I'll Be Seeing You

June 25, 2007
Clark's novel about a reporter's investigation of her family's secret past was a 13-week PW bestseller.

May 3, 1993
Clark always has a staunch heroine and a topical story to tell. This time her star is Meghan Collins, a spunky TV reporter who is aghast when, on a hospital assignment, she finds a murdered girl who is her double. The topicality involves a clinic that offers ``assisted reproduction,'' which enables women to conceive through in-vitro fertilization. A mysterious Romanian who tends the embryos is murdered, and it is discovered she was unqualified for the job. Why then did a prestigious placement firm, in which Meghan's beloved father Edwin was a partner, recommend her for it? And where is Edwin? Apparently a victim of a spectacular highway accident, there are odd indications he is still alive. And what role does obsessive parking attendant Bernie Heffernan, a creepy Peeping Tom, play in it all? To call Clark's latest plot complicated is an understatement. As usual, however, it moves swiftly, painlessly and forgettably to a predictably upbeat conclusion, in which Meghan snags an erstwhile admirer she feared she had lost. Clark's formula, to place attractive women in danger and have their own pluck and skill resolve the outcome, attracts a large readership, though the merely workmanlike writing, four-square characterization and needlessly knotty plot make I'll Be Seeing You a harder sell than usual. Literary Guild main selection and Reader's Digest Condensed Book selection.

November 1, 1993
YA-First-time readers and longtime fans will find Clark's new book a fast-paced, intricately woven tale of suspense and intrigue. Meghan Collins, newly hired TV reporter, makes a startling discovery while on assignment at a large metropolitan hospital. An unidentified young woman dying of a knife wound is rushed into the emergency ward, and Meghan finds herself staring down at a person who could be her double. She is thrust into an investigation that not only involves finding out the identity of the dead woman, but also uncovering the details of her father's puzzling death 10 months earlier. No trace of his body or car was ever found. To complicate things further, Meghan's next assignment reveals some questionable procedures at a fertility clinic in regard to in vitro fertilization of identical twins. Clark masterfully fits all the pieces together, delivering an expertly written, gripping mystery that will appeal to YAs.-Nancy Bard, Thomas Jefferson Sci-Tech, Fairfax County, VA

April 15, 1993
It's only fitting that duplicity be the theme of the tale that raises the number of Clark's novels to double digits. In it, our heroine is Meghan Collins, a young reporter who's just landed a coveted spot on network news, but her satisfaction is tempered by sadness and worry as the investigation into her father's puzzling death flounders in uncertainty. It seemed as though Collins was swept into the Hudson River in a freak accident on the Tappan Zee bridge, but there's no trace of car wreckage and no body. The insurance company won't pay up, and Meghan's grief-stricken mother, who believes she is entitled to double indemnity, is afraid that she'll loose her cherished Connecticut inn if funds aren't forthcoming. Then Meghan has a jolting experience while covering a news story at a Manhattan hospital. An unidentified young woman is rushed in, dying from a knife wound to the heart, and--there's not other way to put it--she's a dead ringer for Meghan. Who is she? Is Collins dead or alive? As Meghan turns sleuth, she uncovers some highly unethical procedures at a fertility clinic involving in vitro fertilization and--what else?--identical twins. Then she discovers evidence of her father's double life and we realize that many characters have dual identities and hidden motives. Sleek and substantial, this classy thriller will make the lists. ((Reviewed Apr. 15, 1993))(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 1993, American Library Association.)