Publication
Date: November 7, 2017
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Series: An Under Suspicion Novel
“Queen of
Suspense” Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke are back with their fourth book
in the New York Times bestselling Under Suspicion
series; Every Breath You Take follows television producer’s
Laurie Moran investigation of the unsolved Met Gala murder—in which a wealthy
widow was pushed to her death from the famous museum’s rooftop.
Laurie Moran’s professional life is a success—her television show Under Suspicion is a hit, both in the ratings and its record of solving cold cases. But her romantic break from former host Alex Buckley has left her with on-air talent she can’t stand—Ryan Nichols—and a sense of loneliness, despite her loving family.
Now Ryan has suggested a new case. Three years ago, Virginia Wakeling, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and one of the museum’s most generous donors, was found in the snow, after being thrown from the museum’s roof on the night of its most celebrated fundraiser, the Met Gala. The leading suspect then and now is her much younger boyfriend and personal trainer, Ivan Gray.
Ivan runs a trendy, successful boutique gym called Punch—a business funded in no small part by the late Virginia—which happens to be the gym Ryan frequents. Laurie’s skepticism about the case is upended by a tip from her father’s NYPD connection, and soon Laurie realizes there are a bevy of suspects—including Virginia’s trusted inner circle.
As the Under Suspicion crew pries into the lives of a super wealthy real estate family with secrets to hide, danger mounts for several witnesses—and for Laurie.
Laurie Moran’s professional life is a success—her television show Under Suspicion is a hit, both in the ratings and its record of solving cold cases. But her romantic break from former host Alex Buckley has left her with on-air talent she can’t stand—Ryan Nichols—and a sense of loneliness, despite her loving family.
Now Ryan has suggested a new case. Three years ago, Virginia Wakeling, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and one of the museum’s most generous donors, was found in the snow, after being thrown from the museum’s roof on the night of its most celebrated fundraiser, the Met Gala. The leading suspect then and now is her much younger boyfriend and personal trainer, Ivan Gray.
Ivan runs a trendy, successful boutique gym called Punch—a business funded in no small part by the late Virginia—which happens to be the gym Ryan frequents. Laurie’s skepticism about the case is upended by a tip from her father’s NYPD connection, and soon Laurie realizes there are a bevy of suspects—including Virginia’s trusted inner circle.
As the Under Suspicion crew pries into the lives of a super wealthy real estate family with secrets to hide, danger mounts for several witnesses—and for Laurie.
Virginia
Wakeling had fallen – or been thrown – from the roof of the museum.
“Good luck
with your show, Laurie. My biggest regret of my career is not going up to the
roof with Mrs. Wakeling. I wake up sometimes in the middle of the night,
picturing her falling.”
“Thank you
so much, Laurie, for your time and for keeping an open mind,” he said. “It
means so much to me.” This time, when he shook her hand, the grip was tight
enough to burn.
I have
never read a Mary Higgins Clark novel that did not keep me completely satisfied
from start to finish. The murder in this novel is from three years ago and
finally wraps up Laurie’s personal story and even though we had to wait until
this book to find it, I must say that it was worth the wait. I often feel that I
have read so many murder and mystery books that it is sometimes hard to stump
me, but I am not exaggerating when I say that I was guessing at the murder/killer
the entire time. I am so easily captivated by books like this that make you
turn the pages so quickly and hate that the book is coming to an end.
The
suspense created through Laurie’s search for all the answers was the best part
of this book. Laurie is one of my favorite mystery leading ladies because of
her subtly “real” nature. After reading about her, I feel that we are friends
and honestly, these are the best characters to follow. Her character has grown
and changed, in my opinion, and over the course of a series, it rightly should.
I have read several of Mary’s books and I will continue reading them as long as
she keeps writing them.
***A free
copy of this book was provided to me in exchange for my honest review***
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