From Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark, a thriller âthat grabs you with the first paragraph and never letâs goâ (USA TODAY) about a woman desperate to uncover the truth behind her beloved stepmotherâs death.
At a party in Manhattan, Maggie Hollowayâone of the fashion worldâs most successful photographersâis thrilled to be reunited with her beloved stepmother. A widow now, Nuala Moore is equally delighted to see her long-lost stepdaughter, and she invites Maggie to spend a few weeks at her home in Newport, Rhode Island. But when Maggie arrives, she finds Nuala murdered, apparently by a burglar.
Heartbroken, Maggie is stunned to learn she had inherited Nualaâs stunning Victorian home...and horrified when she begins to suspect that Nualaâs death was not random but part of a diabolical plot conceived by a twisted mind. When Nualaâs dear old friend, Greta Shipley, dies suddenly of supposedly natural causes, Maggie is convinced that there is a link between these two and other recent deaths among the older women of Newport. What she doesnât realize is that she has now become a target for the killer as well, and that each clue she uncovers brings her closer to an unimaginable fate.