Vicki of Reading At The Beach hosts A-Z Wednesday. Today’s letter is O.
I gave this one 4 out of 5 stars back in August of 2007. Apparently I haven’t read and don’t own many books that start with the letter O, which is kind of surprising.
On the Street Where You Live by Mary Higgins Clark
Emily Graham knows what it’s like to have enemies. The pretty New York attorney–a millionaire due to a lucky stock market break–has been sued by her greedy ex-husband and stalked by a man who thinks she helped his mother’s murderer escape punishment. But when she buys her great-great-grandmother’s childhood home in the sleepy resort town of Spring Lake, Emily thinks her new life will be saner, even though five other young women, including Emily’s ancestor Madeline Shapley, have disappeared from Spring Lake under creepy circumstances over the past century.
No sooner has Emily moved in than she starts receiving frightening, anonymous messages. Worse, when she breaks ground for a backyard pool, the backhoe brings up the body of Martha Lawrence, who vanished four years ago, and whose dead hand clutches the finger bone of Madeline Shapley, identified by her sapphire ring. Both women disappeared on September 7, 105 years apart. When the cops and Emily realize that a similar parallel exists between two other missing women and that the anniversary of yet another girl’s disappearance is fast approaching, they quickly surmise that a sixth murder will be attempted in just a week. But by whom? Is today’s serial killer a copycat of the Spring Lake murderer of the 1890s–or a reincarnation? Fueled by fear, anger, and scary little notes from the killer, Emily’s actively researching the murders, but even she doesn’t realize how many suspects there are: the retired college president, who’s being blackmailed, and his perpetually angry wife; the town’s bankrupt restaurateur with a weakness for pretty blondes; the middle-aged detective with his finger right on the pulse of the crimes. Even Emily’s friend Eric, the software CEO who made her rich, and Nick, her new coworker, seem to show up at suspiciously convenient times. (Amazon.com)
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Have never read any by Clark and didn’t realize she was a mystery writer. good to know.
Wow! This sounds good. I don’t remember reading it, but it’s hard to believe I missed one of Clark’s books…so I definitely would need to read it.
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Sounds suspensful! The closest city (just over the bridge) to me is called Spring Lake!
I’m not sure if I’ve read any of Clark’s mysteries — aren’t there a ton of them??
I haven’t read this one but love Mary Higgins Clark!
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This is a book I have always meant to read but still haven’t. So many books………my tbr pile is mountain high!!
I’ve heard of this author and seen her books in the bookstores. I haven’t bought any though. I like a good suspense story and this one looks good!
This one sounds great! I played A-Z Wednesday, but, coincidently, the ONLY “O” book on my 4 shelves is the same as Vicki’s, On the Bluffs….but I LOVE the cover of it! It reminds me of relaxation. :o)
I have heard good things about Mary Higgins Clark, but have never read her.
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I haven’t read many Mary Higgins Clark books but that was one of the ones I did read.
http://reviewsofthings.blogspot.com/2007/09/do-you-believe-in-killer-reincarnation.html