I'll Be Seeing You
Mary Higgins Clark. Pocket Books, $7.99 (320pp) ISBN 978-0-671-88858-9
Clark's novel about a reporter's investigation of her family's secret past was a 13-week PW bestseller. (May)
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Reviewed on: 06/25/2007
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