I really enjoy Mary Higgins Clark's writing style. The reader learns exactly what happens, what people say to each other, what characters are thinking. We see what they are wearing and what their surroundings are like. However, we have to draw conclusions for ourselves--we are given enough clues to figure out the mystery, but we are also given lots of red herrings.
The characters are all interesting and understandable--even the villains. This book is no different. Set in the fashion industry in New York with characters that include the retired police commissioner, a freelance writer (muckraker) and a publisher, as well as the main character--the owner of a posh fashion shop, the book is rich in both character and action.
TR has finished The Hunger Games series (which I refuse to read) and is now reading a John Le Carre book. I have started The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels. So far it is considerably more interesting than I thought it would be. It would seem that, even with these gospels mostly destroyed, much of protestant Christianity has come around to some beliefs in common with the early Gnostics.
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