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I've Got You Under My Skin
by Mary Higgins Clark
I have always loved Mary Higgins Clark and never miss a book by her. After a few misses recently her last two I have to say have shown great improvement, the short quick chapters, the suspense building and so many characters you wonder who everyone is and where they tie into the story and as always they all come together in the end and it all makes sense. This book combines two mysteries in one. The main character Laurie Moran's husband was murdered five years before and the killer known as Blue Eyes, threatened to kill both her and then her son after. While we have a general idea who that killer is, we don't know why he did it or why he wants to kill the whole family. The other mystery revolves around a long unsolved murder. Laurie a TV producer is going to recreate the murder of Betsy Bonner Powell twenty years before, for a new TV show about cold cases. We soon meet all the suspects in the case. Four friends, Claire the victim's daughter and her three friends Regina, Nina and Alison, Nina's mother Muriel, Robert Powell the widower of Betsy, the servants driver Josh and housekeeper Jane, and a friend and neighbour George Curtis. As the story unfolds you see that each person had an excellent motive for murder. Betsy lived her life in a way that made her many enemies and at times the story had a feel of an Agatha Christie book. Each suspect is interviewed individually for the cameras. At one point the book Murder on the Orient Express is referenced, as Laurie wonders if each of them took a turn or had a hand in the murder. The story moves along, some of the characters I loved, others were absolutely hateful, and the suspense builds as in the background of this story, we know that a killer is coming for Laurie and her son. Just like her books of old the drama and suspense is there and you don't want to put the book down. Toward the end the chapters are half a page and I was so gripped and I don't think I was aware of my surroundings, the phone rang and it scared the life out of me. Of course it all comes to an end and the ending is a satisfying and happy one which made this such a wonderful and enjoyable read.