The Shadow of Your Smile Mary Higgins Clark

The Shadow of Your Smile

Author: Mary Higgins Clark

Publisher: Thorndike Press

Publication Date: 29 March, 2011

ISBN: 9781594134296

Pages: 490

Subjects: Mystery, Suspense, Crime, Family life

Available as: Trade Cloth, 978-1-4391-7226-1 Trade Cloth, 978-1-4104-2186-9 Trade Paper, 978-1-59413-429-6 Trade Paper, 978-1-4516-2418-2 E-Book - Epublication content package, 978-1-4391-7544-6 E-Book - Epublication content package, 978-1-4391-9987-9

Description:

In failing health Olivia Morrow must decide -- should she expose a long-held secret? Olivia has letters from her deceased cousin Catherine a nun being considered for beatification. The letters are evidence that at age seventeen Catherine gave birth to a son whom she surrendered for adoption. The baby's father was Alex Gannon who made a fortune inventing orthopedic devices. The rightful heir is Catherine's granddaughter a 31-year old pediatrician Dr. Monica Farrell. Those now squandering the money must prevent Monica from learning the secret and will stop at nothing -- even murder.

PW Publishers Weekly

Review Source: Publishers Weekly

Review Date: 2010-03-22

When a deceased nun, Sister Catherine, becomes a candidate for sainthood in this gripping thriller from bestseller Clark (Just Take My Heart), Monica Farrell, a 31-year-old Manhattan pediatrician, becomes the target of those who don't want her to inherit what's left of a fortune created by her unknown grandfather, Alex Gannon, with whom Catherine had a secret love child before she took up holy orders. That child, given up for adoption, became Monica's father. Monica must now testify whether two boys became cancer-free due to prayers to Sister Catherine so she can qualify for beatification. Meanwhile, Olivia Morrow, Catherine's 82-year-old dying cousin, ponders whether to tell Monica she's Alex's granddaughter. Clark skillfully mixes spiritual questions with down and dirty deeds as she reveals Gannon Foundation funds have been steadily siphoned off by greedy heirs and associates who will stop at nothing, even murder, to keep their criminal misbehavior under wraps. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved