Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
We'll Meet Again
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Mary Higgins Clark
Class/Genre: Mystery Psychological Suspense
Simon & Schuster, Apr 1999, $25.00, 314 pp.
The state of Connecticut accuses Molly Carpenter Lash of murdering her spouse Gary in cold blood. The testimony points out that she angrily left for the Cape a week ago. One particular witness, who loves Molly, sadly states that she found the accused sleeping in her bed while her husband lay dying. Finally, they found his blood on her person. Molly swears she does not remember what happened after she returned home. Fearing a hung jury due to the fact that Gary's girl friend was pregnant, the DA cuts a deal with her attorney to change the charges to manslaughter. Molly accepts and goes to prison for a maximum stay of ten years.
Five and a half years later, the state paroles Molly. She informs the media that her memory has begun to return and firmly believes that she did not kill her spouse. She insists a third person was in the house when Gary died. Molly believes that one day her full memory will return and she will know the identity of the true killer. Molly has thrown down the gauntlet, setting in motion a series of murders that lead back to her.
WE'LL MEET AGAIN is an enjoyable who-done-it that will provide immense pleasure for fans of Mary Higgins Clark. Though the overused amnesia gimmick seems too convenient of a mechanism, the mystery remains taut and filled with red herrings to make Molly appear guilty even to readers who know otherwise. Especially interesting is a former classmate of Molly, a reporter for the True Crime TV show, who provides insight into the convicted murderer's personality. Ms. Clark has written an entertaining novel that is fun to read.
Harriet Klausner
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