind reading skills. As a watercolor painter he capitalized on the mystery of nothing being known about him. Nina volunteered as a sternman on a lobster boat manned by a grandfather and...