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by Mary Higgins Clark


  At last.

  Acknowledgments

  It has been our joy to complete another Under Suspicion novel together. Laurie Moran and her crew provide more than enough material to fill the imaginations of two storytellers.

  Once again, our biggest champion on this adventure has been Marysue Rucci, vice president and editor in chief of Simon & Schuster. Thank you, as well, to her right-hand assistant, Hana Park.

  We are also grateful to the advice of Professor Barry Scheck, codirector of the Innocence Project, whose expertise regarding the use of DNA evidence in wrongful conviction claims is unrivaled. Though he generously shared his scientific knowledge with us, this book and the lawyers in it are works of fiction. We suspect the story would have unfolded quite differently had Professor Scheck been on the case.

  Last, but never least, we thank you, dear readers. Words on a page do not become a story until you read them. This book is dedicated to you.

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  You Don't Own Me

  I've Got My Eyes on You

  Every Breath You Take

  All By Myself, Alone

  The Sleeping Beauty Killer

  About the Authors

  Author photograph by Bernard Vidal

  The #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark wrote forty suspense novels, four collections of short stories, a historical novel, a memoir, and two children’s books. With bestselling author Alafair Burke she wrote the Under Suspicion series, including The Cinderella Murder, All Dressed in White, The Sleeping Beauty Killer, Every Breath You Take, and You Don’t Own Me. With her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, she coauthored five suspense novels. More than one hundred million copies of her books are in print in the United States alone. Her books are international bestsellers.

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  Alafair Burke is the New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels, including The Better Sister, The Wife, The Ex, and the upcoming Find Me, in addition to the Under Suspicion series, coauthored with Mary Higgins Clark. A former prosecutor, she now teaches criminal law and lives in New York City.

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  ALSO BY MARY HIGGINS CLARK

  Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry

  I’ve Got My Eyes on You

  All By Myself, Alone

  As Time Goes By

  The Melody Lingers On

  Death Wears a Beauty Mask

  I’ve Got You Under My Skin

  Daddy’s Gone A Hunting

  The Lost Years

  The Magical Christmas Horse (Illustrated by Wendell Minor)

  I’ll Walk Alone

  The Shadow of Your Smile

  Just Take My Heart

  Where Are You Now?

  Ghost Ship (Illustrated by Wendell Minor)

  I Heard That Song Before

  Two Little Girls in Blue

  No Place Like Home

  Nighttime Is My Time

  The Second Time Around

  Kitchen Privileges

  Mount Vernon Love Story

  Daddy’s Little Girl

  On the Street Where You Live

  Before I Say Good-Bye

  We’ll Meet Again

  All Through the Night

  You Belong to Me

  Pretend You Don’t See Her

  My Gal Sunday

  Moonlight Becomes You

  Silent Night

  Let Me Call You Sweetheart

  The Lottery Winner

  Remember Me

  I’ll Be Seeing You

  All Around the Town

  Loves Music, Loves to Dance

  The Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories

  While My Pretty One Sleeps

  Weep No More, My Lady

  Stillwatch

  A Cry in the Night

  The Cradle Will Fall

  A Stranger Is Watching

  Where Are the Children?

  BY MARY HIGGINS CLARK AND CAROL HIGGINS CLARK

  Dashing Through the Snow

  Santa Cruise

  The Christmas Thief

  He Sees You When You’re Sleeping

  Deck the Halls

  BY MARY HIGGINS CLARK AND ALAFAIR BURKE

  You Don’t Own Me

  Every Breath You Take

  The Sleeping Beauty Killer

  All Dressed in White

  The Cinderella Murder

  BY ALAFAIR BURKE

  The Better Sister

  The Wife

  The Ex

  If You Were Here

  Long Gone

  THE ELLIE HATCHER SERIES

  All Day and a Night

  Never Tell

  212

  Angel’s Tip

  Dead Connection

  THE SAMANTHA KINCAID SERIES

  Close Case

  Missing Justice

  Judgment Calls

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