Mary Higgins Clark
The lost years
Under the promise of secrecy, Jonathan attempts to confirm his findings with several other biblical experts. But on the eve before his own murder, he confides to Father Aiden O’Brien, a family friend, that one of those whom he trusted most is determined to keep it from being returned to the Vatican. The next evening Jonathan Lyons is found shot to death in his New Jersey home. His daughter, twenty-seven year old Mariah, finds her father’s body sprawled over his desk in his study, a fatal bullet wound in the back of his neck, and her mother, Kathleen, an Alzheimer’s victim, hiding in the study closet, incoherent and clutching the murder weapon. The police suspect that Kathleen, who in her lucid moments knows that Jonathan was involved with a much younger woman Lily Stewart, has committed the murder.
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As the sole assistant to a famous upscale interior designer, Lane Harmon is accustomed to visiting opulent homes. So her latest job at a modest New Jersey townhouse is unusual. Then she learns the home belongs to the wife of disgraced finance magnate Parker Bennett, who vanished two years earlier, along with the five billion dollar hedge fund he managed. The debate over whether Bennett was suicidal or staged his disappearance still continues. Both his clients and the federal government want to trace the money and find him. But Lane is surprisingly moved by Mrs. Bennett’s steadfast faith in her husband’s innocence. Gradually, Lane is also drawn to the Bennetts’ son, Mark, who is equally determined to prove his father is not guilty. What she doesn’t realize is the closer she gets to the notorious family, the more her life—and that of her five-year-old daughter—is in jeopardy.
Just take my heart
After famous actress Natalie Raines is found in her home, dying from a gunshot wound, police immediately suspect her theatrical agent and jealous soon-to-be-ex-husband, Gregg Aldrich. But no charges are brought against him until two years later, when a career criminal suddenly claims Aldrich had tried to hire him to kill her. The case is a plum assignment for attractive thirty-two-year-old assistant prosecutor Emily Wallace. She spends long hours preparing for the trial, and unaware of a seemingly well-meaning neighbor’s violent past, gives him a key to her home to care for her dog.
Le démon du passé
Pat Traymore, jeune et talentueuse journaliste de télévision, est sur le point d’attirer sur elle l’attention des milieux politiques les plus influents de Washington, grâce à une série d’émissions intitulées “Les femmes au gouvernement”.
Séduisante, intelligente, interviewer-né, Pat est aussi profondément attachée à un membre important du Congrès. Apparemment, tout lui sourit sinon qu’elle s’est installée dans cette magnifique maison de Georgetown où un crime a détruit son enfance. Et, avant même son arrivée, quelqu’un, un inconnu, l’a menacée au téléphone, lui enjoignant de ne pas venir à Washington…
Mary Higgins Clark transporte le lecteur dans le monde brillant de la capitale américaine – dîner de gala à la Maison Blanche, réceptions de Georgetown, la tribune du Sénat, la vie sous pression, le rythme exacerbé des coulisses de la télévision tout en échafaudant avec une maîtrise consommée un scénario envoûtant où s’affrontent deux ambitions féminines, provoquant une confrontation explosive qui les amènera chacune face à leur passé et au mystère qui les réunit.
Le roman de George et Martha
S’il n’avait pas rencontré la belle et courageuse Martha, George Washington serait-il devenu le héros de la guerre d’Indépendance et le premier président des Etats-Unis ? Derrière chaque grand homme se cache une femme qui l’aime et le soutient, et la jeune veuve ira jusqu’à traverser les lignes ennemies pour le rejoindre. Dans cette biographie romancée, qui est aussi son premier livre, elle dresse le magnifique portrait d’une femme méconnue, et révèle la profonde humanité d’un des Pères de l’Amérique. Ce Roman est une biographie romancée de l’écrivaine américaine Mary Higgins Clark, paru en 1968. Il s’agit du premier livre publié de l’auteur qui choisit de refondre l’ouvrage et d’en donner une nouvelle version en 2000.