A Alvirah Meehan, lottery winner and amateur slueth novel. Unlike all of the other Alvirah Meehan novels; this novel involves Meehan feeling sorry for Alexandra “Zan” Moreland, an interior designer whose three year old son had been snatched two years prior, while at the same time feeling that Zan is psycologically ill and guilty of the abduction of her own child rather than seeking for the truth, is Meehan is noted for doing.

Throughout the novel, the reader is led to believe, as the detectives on the child abduction case believe; 'that Zan is responsible for the abduction of her own son. It is not until late in the book that Zan, fully realizing that Alvirah sees her as guilty, asks Alvirah to look at the case as if she believes that Zan is indeed innocent; that all that had occurred throughout the novel begins to lead to a satisfactory conclusion.

As usual, Mary Higgins Clark has produced yet another thriller, that you just can't put down.