Dying for Mercy

In this latest Eliza Blake suspense offering, Eliza and her television news co-workers must solve the mystery surrounding the gruesome death by stigmata of a prominent New York politician's husband. A series of clues quickly ties a 20-year-old unsolved disappearance as well as a string of recent rapes to his death. Isabel Keating's rich, cultured voice and deliberate pacing bring to life this clever and intrigue-filled story of wealth, greed, and high-society secrets, in the finest Mary Jane Clark tradition. Keating's portrayals of the various characters--from pompous matron to innocent child--are polished and interesting. Fans will not be disappointed in the story or its narration. A.C.P. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

June 8, 2009
At the start of bestseller Clark's smooth third Eliza Blake puzzler (after It Only Takes a Moment
), the KEY to America
TV 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 three KEY
co-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.