In a novel that reaffirms her reputation as “America’s Queen of Suspense,” Mary Higgins Clark delivers a gripping tale of deception and tantalizing suspense. Nicholas Spencer, charismatic head of the medical research company Gen-stone, involved in the development of an anticancer vaccine, suddenly disappears. His private plane crashes en route to Puerto Rico, but his body is not found. Early results of the vaccine seemed highly promising, yet news comes that the FDA is denying approval. Then follows the revelation that Spencer had looted Gen-stone of huge sums of money — the lifetime savings of investors. Marcia “Carley” DeCarlo, a thirty-two-year-old columnist for the Wall Street Weekly, is assigned to cover the story. She is also the stepsister of Spencer’s wife, Lynn, an aggressive PR woman whom she dislikes. After Lynn’s mansion in Bedford, New York, is set on fire, she begs Carley to prove her innocence. As Carley investigates, she faces questions about fraud, guilt, and conspiracy. The Second Time Around intertwines fiction with real-life headlines in a novel of breathtaking suspense. Mary Higgins Clark is the author of twenty-two worldwide bestsellers and lives with her husband, John Conheeney, in New Jersey.