At a party in Manhattan, Maggie Holloway--one of the fashion world\'s most successful photographers--is thrilled to be reunited with her beloved former stepmother.
What she doesn\'t 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..
When Nuala\'s 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.
Heartbroken, Maggie is stunned to learn she had inherited Nuala\'s stunning Victorian home...and horrified when she begins to suspect that Nuala\'s death was not random, but part of a diabolical plot conceived by a twisted mind.
But when Maggie arrives, she finds Nuala murdered, apparently by a burglar.
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.
At a party in Manhattan, Maggie Holloway--one of the fashion world\'s most successful photographers--is thrilled to be reunited with her beloved stepmother.
From Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark, a thriller that grabs you with the first paragraph and never lets go ( USA TODAY ) about a woman desperate to uncover the truth behind her beloved stepmother\'s death.
But when Maggie arrives, she finds Nuala murdered.
A widow now, Nuala Moore is equally delighted to see her long-lost stepdaughter, and invites Maggie to spend a few weeks at her home in Newport, Rhode Island.
At a party in Manhattan, Maggie Holloway--one of the fashion world\'s most successful photographers--is thrilled to be reunited with her beloved former stepmother