Caroline Enright is KEY's News Film and Theatre Critic and three months ago married Nick McGregor who was widowed last year and has a daughter Meg. Although Caroline and Nick's union is a happy one, she is finding the relationship between her and her stepdaughter difficult, to say the least. After Meg lost her Mother just a year ago, her closest friend was killed in a car accident recently.Caroline is off to Warrenstown Summer Playhouse to see a play starring the very popular actress Belinda Winthrop and also her stepdaughter is completing her theatre apprentice program there where she will be spotlighted in a cabaret this weekend. After the opening night of Belinda's play, Belinda hosted a party for her cast and some friends which Caroline, Nick and Meg attended. The very next morning Belinda's houseguest, Victoria Sterling, author of the play, noticed Belinda's bed had not been slept in and her car was in the driveway. Two years prior, Victoria and her husband Daniel wrote a play which starred Belinda and Belinda had a cast party thrown after opening night. The next morning it was discovered that Daniel had succumbed to a fatal car crash. Could there be a correlation between Daniel's accident(?) and Belinda's disappearance or were these two both acts of foul play.
I read it in 3 hours. Mary Jane Clark just keeps the suspense going, like watching a movie you'll be on the edge of your seat waiting what happens next. This is the first MJC book I've read and it made me want to read more of her books. Her writing style is compelling and fast-paced. I was really mislead, I thought I got the villain right since the perspectives change from the protagonist's to the antagonist's point of view. The story really captured my interest because of the main characters and how they developed. The plot was very good and I found myself reading from one page to another. MJC puts a lot of characters in the mystery pool until she's satisfied you'll drown because you won't have a solid grasp on the suspect. I liked the way she heightens the thrill with a good climax and tie loose ends with a happy ending.
