Amy Stoll’s THE NINTH WIFE the story of a 35-year-old single woman who falls in love with an Irishman named Rory and after his marriage proposal and confession of having been married eight times before, sets out on a cross-country journey to find Rory’s ex-wives to Claire Wachtel at Harper in a good deal by Marly Rusoff of Marly Rusoff & Associates. (NA)