Aries reviewed on 4/13/2011 + 4 more book reviews

This book had a great premise - two years after the disappearance of her three year old son, evidence turns up which appears to show Zan Moreland may have been responsible - but the story failed to develop. Mary Higgins Clark's trademark of multiple plotlines that all tie into the central mystery isn't evident here. There are plenty of characters but they all have the same function - to debate whether or not Zan kidnapped her son, and it gets repetitive very quickly. It doesn't help that Zan, even though she's undergone an incredible trauma, isn't a very sympathetic character. When Zan isn't feeling sorry for herself, she's shrieking, and if she isn't shrieking, she's oddly detached, like the story is boring her too. This book isn't one of MHC's best.

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