An innocent man is going to be put to death for a murder he didn’t commit and the real killer is about come back in to the lives of the family whose world was cruelly destroyed two years ago. This is a great suspense novel seeing things from the perspective of the victims and the psychopath intent on causing as much pain as possible. This will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Two years ago, magazine editor Steve Peterson lost his wife Nina to a vicious killer. Now he's trying to rebuild his life; providing for his troubled son, Neil, and allowing romance to blossom with journalist Sharon Martin. In two days time, Ronald Thompson is to be put to death for the murder and Sharon believes she may be able to help the family move on.
But there's a problem - they're executing the wrong man ...For the real murderer is still at large. A cunning psychopath who has been patient, very patient - but who can be patient no more. And as he sits, and waits, and watches, a terrible plan is forming ...
Born and raised in New York, Mary Higgins Clark is of Irish descent. "The Irish are, by nature, storytellers," says Clark, who considers her Irish heritage an important influence on her writing.
She was awarded the Grand Prix de Literature of France in 1980. Her books are published in translation around the world and are world-wide bestsellers. She is a #1 bestseller in France.
She was Chairman of the International Crime Congress, held in New York in May 1988. She was the 1987 president of the Mystery Writers of America and, for many years, on the Board of Directors of the Mystery Writers of America.
