by Mary Higgins Clark
I have only recently discovered the novels of Mary Higgins Clark; this was the second one I read. It is, of course, a thriller.
I really liked it; the narrative technique is a mixture of first person narrative and third person - sounds as if that might be confusing but it's not. The main character is a woman of 34 who (through unusual circumstances when she was a child) was convicted of killing her mother. She is forced - by a strange twist of fate - to return to her childhood home where the death occurred. While maintaining the new identity she created after the trial, she seeks to establish her innocence. Needless to say, it is far from plain sailing.
I agree with the quote from USA Today which appears on the back cover: 'Should come with a warning: start in the evening and you'll be reading late into the night'. It certainly gripped me. I kept looking for the places where the author was trying to create false trails - and thinking I had found them. I guessed wrong every time; the ending came as a complete surprise.
Highly recommended. Make sure you have plenty time to sit and get engrossed!
Reviewed by Jean Nale
I really liked it; the narrative technique is a mixture of first person narrative and third person - sounds as if that might be confusing but it's not. The main character is a woman of 34 who (through unusual circumstances when she was a child) was convicted of killing her mother. She is forced - by a strange twist of fate - to return to her childhood home where the death occurred. While maintaining the new identity she created after the trial, she seeks to establish her innocence. Needless to say, it is far from plain sailing.
I agree with the quote from USA Today which appears on the back cover: 'Should come with a warning: start in the evening and you'll be reading late into the night'. It certainly gripped me. I kept looking for the places where the author was trying to create false trails - and thinking I had found them. I guessed wrong every time; the ending came as a complete surprise.
Highly recommended. Make sure you have plenty time to sit and get engrossed!
Reviewed by Jean Nale
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I ordered this one just now. Thanks for the review!
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