This was just an okay read. I didn't feel the need to compulsively read it, as the mystery just wasn't that intriguing; also, I was able to predict the ending fairly early on, even though a couple characters blurred together in the beginning.

There were a couple instances of God's name used in vain. ( )

Outstanding author - To date I have loved all her books. They keep you on edge to the end.'

FROM AMAZON: Liza Barclay, aged 10, shot her mother while trying to protect her from her violent stepfather, ex-FBI agent Charley Foster. Despite her stepfather's claim that it was a deliberate act, the Juvenile Court ruled the death an accident. Many people, however, agreed with Foster and tabloids compared Liza to the infamous murderess, Lizzie Borden, pointing even to the similarity in name. Growing up with adoptive parents who tried to erase every trace of her past, her name is changed to Celia. Always, though, the fear hung over her and the family - that someday, her vengeful stepfather would reappear to harm her. Aged 25, a successful interior designer, she marries a childless sixty-year-old widower, and they have a son. Before their marriage, she had confided her earlier life to her husband. Two years on, on his deathbed, he tells her that he would want her to re-marry but makes her swear never to reveal her past to anyone, so that their son would not carry the burden of this family tragedy - a promise that plunges her into a new cycle of violence. Three years later, happily re-married, Celia is shocked when her second husband presents her with a gift -- the house where she killed her mother. When the real estate agent who has made the sale recognizes her and, soon after, is murdered, Celia is accused of the crime. Once again, she is home -- the place where she is stamped as a murderess. ( )

It was a good mystery from Mary Higgins Clark. I enjoyed it. ( )

I started and finished this book last night, actually this morning. Got home from work and had 100 pages left so had to finish it. I did suspect the ending a bit as I got nearer to it but was hoping I was wrong. I forget how much I enjoy her books until I read them again. ( )

Good tight plot-line of murder, mystery, mistaken blame, greed and collusion. ( )