Her parents had died violent deaths there when she was a child-ostensibly, a murder-suicide. Pat Traymore is the protagonist, a newswoman with a new job in Washington D.C. I don't think I had ever read Mary Higgins Clark before. Subsequently, my wife bought this to read on her Kindle, so I decided to read it, too. My wife and a friend, Janice, from our third-Monday book club (we meet at Barnes and Noble) went to see Mary Higgins Clark and her daughter, Carol, speak at the high school recently. It was a very enjoyable experience, just what I needed right now. It is also easier to keep a secret or hide a crime.
I read a lot of modern thrillers and detective stories and I think I'm forgetting how the simple fact that you can't google everything or get someone on a cell phone every time you want raises the stakes and puts the characters in even greater danger. It was also nice to read something old-school, from a time when cell phones and the Internet did not exist yet. There are quite a few issues here that seem rather farfetched. Even if I also understand people who did not like this story. And although I was able to predict some of these answers, the whole picture turned out to be much more complex and very satisfying. I liked how complicated and multi-dimensional truth ultimately turns out to be.
It all adds up to a truly great story that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Plus a bit of romantic turmoil in Pat's life. And the questionable past of the Senator, who is well on her way to becoming the first woman in history as a vice president of the United States. Pat, hiding her true identity while trying to unravel a tragic mystery from her childhood. An unexplained crime from years ago that concerns Pat, the main character. It's been a long time since I read Mary Higgins Clark's book, but I think I should read another one soon.
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