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Continuing my December custom of cleaning off my shelves of those books that have been languishing for years, I turned to a random Mary Higgins Clark novel that I inherited from my mother who, judging from the sheer volume of them, must have loved. I remember reading a couple many years ago and considered them OK but nothing to write home about.

This one was only the third suspense novel published by the prolific Ms. Clark, first published in 1980. The plot was pretty straight-forward and concerns a rather diabolical OBGYN doctor who liked to experiment with fetuses. The news of the first in vitro fertilization (test-tube baby) in 1978 was still fresh in reader’s minds so I suppose the plot was timely. I actually enjoyed this one more than I expected, even though there were a lot of extraneous scenes with characters that didn’t seem to directly relate to the plot. The antagonist is known to the reader almost immediately but nevertheless, the story remained interesting and moved along at a fairly quick page-turning pace. The end was somewhat predictable but still satisfying.

3.5 stars