The New York Times bestselling Under Suspicion series by the âQueen of Suspenseâ Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke returns with this gripping mystery following television producerâs Laurie Moran investigation of the unsolved Met Gala murderâin which a wealthy widow was pushed to her death from the famous museumâs rooftop.
Laurie Moranâs professional life is a successâher television show Under Suspicion is a hit, both in the ratings and its record of solving cold cases. But her romantic break from former host Alex Buckley has left her with on-air talent she canât standâRyan Nicholsâand a crippling sense of loneliness.
Now Ryan has suggested a new case. Three years ago, Virginia Wakeling, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and one of the museumâs most generous donors, was found dead in the snow, after being thrown from the museumâs roof on the night of the Met Gala. The leading suspect then and now is her much younger boyfriend and personal trainer, Ivan Gray.
Ivan runs a trendy, successful boutique gym called Punchâa business funded in no small part by the late Virginiaâwhich happens to be the gym Ryan frequents. Laurieâs skepticism about the case is upended by a tip from her fatherâs NYPD connection, and soon Laurie realizes there are a bevy of suspectsâincluding Virginiaâs trusted inner circle.
As the Under Suspicion crew pries into the lives of a super wealthy real estate family with secrets to hide, danger mounts for several witnessesâand for Laurie.