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| Hide Yourself Away | 
enlarge | Author: Mary Jane Clark Publisher: St. Martin' s Press Category: Book
List Price: $19.95 Buy New: $4.24 You Save: $15.71 (79%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 11 reviews Sales Rank: 1562121
Format: Bargain Price Media: Hardcover Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 384
ISBN: 0739445340 EAN: 9780739445341 ASIN: B000H2MCUC
Publication Date: June 30, 2004 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Watch your back. Trust no one. And when a killer closes in, hide yourself away.
It should have been an ideal week during a perfect summer in "America's First Resort." But just hours before the KEY News crew arrives for their broadcasts from Newport, Rhode Island, the skeleton of a socialite who disappeared fourteen years ago is found in a dank tunnel beneath a famous mansion.
It doesn't end there. Next, the socialite's daughter is found at the bottom of the Forty Steps that lead from the legendary Cliff Walk to the ocean. And soon, the town is talking about the scandal and a killer whose work may be only beginning.
When one of the KEY News interns is killed in a suspicious car accident and another disappears, this year's crop of fledgling journalists are targets, including Grace Callahan, not so young at thirty-two, who came to the City-by-the-Sea determined to launch a future in television news. She and the other KEY interns have been told that at the end of the summer one of them will be offered a full-time position. Grace, a single mother fighting for custody of her preteen daughter, needs the job more than any of the other interns do. As their number dwindles one by one, Grace must face the real danger that lurks in an otherwise idyllic town. But can she uncover a murderer who does not want the secrets buried beneath the city's fabled mansions to come to light? With its lightning-fast pace and unpredictable twists, Hide Yourself Away is Mary Jane Clark at her suspenseful best.
Readers beware. You won't want to miss a word, because with a Mary Jane Clark novel, every word is a clue.
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Another Good One from Mary Jane Clark! June 13, 2007 Grace Callahan, a single mother, is interning at KEY to America news and competing for the one job opening at the end of the summer in order to follow her passion and dream to become a journalist. The KEY news team is enroute to Newport, Rhode Island where they will be filming segments all week, when a body is found in an old slave tunnel on the Wagstaff property. The body is believed to be that of Charlotte Wagstaff Sloane who disappeared 14 years ago.
As the KEY News interns get close to discovering the secrets behind what happened 14 years ago one by one they are hurt, will Grace be able to solve the mystery before it's too late....?
Fans of Mary Higgins Clark, will definitely enjoy the work of her daughter-in-law Mary Jane Clark! She follows a similar (but slightly different) formula then her mother-in-law and she kept me turning the pages till I learned who the killer was! A fun read!
Good Read August 20, 2005 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book, as I do all Ms. Clark's novels.
This one wasn't as good as some of her past work. I found the shifting viewpoints distracting, especially in the beginning of the book when I didn't know who half these people were. And even as the book went along, there were so many characters and viewpoints that I often found myself skimming back to see who someone was.
But a nice surprise ending and enough suspense to keep you turning the pages until the end.
Enjoyable Read January 6, 2005 4 out of 4 found this review helpful
It may not be the Great American Novel, but this book was certainly enjoyable. It has a similar style to her other books, and I was definitely surprised by the ending. I read it on a six hour airplane flight, and it was good enough to take my mind off of my fear of flying! If you like her other books, you'll like this one.
Plodding?? I don't think so!! November 13, 2004 2 out of 3 found this review helpful
One of the editorial reviews said 'plodding". NO!! Great read, hard to put down, engaging characters. Loved it.
Hide Yourself Away is an okay read November 1, 2004 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Grace Callahan is a single mother working as an intern for Key to America, a popular morning television program. She is in competition with students a lot younger than she for the one position available. Grace would not be able to do her job without her Dad's help, despite his failing health. Her ex-husband Frank is making things difficult for her when he sues for full-time custody of their daughter Lucy. Grace goes to Newport, Rhode Island with the show to do an in-depth look at the area. The investigation into the cause of death of Charlotte Sloane is re-opened 14 years after her murder when her remains are found. Grace befriends her daughter Madeleine Sloane days before she is murdered. Sam Watkins, one of the interns is knocked unconscious after witnessing the crime. Zoe, another intern is murdered. Residents and workers of Key to America are tense because of the escalating violence. The art of scrimshaw is mentioned often throughout the story without really being explained. Some storylines are taken up and dropped without explanation. The chapters are each a quick read without too much depth. The killer is not revealed until the end but by then my interest wavered.
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