Television producer Laurie Moran and her fiancée, Alex Buckley, the former host of her investigative television show, are just days away from their mid-summer wedding, when things take a dark turn. Alex’s seven-year-old nephew, Johnny, vanishes from the beach. A search party begins and witnesses recall Johnny playing in the water and collecting shells behind the beach shack, but no one remembers seeing him after the morning. As the sun sets, Johnny’s skim board washes up to shore, and everyone realizes that he could be anywhere, even under water.A ticking clock, a sinister stalker, and fresh romance combine in this exhilarating follow up to the bestselling You Don’t Own Me—another riveting page-turner from the “Queen of Suspense” Mary Higgins Clark and her dazzling partner-in-crime Alafair Burke.

Piece of My Heart is an intense thriller with red herrings and convoluted twists and turns that takes us on an enjoyable journey, loving the familiar characters and gasping at the unexpected events. Through this final tale in the series, we are offered a final glimpse of the characters and their history.
As my First Book of 2021, I was thrilled with the engaging tale, and couldn’t wait to see what would happen next.
Laurie Moran and Alex Buckley are favorite characters, and I have followed every book in the Under Suspicion series, so I was especially eager to find out what we would discover along the way.
A missing boy, one with a complicated history, keeps the tale going and makes for an intense story, one that could ultimately be the centerpiece of one of Laurie’s TV productions.
A crime from the past woven into the story kept the reader drawn into the history of the television series. I was captivated to the very end, and award 5 stars to this book.
Always nice to start off the book with a 5 star book. My first was also a good one.
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I agree, Diane; I wonder what book I will choose next year, since this one is the last in the series. Thanks for stopping by.
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I’m happy you started with a great book.
It sounds intriguing.
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Thanks, Linda, I feel sad that MHC has passed away, but perhaps her co-author will continue.
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It looks like you got your reading year off to a great start with this 5 star read! I haven’t heard of this book before but I’ll make a note of it now as it sounds like such a good read.
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Thanks, Hayley, I love how I’ve been able to use MHC/Alafair Burke books as my First Books of the Year since 2015.
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I am glad your first book of the year was such a hit! Her books are always so fun and quite the page turners, aren’t they?
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Thanks, Wendy, I am happy about that, too!
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I am all for reading books where we have favourite characters and events that keep us reading. Happy your first book was a winner.
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Thanks, Kathryn, it’s a good thing I followed this series all the way through. It will be MHC’s legacy, I believe…along with all the other fabulous books she wrote.
Enjoy your books!
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So glad your first book was a fabulous one, Laurel!
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So am I, Mary, and this series was also my introduction to Alafair Burke, who I am now following.
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So glad your first book of the year ended up being a winner!
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I am very happy about that, too, Laura. The MHC/Alafair Burke series was a winning one, and I am happy to have featured the books every year since 2015.
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So pleased to hear you enjoyed your first book of 2021 so much, Laurel-Rain! 😁
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Thanks, Jessica, the book launched what I hope will be a great year.
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