"The perfect way to make 'the Time Go By'"
Reviewed by Sharon Salituro
Posted August 8, 2016
Mystery
Delaney dream job has always been to anchor the evening
news, and she stopped at nothing to get it. But even in her
perfectly crafted life, she still has questions left
unanswered. Particularly the identity of her birth parents,
where they came from, and why they left her behind. Delaney
lovers her adopted family but she she still has the need to
know more about her past. Betsy Grant loved her husband Tom more than anything. For
the past eight years Tom's body and mind wasted away from
Alzheimer Disease until one morning when he didn't wake up.
His body just couldn't take it anymore, and while it
destroyed Betsy she knew it was the right thing for her
husband. However after the medical
examiner gets involved, they find that Tom has a soft
spot in the back of his head. Leading the police to believe
that it
wasn't the disease, but murder. Of course the first
suspect is Betsy. Delaney is covering the trail. As much as Delaney feels
that Betsy is innocent, everything is pointing to Betsy.
Tom is worth millions, and of course Betsy would get half
of the estate. Tom also has a son Grant who would get
the other half. But Grant's alibi is air tight. While Delaney's friends are trying to find who her
parents are, everything seems to be pointing in one
direction for Betsy. Talk about torn in multiple directions. It has been years since I read a Mary Higgins Clark book.
Needless to say, this one did not disappoint. I have
always loved the mystery to Mary Higgins Clark story
lines. Mary Higgins Clark has taken three story lines
and has combined them all into one without ever being too
dense or confusing. I started this book and finished it in
two days, which is exactly the kind of story I like.
Of course, once I was
finished, I wish that I had taken longer to read it. I really like how this book keeps you guessing almost to
the end when you can see how AS TIME GOES BY everything
falls into place. Once again, I loved this book and
can't wait to see what the next story line will bring.
SUMMARY
In this exciting thriller from Mary Higgins Clark, the #1
New York Times bestselling “Queen of Suspense,” a news
reporter tries to find her birth mother just as she is
assigned to cover the high-profile trial of a woman accused
of murdering her wealthy husband. Television journalist Delaney Wright is on the brink of
stardom after she begins covering a sensational murder trial
for the six p.m. news. She should be thrilled, yet her
growing desire to locate her birth mother consumes her
thoughts. When Delaney’s friends Alvirah Meehan and her
husband Willy offer to look into the mystery surrounding her
birth, they uncover a shocking secret they do not want to
reveal. On trial for murder is Betsy Grant, widow of a wealthy
doctor who has been an Alzheimer’s victim for eight years.
When her once-upon-a-time celebrity lawyer urges her to
accept a plea bargain, Betsy refuses: she will go to trial
to prove her innocence. Betsy’s stepson, Alan Grant, bides his time nervously as the
trial begins. His substantial inheritance hangs in the
balance—his only means of making good on payments he owes
his ex-wife, his children, and increasingly angry creditors. As the trial unfolds, and the damning evidence against Betsy
piles up, Delaney is convinced that Betsy is not guilty and
frantically tries to prove her innocence. A true classic
from Mary Higgins Clark, As Time Goes By is a thrilling read
by a master of the genre.
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