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Journalist Sharon and young boy Neil, whose father is widowed after the brutal murder of his wife, are kidnapped by the real killer while an innocent man awaits execution. The psychopath holds them captive beneath Grand Central Station as time runs out to
In the novel "Under Watch" (1977), Mary Higgins Clark masterfully builds suspense through the story of a wrongly convicted man and the real killer who still lurks. Steve Peterson is trying to build a new life with his son Neil, two years after his wife Nina was brutally murdered in front of the child. Into their lives enters Sharon Martin, a young journalist fighting the death penalty.
While Sharon tries to save Ronald Thompson from the electric chair, she does not know that he is actually innocent. The real killer is Artie Taggart, a psychopath who calls himself "Foxy" and who has unfinished business with the Peterson family. Taggart kidnaps Sharon and little Neil, hiding them in the abandoned tunnels under New York's Grand Central Station.
Clark skillfully interweaves three timelines - the race to save the innocent from execution, the search for the missing, and the victims' fight for survival. The novel explores themes of justice, guilt, and how trauma shapes the lives of survivors. The author shows her trademark - ordinary people in extraordinary, dangerous situations where psychological tension rises to unbearable levels.
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