PRETEND YOU DON'T SEE HER

A woman's dying declaration, a blood-stained journal, and vicious predator whose ruthless tentacles reach far inside the NYPD Homicide Department are some of the elements that create suspense in Higgins Clark's novel. Lacey Farrell, a real estate agent in New York City, witnesses a client's murder and must go undercover for her own safety. Cecelia Riddett uses subtle inflection to reflect the strain of living under the Federal Witness Protection Program. She deftly delivers even the story's high drama, making it sound more plausible. While unraveling a growing number of knotted clues that seem to link her family to the crime, our frazzled heroine also manages to meet Mr. Right. K.A.T. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine [Published: APR/MAY 05]