The Cradle Will Fall Author:Mary Higgins Clark This book is about a young woman named Kate who is in an accident. While in the hospital she sees a familiar figure carrying a woman's body to his car in the middle of the night. When she is found dead in her bed in the morning. Kate is determine to find out the truth of what happened to her.
This book was written in 1988 when she was really writing books and not just knocking them off in rapid succession. Very suspenseful, quick read and a Mystery Guild Main Selection.
Katie DeMaio, a bright, ambitious, attractive young prosecutor in a small New Yersey town, recently widowed. A driving accident brings her to Westlake Hospital with minor injuries, where she sees-or thinks she sees a familiar figure carrying a woman's body to his car in the middle of the night. When the woman is found dead in her bed the next day and declared a suicide, Katie determines to find out the truth, and soon uncovers the hidden scandals and fears in the lives of a number of people who seem, on the surface, to be solid, respectable citizens.