Its a minor accident that brings prosecutor Kerry McGrath to the plastic surgeons office with her beloved daughter, Robin. But even as the doctor assures Kerry that her daughters scars will heal, she spies a familiar-looking beautiful woman in the waiting room and is seized by an overpowering sense of deja vu. When, on a return visit, she sees the same haunting face — on another woman — she has an intense flash of recognition: its the face of Suzanne Reardon, the “Sweetheart Murder” victim, killed more than ten years ago! The case resulted in a guilty verdict and life sentence for Suzannes husband, Skip. But for what possible reason would Dr. Smith be giving his patients the face of a dead woman?
As Kerry immerses herself in a fresh investigation, she is catapulted into the strange and ominous territory of those so obsessed with beauty theyll kill for it. Each new piece of evidence she unearths reveals a disturbing cache of questions. Not only does everyone involved want to keep the case closed, its clear somebody will stop at nothing to keep it sealed forever. As she delves deeper she finds shes wrestling with a force so sinister that her own life — and her daughters — is threatened with increasing peril….
Interweaving fascinating characters with deeply daring, staggeringly unpredictable plot twists, Mary Higgins Clark reminds us that she is, indeed, Americas Queen of Suspense
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