I am becoming something like a Mary Higgins Clark fan. :-) Lately, I seem to be reaching for more and more of her books on the library shelf.
The novel begins with the murder of Natalie Raines, a famous actress on The Broadway. She is found shot in her New Jersey home. Though the cops don't make any arrest immediately, the needle of suspicion soon begins to point at her husband, and agent, Greg Aldrich. Almost everyone seems to know that they were having problems in their marital life. But few seem to know that before she died Natalie was terribly scared of someone. The case lands in the lap of Emily Wallace, an Assistant Prosecutor, who is dealing with a lot in her personal life - the sudden death of her husband who was in the armed forces and her equally sudden recent heart transplant surgery. She and her immediate boss have a lot riding on the successful conviction in this case. Just when Emily's intellect tells her that she is doing all that she practically can to put Greg behind bars, her heart seems to be telling her that he is innocent. Matters turn complicated when Natalie's own mother says the same in open court. And in the midst of all this, Emily is blissfully unaware that a serial killer is practically her next-door neighbor.
Will Emily listen to the heart that till a few months ago was beating in someone else's chest? Who killed Natalie? And will the cold case of the murder of the struggling actress who was Natalie's roommate years ago ever get solved? Who is the mysterious Jess?
Clark has been successful in keeping the reader guessing as to who the possible killer could be because there aren't many suspects on the scene except for Greg and Emily's neighbor. It's only in the last few pages that we begin to get an inkling about the true perpetrator of both crimes. On the other hand, the reason why Emily knows it in her heart that Greg is innocent is not a big mystery if you reflect on the novel's title for a moment :-)
The novel begins with the murder of Natalie Raines, a famous actress on The Broadway. She is found shot in her New Jersey home. Though the cops don't make any arrest immediately, the needle of suspicion soon begins to point at her husband, and agent, Greg Aldrich. Almost everyone seems to know that they were having problems in their marital life. But few seem to know that before she died Natalie was terribly scared of someone. The case lands in the lap of Emily Wallace, an Assistant Prosecutor, who is dealing with a lot in her personal life - the sudden death of her husband who was in the armed forces and her equally sudden recent heart transplant surgery. She and her immediate boss have a lot riding on the successful conviction in this case. Just when Emily's intellect tells her that she is doing all that she practically can to put Greg behind bars, her heart seems to be telling her that he is innocent. Matters turn complicated when Natalie's own mother says the same in open court. And in the midst of all this, Emily is blissfully unaware that a serial killer is practically her next-door neighbor.
Will Emily listen to the heart that till a few months ago was beating in someone else's chest? Who killed Natalie? And will the cold case of the murder of the struggling actress who was Natalie's roommate years ago ever get solved? Who is the mysterious Jess?
Clark has been successful in keeping the reader guessing as to who the possible killer could be because there aren't many suspects on the scene except for Greg and Emily's neighbor. It's only in the last few pages that we begin to get an inkling about the true perpetrator of both crimes. On the other hand, the reason why Emily knows it in her heart that Greg is innocent is not a big mystery if you reflect on the novel's title for a moment :-)
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