Bestseller Clark spins yet another imaginative tale of murder and deceit. Every Mother's Day over the 10 years since Charles Mack MacKenzie Jr. disappeared from Columbia University just before his graduation, Mack has phoned his mother in Manhattan to let her know he's all right, but otherwise reveals nothing. In the meantime, Mack's lawyer father has perished in the 9/11 tragedy. Now Mack's younger sister, Carolyn, a graduate of Columbia and Duke Law School, where Mack was intending to go, tells him during his annual call that she's going to find him. When a note from Mack turns up in the collection plate at St. Francis church, asking Father Devon MacKenzie, his uncle, to tell Carolyn not to look for him, she becomes even more determined to do so. Based on a real story, as Clark notes in her acknowledgments.
This is pretty standard Mary Higgins Clark fare--an interesting mystery story that is not too gory and can be read quickly---I read this in pretty much one sitting. It's out in hardcover right now and I had picked it up several times to read the synopsis...fortunately I was able to borrow Bill's parents' copy instead of spending too much on a hardcover, because this is definitely not the kind of book I would buy in hardback. Wait till it comes out in paperback if you're going to buy it. But if you like a fast, roller coaster mystery that's pretty much rated PG-13, you will love this book.
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