A seaside resort on the east coast of the United States, in Cape Cod. A woman lives with the memory of her little boy who was killed in a car accident. With Adam, her husband, a lawyer, they rented this house called Remember, a name that evokes memories. It’s an old 18th-century mansion, with a history involving pirates and shipwreckers.
It is said to be haunted! In fact, a whole scheme is unfolding. A woman drowns—is it a crime or an accident? This is the central intrigue of this detective novel. The suspense lasts until the very end. It is a ring with a diamond that will expose the culprits.
Mary Higgins Clark offers us a beautiful story in this book, where the past and its legends are evoked. These old houses have a soul and many secrets to reveal to us. The author describes American sociology, highlighting a society quite different from ours, where social classes intersect and coexist in a hypocritical manner, and where gossip makes or breaks reputations. Especially in these communities where everyone knows each other.
It’s the countryside, perhaps even more gossip-prone than our own lands. Deep America, but always with money and success as its moral foundation. Here, a woman is dead, killed or was it an accident? Another is also threatened when it becomes clear it was a crime and not an accident.
Thierry Jan, writer
