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The Second Time Around

The Second Time Around

by Mary Higgins Clark (Author)

  • Used

    Hardcover 2003

    $3.24

  • Used

    Paperback 2003

    $3.24

  • Used

    Hardcover 2003

    $3.24
Synopsis

Once again told in the first person like DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL, THE SECOND TIME AROUND is Mary at her very best, with a family living in the aftermath of disgrace and the national limelight, and a corporate scandal that is straight out of today's headlines. A man who was implicated in a major corporate scandal involving billions of dollars and the bankruptcy of a great American corporation has vanished mysteriously, presumed to have killed himself. Encouraged by her psychiatrist, his widow embarks on her own investigation of the corporate catastrophe. But certain people involved, who have been living on the billions of dollars they made while blaming her husband for everything that happened, are perturbed by her meddling and are desperate to silence her. And in the process, she discovers an even more shocking surprise about her husband...

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 320
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Published: 04 Aug 2003
ISBN 10: 0743239334
ISBN 13: 9780743239332

Media Reviews
In an age when crime fiction is king, new authors fall over themselves to raise body counts, display expert knowledge of cop talk and generally get as gruesome as can be, the gentle but persuasive style of Mary Higgins Clark is a joy to behold. She builds her stories with subtlety, adding layer of plot upon layer of plot until the noose is tight and you're choking with the anticipation of it all! And so it is with The Second Time Around , Higgins Clark once more employing the tactic of family love and betrayal to turn the reader on. When a brilliant and innovative scientist on the verge of discovering a cure for cancer goes missing, with billions in company funds syphoned off, the presumption is that he has done a runner with the loot... and when a plane crash seems to confirm his death, well, he's living it up in Switzerland, innit? But, as with all the best MHC stories, all is not as it appears... and soon those same layers of plot that set the story up are peeled off again to reveal a different tale. This is what makes her so good and such a great read. Add The Second Time Around to a great Higgins Clark canon. - Harry Doherty
Author Bio
Mary Higgins Clark has written 20 previous novels and three short-story collections, beginning with her first success, WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN, which was published in 1975. She has served as president of the Mystery Writers of America, and lives in Saddle River, New Jersey, with her husband.