Two years after Nina Peterson's brutal murder her husband Steve is still fighting to bring the killer to justice. Their six-year-old son Neil remains haunted by the terrible vision of the murderer's hands wrapped around his mother's throat. And Sharon Martin, who has grown to love both Steve and Neil, wishes only to ease their pain and suffering.
But as 19-year-old Ronald Thompson sits wrongly convicted on the eve of his execution, a stranger is still watching -- still plotting as he did before, living for the moment when he can kill and kill again...
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"I love how each chapter is focused on a different character; and you have to try and follow the story line by remember who every person was and how they are significant to the story line. "
— Vanessa (5 out of 5 stars)
“Terrifying…Once A Stranger Is Watching gets hold of you…it doesn’t let go!”
— Washington Post“Shatteringly real…There have been few clock-watching climaxes to march this.”
— San Francisco Chronicle" The first one I've ever read from Mary Higgins Clark. <br/>I thought this suspense was very good. It kept me hooked until the end and I was very satisfied with the end. "
— Penny, 12/15/2010" First read this at age 10 and have enjoyed Mary Higgins Clark's books ever since! "
— Sara, 9/15/2010" This was a pretty good book, but it took a while to really get into the plot. Still pretty decent. "
— Kait, 9/11/2010" I don't usually read this type of book. But it was interesting and well written -- but a nightmare ending. "
— Roscella, 6/18/2010" Not my favorite by her but it was still pretty good. "
— Lisa, 5/18/2010" it kept me going up till the last minute "
— Shellie, 4/8/2010Mary Higgins Clark (1927–2020) was the author of worldwide bestsellers that sold more than one hundred million copies in the United States alone. Twenty-one of her books reached the #1 spot on the New York Times bestsellers list. She was chosen by Mystery Writers of America as Grand Master of the 2000 Edgar Awards. An annual Mary Higgins Clark Award sponsored by Simon & Schuster, to be given to authors of suspense fiction writing in the Mary Higgins Clark tradition, was launched by Mystery Writers of America in 2001. She was the 1987 president of Mystery Writers of America and, for many years, served on their board of directors. In 1988, she served as chairperson of the International Crime Congress.
Betty Buckley won a Tony Award for her performance as Grizabella in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats. She has also appeared on Broadway in Triumph of Love (Tony nomination) and Sunset Boulevard (Olivier Award), and in 1776, Pippin, Song and Dance, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and Carrie. Her film credits include The Happening, Carrie, Tender Mercies, Frantic, Another Woman, and Wyatt Earp. She has received two Emmy nominations for her television appearances.