"Join Laurie Moran and company as they tackle a 20 year old unsolved murder."
Reviewed by Lynn Cunningham
Posted May 7, 2015
Mystery
On the night of May 7th, twenty years ago, beautiful,
smart nineteen
year old Susan Dempsey was on her way to a film audition
in
Silicon Valley. This young lady had many talents and gifts
to offer the world, but she would never get the chance.
She
did not show up for her audition and her battered and
broken
body was found the next day in a park not far from her
intended destination. She had lost a shoe as she ran from
her murderer; thus the name Cinderella Murder.
There was no lack of suspects: Frank Parker, the movie
mogul
that she was meant to meet with; Madison Meyer, one of
Susan's college roommates who got the movie part; and
Keith
Ratner, Susan's cheating boyfriend. As it turned out,
there
was no real proof that any of them committed the murder
and
the case went cold.
No stranger to tragedy herself, Laurie Moran wants The
Cinderella Murder to be the focus of the next episode of
her
show, Under Suspicion. Having lost her husband a few years
ago to a crazed killer, Laurie can sympathize with Susan's
mother never getting any answers. Rosemary Dempsey wants
her
daughter's murderer caught and agrees to let Laurie use
the
case for her newest episode.
Laurie talks her boss, Brett Young, into letting her do
the
episode even though it will mean filming in California and
will need a sizeable budget. This is no small feat, but
she
manages it. In the end, Laurie, her assistants Grace and
Jerry, her father Leo and son Timmy, along with attorney
Alex Buckley, who serves as interviewer and narrator for
the
show, pack up and head to California.
Waiting for them there is plenty of excitement as well as
new information that surfaces regarding the suspects in
Susan's murder. The team is encouraged by fresh clues and
eagerly dig in to putting the episode together. What they
don't expect is that this recent information will cause
more
murders to follow them during their investigation. Will
the
team be able to expose the murderer before anyone else is
hurt?
THE CINDERELLA MURDER is the second book in the Under
Suspicion
series. Readers first met Laurie Moran and team in
the first book I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN. These
characters
are quite engaging and will capture you from the first
page.
Hailed as The Queen of Suspense, Mary Higgins Clark spins
another tale to keep you reading well past your bedtime
with
all the lights burning brightly. Joining her in this
latest
effort is writer Alafair Burke. Having been a lifelong fan
of Ms. Clark, I've read nearly every book she has written.
This collaboration with Ms. Burke is a brilliant one and I
highly applaud it! Between the two of them, these ladies
have created a page turner that all mystery lovers must
read!
SUMMARY
In a first-time collaboration, “Queen of Suspense” Mary
Higgins Clark partners with bestselling author Alafair
Burke
to deliver a brand new suspense series about a television
program featuring cold case murders. Television producer Laurie Moran is delighted when the
pilot
for her reality drama, Under Suspicion, is a success. Even
more, the program—a cold case series that revisits
unsolved
crimes by recreating them with those affected—is off to a
fantastic start when it helps solve an infamous murder in
the very first episode. Now Laurie has the ideal case to feature in the next
episode
of Under Suspicion: the Cinderella Murder. When Susan
Dempsey, a beautiful and multi-talented UCLA student, was
found dead, her murder raised numerous questions. Why was
her car parked miles from her body? Had she ever shown up
for the acting audition she was due to attend at the home
of
an up-and-coming director? Why does Susan’s boyfriend want
to avoid questions about their relationship? Was her disappearance connected to a controversial church
that was active on campus? Was she close to her computer
science professor because of her technological brilliance,
or something more? And why was Susan missing one of her
shoes when her body was discovered? With the help of lawyer and Under Suspicion host Alex
Buckley, Laurie knows the case will attract great ratings,
especially when the former suspects include Hollywood’s
elite and tech billionaires. The suspense and drama are
perfect for the silver screen—but is Cinderella’s murderer
ready for a close-up? Together Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke deliver an
exciting publishing event: the start of a thrilling new
series guaranteed to keep you guessing until the last
suspenseful page.
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