- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: St Martin's Press (30 Aug 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312288662
- ISBN-13: 978-0312288662
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,563,786 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Fast-paced...brisk and absorbing." -"Publishers Weekly"
"As a hurricane approaches and a dead woman's hand washes ashore, Cassie pieces together a bizarre puzzle with pieces tying back to the serial rapist."-"Booklist"
"As slick as they come. A real page-turner!" -Fern Michaels, "New York Times" bestselling author of " Kentucky Sunrise"
"Impossible to resist."--Taylor Smith, bestselling author of" Deadly Grace "and "The Innocents Club"
"Well-crafted." --"Amazon.com"
"Compelling." --"HeraldTribune.com"
"Mary Jane Clark has a gift for writing page-turners ." -Mary Higgins Clark
"Clear, flowing prose...[Clark] has an insider's expertise that adds to the novel's verisimilitude...[Clark] makes ample use of her insider credentials and story lines right out of the headlines...[a] well-crafted page turner."-"HeraldTribune.com"
"An enjoyable read."-"Brazosport Facts" (Brazos, TX)
"Combines several can't-miss elements: a bevy of cre
"As a hurricane approaches and a dead woman's hand washes ashore, Cassie pieces together a bizarre puzzle with pieces tying back to the serial rapist."-"Booklist"
"As slick as they come. A real page-turner!" -Fern Michaels, "New York Times" bestselling author of " Kentucky Sunrise"
"Impossible to resist."--Taylor Smith, bestselling author of" Deadly Grace "and "The Innocents Club"
"Well-crafted." --"Amazon.com"
"Compelling." --"HeraldTribune.com"
"Mary Jane Clark has a gift for writing page-turners ." -Mary Higgins Clark
"Clear, flowing prose...[Clark] has an insider's expertise that adds to the novel's verisimilitude...[Clark] makes ample use of her insider credentials and story lines right out of the headlines...[a] well-crafted page turner."-"HeraldTribune.com"
"An enjoyable read."-"Brazosport Facts" (Brazos, TX)
"Combines several can't-miss elements: a bevy of cre
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The repercussions of ambitious reporting have derailed the career of KEY News legal correspondent Cassie Sheridan. A Washington insider, she is forced to the Miami bureau to wait out the end of her contract. While covering a hurricane that's moving up the west coast of Florida, she meets 11-year-old Vincent, who has just made a grisly discovery on the beach. In one week, Cassie traces the connection between Vincent's newfound "treasure" and a secret operation in the dark shadows of sunny Sarasota - a story that has national significance and maybe, just maybe, will win back her reputation. As Cassie moves closer to the truth, a young woman's murderer will stop at nothing to keep the crime a secret.
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
hurricanes and a serial killer, Key news reporter Cassie Sheridan finds herself investigating the disappearence of a porn star when a hand is washed up on the beach. Along with a hurricane, a missing boy and Cassies own personal problems, this is a great, fast read, one of MJC's best
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Completely absorbing!
7 Aug 2002
Format:Hardcover
I read this book in 2 nights. COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN. I was so moved by Vincent and his little brother. I ached for their mom. I felt for Cassie (and her distant daughter). But mostly my heart was racing and I could never have guessed who was behind the murders. (Until the end, of course, at which point it made perfect sense).
This is Mary Jane Clark's best book. I loved LET ME WHISPER IN YOUR EAR too. Now I get to dig into the paperback of CLOSE TO YOU.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A successful TV reporter's mistake costs her dearly.
18 Aug 2002
Format:Hardcover
Mary Jane Clark's latest thriller, "Nobody Knows," features Cassie Sheridan, a high profile television reporter who makes a serious error in judgment. She reveals the name of a rape victim on the air and Cassie is horrified when her report causes irrevocable damage to the victim. As a result, the victim's family is suing Cassie and her news station. While the lawsuit is pending, Cassie is exiled to Florida as a reporter for a small-time television station, and her career is headed on a downhill spiral. To make matters worse, Cassie's dedication to her job has put her marriage in jeopardy. Her relationship with her husband, Jim, and her daughter, Hannah, has suffered because of the long hours that Cassie has devoted to rising up the ranks in television news.
After moving to Miami, Cassie faces a strong hurricane that is about to hit the coast and she is on the scene when a murderer strikes. The murderer is a person who has killed before, and Cassie may well become one of his next targets.
Mary Jane Clark, former daughter-in-law of Mary Higgins Clark, has learned well from her famous relative. "Nobody Knows" has many of the elements that make Mary Higgins Clark's books so successful. The protagonist of "Nobody Knows" is a sympathetic and attractive woman who is beleaguered by the twists and turns of life, and she must struggle to survive. Mary Jane Clark throws so many suspects into the mix that guessing the identity of the murderer early in the novel is an exercise in futility. What the author does best is describe the rough and tumble world of television news reporting, a topic that she knows well, since she is a producer and writer for CBS news in New York. The author also provides some colorful background about Sarasota, Florida, home of the Ringling Brothers Museum, where part of the novel is set.
The book is fast-paced. It has a great deal of dialogue plus a large cast of characters. The most notable character is a sharp eleven-year-old named Vincent, who has a key role in the plot. However, the murderer is a stock psychopath whom we have seen so often in books of this type, and the ending is formulaic and maudlin. For fans of lightweight mysteries, "Nobody Knows" is a serviceable escapist novel.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A fast paced and cleverly disguised journey
10 May 2003
Format:Hardcover
This murder mystery is a fast paced and cleverly disguised journey. I was wrong in each instance along the way when, in my mind, I labeled one of the characters the likely perp and I just about covered them all.
In all honesty, before this I was not familiar with Clark's other titles or her name. I can guarantee you that will now change. She's my kind of author.
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