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!