The Sleeping Beauty Killer

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Laurie Moran and the Under Suspicion team are back, and this time theyre working to exonerate Casey Carter, who Laurie believes was wrongly convicted of murdering her fiancfamed philanthropist Hunter Raleigh IIIfifteen years ago. Caseys story takes the show into new territory: though Hunters murder was solved when Casey was charged, and though Casey was convicted and has served her sentence, Casey finds that she is still living under suspicion. She hears whispers at the grocery store. She cant get a job. Even her own mother treats her like shes guilty. And Casey claims shes innocent.

Going on Under Suspicion is her last chance to finally clear her name.

With Alex Buckley taking a break from the showcooling his potential romance with LaurieUnder Suspicion introduces a new on-air host in Ryan Nichols, a hot shot legal whiz with a Harvard Law degree, Supreme Court clerkship, experience as a federal prosecutor, and regular stints on the cable news circuit, all by age thirty-four. Hes got a big reputation and the attitude to match it, but Laurie suspects hes all bark and no bite. Ryan has no problems with steeringand stealingthe show, and even tries to stop Laurie from taking on Caseys case because hes so certain shes guilty.

An egomaniacal new boss, a relentless gossip columnist who seems to have all the dirt (and a surprising informant), and Caseys longstanding bad reputation: Laurie must face this and more to do what she believes is right, to once and for all prove Caseys innocencethat is, if shes innocent

Author Bio

The #1New York Timesbestselling author Mary Higgins Clark wrote forty suspense novels, four collections of short stories, a historical novel, a memoir, and two childrens books. With bestselling author Alafair Burke she wrote the Under Suspicion series includingThe Cinderella Murder,All Dressed in White,The Sleeping Beauty Killer,Every Breath You Take, You Dont Own Me, and Piece of My Heart. With her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, she coauthored five suspense novels. More than one hundred million copies of her books are in print in the United States alone. Her books are international bestsellers. Alafair Burke is the New York Timesbestselling author of fourteen novels, includingThe Better Sister, The Wife,The Ex, and Find Me, in addition to the Under Suspicion series, coauthored with Mary Higgins Clark. A former prosecutor, she now teaches criminal law and lives in New York City.