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基本信息·出版社：St. Martin's Press
·页码：352 页
·出版日期：2005年07月
·ISBN：0312323158
·条形码：9780312323158
·版本：2005-07-01
·装帧：精装
·开本：20开 Pages Per Sheet
·外文书名：夜幕下起舞
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Book DescriptionNew York Timesbestselling author Mary Jane Clark turns upthe heat in a drop-dead frightening novel about an idyllic beach community turned killer's hunting ground K EY News correspondent Diane Mayfield is forced to give up vacation and bring her children and sister to the New Jersey Shore town of Ocean Grove to investigate a story. 'Girls Who Cry Wolf' is the topic for the season premiere of 'Hourglass,' television's top news magazine show. Diane lands an exclusive interview with a troubled young woman whose tale of being abducted and held against her will for three terrifying days and nights had been disbelieved by the authorities. No sooner does Diane finish taping the interview, though,that a second victim turns up: This time bound, gagged, and dead. And as soon as the police think they've solved the case, a third victim is discovered. Already in the grip of a record heat wave, the small beach community is now wracked by fear and terror-there's a murderer on the loose. Diane and the police turn to the first victim for clues. But it may be too late to save Diane and her loved ones from the mortal danger that lurks in Ocean Grove. Full of twists, turns, and startingly real danger, Dancing in the Darkis Mary Jane Clark's most suspenseful thriller yet.
From Publishers WeeklyIn Clark's latest KEY News mystery (after Hide Yourself Away, etc.), correspondent Diane Mayfield heads to the quaint New Jersey beach town of Ocean Grove, not for a much-needed vacation but because even the sunniest of resorts has its newsworthy, hidden darkness. When Leslie Patterson, a young Ocean Grove woman reported missing for three days, is rescued virtually unharmed and claims she was kidnapped, police, friends and family believe her disappearance was a hoax and a cry for attention. Diane's producer Joel Malcolm sees the pseudo-kidnapping as grist for his "Girls Who Cry Wolf" feature and sends Diane to cover it for the network's Dateline-style Hourglass program. But the feature story becomes hard news when a second young woman is kidnapped and found dead. Suddenly, victim number one's story becomes credible, and the police, Diane, and her news crew start to take the investigation seriously as multiple Ocean Grove residents have motive and opportunity to have committed the crimes. Clark's latest competent showing will intrigue her eager fans, if not more discerning mystery readers.
From AudioFileAudiophiles appreciate the medium's enhancement of a text, typically finding it to enrich an author's story, meaning, and use of language. But audio also can shed glaring light on poor dialogue, mediocre character development, and cliché-filled description. Given that, Eliza Foss gives a strong reading of TV news reporter Diane Mayfield's coverage of abductions in a coastal town. Foss's characterizations emphasize emotion; strangely, however, Mayfield sounds less like a TV personality than do some of the town residents. Foss lends genuine feeling to the dialogue of the kidnap victims and long list of suspects. As several townsfolk fear that circumstantial evidence may lead to their arrests, Foss's reading sparks images of nail biting, pacing, and nervous tics. J.J.B.
About AuthorMary Jane Clark is the author of eight novels, including Do You Want to Know a Secret? Do You Promise Not to Tell? Let Me Whisper in Your Ear, Close to You, Nobody Knows, Nowhere to Run, and Hide Yourself Away. She is a producer and a writer at CBS News in New York City and lives in New Jersey.
Book Dimension : length: (cm)23.7 width:(cm)16.5
作者简介 Mary Jane Clark is the author of eight novels, including Do You Want to Know a Secret? Do You Promise Not to Tell? Let Me Whisper in Your Ear, Close to You, Nobody Knows, Nowhere to Run, and Hide Yourself Away. She is a producer and a writer at CBS News in New York City and lives in New Jersey.
