author is a master plotter. crimes, clues and quirks
Great book! A real page turner! Kept me wondering what was going to happen next. The ending is not what I was thnking and I hated to put down.
Slipped under the door of her Georgetown home, the note was an ominous reminder of Pat Traymore's past. The beautiful young television journalist has come to glamorous, high powered Washington to produce a TV series. Her subject Senator Abigail Jennings, slated for nomination as the first woman vice president of the United States. With the help of an old flame, Congressman Sam Kingsley, Pat delves into Abigail's life, only to turn up horrifying facts that threaten to destroy the senator's reputation and her career. Worse still, sinister connections to Pat's own childhood and the nightmare secrets hidden within it are surfacing- secrets waiting to destroy her.
Mary Higgins Clark is an excellent writer!
This is a really good book!
Not my favorite Mary Higgins Clark. One of her early novels. Still entertaining.

Ann B. (
Ann-B) wrote on 2/25/2006...
from Amazon....
When investigative journalist Patricia Traymore is invited to Washington to make a special TV documentary on prospective Vice Presidential candidate Senator Abigail Jennings, she moves into her familys old home- the scene of a terrible tragedy when she was a child.In the course of her investigations some rather murky truths begin to emerge and she receives threatening letters, warning her to leave the past alone. As she continues to live in the house, old and horrifying memories begin to surface, forcing her to relive forgotten episodes from her childhood and revealing facts which threaten to affect her safety.I found this to be a very good, fast read which is gripping to the last pages.

Judy F. (
Beachie) wrote on 10/2/2005...
A beautiful television journalist comes to Washington to produce a TV series about Senator Abigail Jennings, slated for nomination as the first woman vice president. Horrifying facts and secrets turn up that threaten to destroy these women. A good Mary Higgins Clark read.