Dancing in the Dark
August 22nd, 2010
- ISBN13: 9780312381172
- Condition: New
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Product Description
Trying to mix business with pleasure, KEY News correspondent Diane Mayfield has brought her children and her sister to the New Jersey Shore town of Ocean Grove to investigate a story on “girls who cry wolf” for the season premiere of “Hourglass,” television’s highly rated news magazine.
Diane lands an exclusive interview with a troubled young woman whose tale of being abducted and held against her will for three terrifying days had been disbelieved by the authorities. No sooner does Diane finish taping the interview, though, than a second victim disappears.
The small community, already in the grip of a record heat wave, is now wracked by fear and terror—no one knows who could be next. With only the first victim as eyewitness, Diane and the police turn to her for clues. But it may already be too late to save Diane and her loved ones from the mortal danger that lurks in Ocean Grove.
The small community, already in the grip of a record heat wave, is now wracked by fear and terror—no one knows who could be next. With only the first victim as eyewitness, Diane and the police turn to her for clues. But it may already be too late to save Diane and her loved ones from the mortal danger that lurks in Ocean Grove.
I purchased this novel because it looked to be a good summer read but I was very disappointed. The plot was thin, the characters weren’t fleshed out and the story line was very predictable. The female main character lacked backbone and was placed in a position of constantly playing the victim – i.e., having her vacation cancelled by her boss and her husband in prison. Some of the characters were introduced and never fully explained and were left hanging at the book’s end. Do yourself a favor and skip this one – it’s really not worth the money.
Rating: 3 / 5
I just started to read this book when I took a walk this morning before work. Every break I have been reading more. I have a really bad feeling that I will read until I finish it tonight. This book is drawing me in to the story line, and it is very very easy reading, so the pages fly. Great summer beach read, but be careful, because if you are sunbathing, you very easily could end up getting a sunburn. You just might have trouble putting the book down.
this is the first book that I have read by Mary Jane clark, I will be reading more, in fact I just ordered 2 others a few minutes ago. Good price in the Amazon Market place.
Rating: 4 / 5
This is the first time I’ve read this author. I thought the book started out ok. There were a few red herrings here and there, but overall, I thought it was a little boring. I think it could have used about 50 more pages of character development.
This is good brain candy, if you like a predictable mediocre adventure.
Rating: 2 / 5
This was a pretty good book. Not quite as good as a Mary Higgins Clark, but still ok.
Rating: 4 / 5
After her husband was jailed for committing a white collar crime Diane Mayfield, an on air news correspondent who works for Keys Network, is the sole breadwinner for her family. They are all looking forward to a vacation at the Grand Canyon when Diane’s boss assigns her a story in Ocean Grove, NJ. Leslie Patterson disappeared for three days and when she was found nobody believed that the young woman was really abducted. The town feels she staged the whole thing to get attention.
Diane is supposed to interview her but when she and her crew arrive a second young woman is also abducted. This time when she is found she is dead because she choked on her own vomit. A former mental patient is arrested and the person who took the second woman never meant for her to die or for anyone to be accused of the murder. A third woman is abducted and Diane’s son is in the place where the kidnapper brings the unconscious woman. Diane races against time to rescues her son before another life is snuffed out.
The logic of the kidnapper to shape her abduction to prove that the mental patient is innocent is a great plot device to bring about a dramatic confrontation between the criminal and the reporter. Mary Jane Clark writes a fantastic who-done-it filled with characters who could have committed the crimes because they act in a suspicious manner. There is plenty of action and lots of false leads so that readers won’t guess who the real perpetrator is. When the audience discovers that person’s identity, they will truly be shocked.
Harriet Klausner
Rating: 5 / 5