The Queen of Suspense, Mary Higgins Clark, delivers a gripping tale of deception and tantalizing twists that could have been ripped from todayâs headlines.
When Nicholas Spencer, the charismatic head of a company that has developed an anticancer vaccine, disappears without a trace, reporter Marcia âCarleyâ DeCarlo is assigned the story. Word that Spencer, if alive, has made off with huge sums of moneyâincluding the life savings of many employeesâdoesnât do much to change Carleyâs already low opinion of Spencerâs wife, Lynn, who is also Carleyâs stepsister and who everyone believes is involved. But when Lynnâs life is threatened, she asks Carley to help her prove that she wasnât her husbandâs accomplice. As the facts unfold, however, Carley herself becomes the target of a dangerous, sinister group that will stop at nothing to get what they want.
The Queen of Suspense, Mary Higgins Clark, delivers a gripping tale of deception and tantalizing twists that could have been ripped from todayâs headlines.
When Nicholas Spencer, the charismatic head of a company that has developed an anticancer vaccine, disappears without a trace, reporter Marcia âCarleyâ DeCarlo is assigned the story. Word that Spencer, if alive, has made off with huge sums of moneyâincluding the life savings of many employeesâdoesnât do much to change Carleyâs already low opinion of Spencerâs wife, Lynn, who is also Carleyâs stepsister and who everyone believes is involved. But when Lynnâs life is threatened, she asks Carley to help her prove that she wasnât her husbandâs accomplice. As the facts unfold, however, Carley herself becomes the target of a dangerous, sinister group that will stop at nothing to get what they want.