Dying for Mercy (Key News Thrillers)
At the start of bestseller Clark's smooth third Eliza Blake puzzler (afterIt Only Takes a Moment), theKEY to AmericaTV host is looking forward to attending a party to celebrate the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi at Ennis and Valentina Wheelock's newly renovated villa in Tuxedo Park, N.Y. Soon after Ennis's suicide by stigmata in the villa's greenhouse puts an end to the party, someone begins killing anyone who knows too much about the Wheelocks' connection to a 20-year-old cold case involving an abandoned convertible and its missing owner, landscaper Martin O'Shaughnessy. Each murder mimics aspects of the Passion of Jesus Christ. As Eliza and her threeKEYco-workers, who have dubbed themselves the Sunrise Suspense Society, swing into action, Eliza must fight to avoid becoming headline news herself as the killer's next victim. Those curious about Tuxedo Park will appreciate the well-researched portrait of the real-life exclusive community.(Aug.)Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.