Mary Higgins Clark
The shadow of your smile
At age eighty-two and in failing health, Olivia Morrow knows she has little time left. The last of her line, she faces a momentous choice: expose a long-held family secret, or take it with her to her grave. Olivia has in her possession letters from her deceased cousin Catherine, a nun, now being considered for beatification by the Catholic Church—the final step before sainthood. In her lifetime, Sister Catherine had founded seven hospitals for disabled children. Now the cure of a four-year-old boy dying of brain cancer is being attributed to her. After his case was pronounced medically hopeless, the boy’s desperate mother had organized a prayer crusade to Sister Catherine, leading to his miraculous recovery.
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Two years after the day that her son, Matthew, was kidnapped in broad daylight in Central Park, Alexandra Moreland still finds herself torn between hope and despair. As no trace of Matthew was ever found, she has never been able to give him up for dead. But now, on what would have been Matthew’s fifth birthday, photos surface that seem to show Alexandra kidnapping her own child. Then, as her bank accounts are suddenly drained, and her reputation as a successful architect comes under immense pressure, Alexandra begins to suspect that someone is using her credit cards to steal her identity. But who would want to ruin her so completely? Hounded by the press, under investigation by the police, attacked by both her angry ex-husband and a vindictive business rival, Alexandra, sustained only by her belief that Matthew is still alive, sets out to discover who is behind this cruel hoax. Little does she realize that with every step she takes toward the truth, she is putting herself -and those she loves most – in mortal danger.
Un cri dans la nuit
Jeune divorcée, Jenny se débat dans la vie pour élever ses deux petites filles. Lorsqu’elle fait la connaissance du beau, riche et irrésistible Erich Krueger, Jenny a le coup de foudre. Après une cour hâtive, Erich l’épouse et l’emmène avec ses filles chez lui, au Minnesota, dans une maison de rêve. Mais le bonheur de Jenny ne dure pas longtemps. Bientôt survient une succession d’incidents étranges et terrifiants ; le conte de fées tourne à l’épouvante…
Au commencement était le crime
Malice domestic : l’expression désigne le crime maison, celui qui intervient entre frères ou conjoints, amants ou maîtresses. Celui qui viole le sanctuaire familial, laissant le cadavre dans la baignoire ou devant la cheminée…Le premier « crime maison » connu, rappelle ici la romancière de La Nuit du renard et de Recherche jeune femme aimant danser, fut le meurtre d’Abel par Caïn. L’histoire d’Oedipe ou celle de Hamlet s’inscrivent également dans cette longue tradition.
All dressed in white
Five years ago, Amanda Pierce was excitedly preparing to marry her college sweetheart. She and Jeffrey had already battled through sickness and health, although their livelihoods looked set as Amanda was due to inherit her father’s successful garment company. Then Amanda disappeared the night of her bachelorette party. In present-day New York, Laurie Moran realizes a missing bride is the perfect cold case for her Under Suspicion television series to investigate. By recreating the night of the disappearance at the wedding’s Florida resort with Amanda’s friends and family, Laurie hopes to solve the case. Laurie and her Under Suspicion host Alex Buckley soon find themselves overwhelmed with theories and rumors about the “beloved” bride from those who were involved with the wedding, including Amanda’s former fiancé, a jealous sister, and plenty of playboy groomsmen.