No Place Like Home

ByMary Higgins Clark

Release Date: 2005-04-05
Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers

Score: 4.5

4.5

From 232 Ratings

Description

In a riveting and unputdownable thriller from the Queen of Suspense, a young woman is ensnared into returning to a place she had wanted to leave behind forever—her childhood home.

At the age of ten, Liza Barton shot her mother, trying desperately to protect her from her estranged stepfather, Ted Cartwright. Despite his claim that the shooting was a deliberate act, the Juvenile Court ruled the death an accident. Many people, however, agreed with Cartwright, and the tabloids compared the child to the infamous murderess Lizzie Borden, pointing even to the similarity of their names.

To erase her past, her adoptive parents change her name to Celia. At age twenty-eight, a successful interior designer in Manhattan, she marries a childless sixty-year-old widower, Laurence Foster, and they have a son. Before their marriage, she reveals to him her true identity. Two years later, on his deathbed, he makes her swear never to tell anyone so that their son, Jack, will not carry the stigma of her past.

Two years later, Celia is happily remarried. Her peace of mind is shattered when her new husband surprises her with a gift—the house where she killed her mother. And it soon becomes clear that there is someone in the community knows Celia.

More and more, there are signs that someone in the community knows Celia’s true identity. When the real estate agent who sold them the house is brutally murdered and Celia is the first on the crime scene, she becomes a suspect. As she fights to prove her innocence, she has no idea that she and her son, Jack, are now the targets of a killer.

Reviews

No Place Like Hime
5
By Benesue
A page turner! It is a well written, suspenseful book. It has those twists and turns which keep you from doing other things besides reading! I know why I continue to buy Clark’s novels!
Love this book!
5
By Jenna Osentowski
This one is a serious page turner!
A book that will keep you tied up!
5
By donutt96
One word; AWESOME!
Once you start reading it, you wouldn't be able to stop. It takes you on an exciting roller coaster ride with a promise 100% of triller :D
I enjoyed every single inch of this book. Totally worthy of my time :)
Awesome mystery
5
By NeaLove
Couldn't put this book down, keeps you on your toes!
Guessing Game
5
By zoober93
Amazing! This book keeps you guessing until the final page! Your heart hurts for Little Lizze and gives you plenty to ponder about.