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Monday, August 22, 2011

"I HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE"
 By Mary Higgins Clark

                                   2011 Book Review #94
I Heard That Song BeforePublishers Weekly Review

At the start of bestseller Clark's riveting new novel of suspense, Kay Lansing recalls her first visit as a six-year-old to the Carrington estate in Englewood, N.J., where her father worked as a landscaper. Twenty-two years later, she returns to ask the present owner, Peter Carrington, if she can use the mansion for a fund-raiser.


The two fall madly in love, and after a whirlwind courtship, they marry despite the shadow of suspicion that hangs over Peter regarding the death of a neighbor's daughter two decades earlier and the drowning of his first wife four years before.
After an idyllic honeymoon, the couple return to New Jersey, where a magazine article has caused the police to reopen the cases. The subsequent discovery of two bodies buried on the estate causes even Kay to doubt her husband's innocence.

Clark deftly keeps the finger of guilt pointed in many directions until the surprising conclusion. 

My Thoughts:  This review doesn’t mention that Kay’s father is also missing .  Interesting concept.  I like Clark’s books, including this one.

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