Empty Cradle

by Karen Harper

Behind the walls of an isolated medical clinic vulnerable patients are unwitting victims...
For TV anchor Alexis McCall, the Evergreen Reproductive Health Clinic in San Antonio may be her only hope for creating the family she and her late husband dreamed of. But when she stumbles across disturbing files at the clinic she begins to fear that the science that will giver her a child is being used for a darker purpose.

Alone and pregnant, Alexis turns to local art dealer Nick Destin for help in confirming her fears. But someone else knows about her suspicions and is determined to keep the truth hidden. With her dream of motherhood fast becoming a nightmare, Alexis knows that protecting her unborn child means protecting herself from a stalker who will stop at nothing to silence her.

Genres: Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Thriller, Romance, Mystery

Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

A New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Karen Harper is a former college English instructor (The Ohio State University) and high school literature and writing teacher. A lifelong Ohioan, Karen and her husband Don divide their time between the midwest and the southeast, both locations she has used in her books. Besides her American settings, Karen loves the British Isles, where her Scottish and English roots run deep, and where she has set many of her historical Tudor-era mysteries and her historical novels about real and dynamic British women. Karen's books have been published in many foreign languages and she won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for 2005. Karen has given numerous talks to readers and writers across the county. Her most recent books include THE SOUTH SHORES TRILOGY (CHASING SHADOWS, DROWNING TIDES and FALLING DARKNESS.) Her latest historical is THE ROYAL NANNY. Please visit her website at www.KarenHarperAuthor and her fb page at www.facebook.com/KarenHarperAuthor

Reviews

[Janet · Rating 2 out of 5]

Enjoyable enough for an afternoon read.

[Dalene W. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read. It was written a while ago and deals with a fertility clinic. I'm sure much of what is talked about has changed with the years, but still a good read.

[Kristy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Infertility clinic. Good story.

[MaRee Clayton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hard for me to get into this one, felt like I was reading a cheesy Lifetime movie. Overall not terrible but wouldn’t recommend.

[Marti · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alexis, the heroine of this novel, is one of those people who take risks to get stories--rather stupid in her case, since she becomes pregnant with a high risk baby. She has reached her last chance to become a mother, using IVF, since she has the complication of being a DES person herself. There are a number of seeming killers, and a good friend has almost perished when Alexis car goes off a cliff. Alexis is a tv reporter who will do anything for a story--and it almost costs her her life, and that of her child.

[Ed · Rating 3 out of 5]

Romantic suspense - TV anchorwoman Alexis McCall is attempting to become pregnant through in vitro fertilization with her late husband's frozen sperm. Something strange is happening at the clinic and her peril from that site is masked by attacks from an angry subject of a broadcast and the unbalanced ex-wife of her new boyfriend.

[Dawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good suspense novel from Karen Harper.

[Gillian]

Very good suspense novel! i'll be reading more by this author!

[Christina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this when I was snowed in one Christmas break from school and at the time it was a good, intriguing read.

[Vysakh C · Rating 1 out of 5]

Stopped at 100 pages.A tiresome and uninteresting plot and a main character which I did not care for at all.

[Nikki · Rating 3 out of 5]

More of a 3.5! I really liked the story, and would’ve given it 4 stars, but the conclusion (namely the killer’s motive) fell short for me.