No Place Like Home [electronic resource] : A Novel
Clark, Mary Higgins2008
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Liza Barclay, aged 10, shot her mother while trying to protect her from her violent stepfather, ex-FBI agent Charley Foster. Despite her stepfather's claim that it was a deliberate act, the Juvenile Court ruled the death an accident. Many people, however, agreed with Foster and tabloids compared Liza to the infamous murderess, Lizzie Borden, pointing even to the similarity in name. Growing up with adoptive parents who tried to erase every trace of her past, her name is changed to Celia. Always, though, the fear hung over her and the family - that someday, her vengeful stepfather would reappear to harm her. Aged 25, a successful interior designer, she marries a childless sixty-year old widower and they have a son. Before their marriage, she had confided her earlier life to her husband. Two years on, on his deathbed, he tells her that he would want her to re-marry, but makes her swear never to reveal her past to anyone, so that their son would not carry the burden of this family tragedy - a promise that plunges her into a new cycle of violence. Three years later, happily re-married, Celia is shocked when her second husband presents her with a gift — the house where she killed her mother. When the real estate agent who has made the sale recognises her and, soon after, is murdrered, Celia is accused of the crime. Once again, she is home — the place where she is stamped as a murderess.
Main title:
No Place Like Home [electronic resource] : A Novel / Mary Higgins Clark
Author:
Clark, Mary Higgins, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Simon & Schuster UK, 2008
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
The #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark wrote over forty suspense novels, four collections of short stories, a historical novel, a memoir, and two children's books. With bestselling author Alafair Burke she wrote the Under Suspicion series including The Cinderella Murder, All Dressed in White, The Sleeping Beauty Killer, Every Breath You Take, You Don't Own Me, and Piece of My Heart. With her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, she coauthored five suspense novels. More than one hundred million copies of her books are in print in the United States alone. Her books are international bestsellers.
Awards:
Grand Master Award (Mystery Writers of America)Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Winner (Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine)The New York Times Best Seller List (The New York Times)
ISBN:
9781847395351
Language:
English
BRN:
4054596