{"product_id":"the-second-time-around-9781668080146","title":"The Second Time Around","description":"\u003cb\u003eA corporate scandal and a family's fight for truth unfolds in this nail-biting thriller from the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Queen of Suspense.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Nicholas Spencer, the charismatic head of a company that has developed an anticancer vaccine, disappears without a trace, reporter Marcia \"Carley\" DeCarlo is assigned the story. Word that Spencer, if alive, has made off with huge sums of money--including the life savings of many employees--doesn't do much to change Carley's already low opinion of Spencer's wife, Lynn, who is also Carley's stepsister and who everyone believes is involved. But when Lynn's life is threatened, she asks Carley to help her prove that she wasn't her husband's accomplice. As the facts unfold, however, Carley herself becomes the target of a dangerous, sinister group that will stop at nothing to get what they want.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Mary Higgins Clark wrote forty suspense novels, four collections of short stories, a his­torical novel, a memoir, and two children's books. With bestselling author Alafair Burke she wrote the Under Suspicion series including \u003ci\u003eThe Cinderella Murder\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll Dressed in White\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sleeping Beauty Killer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvery Breath You Take\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYou Don't Own Me\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePiece of My Heart\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51453974970642,"sku":"9781668080146","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7081d96f-7952-4317-9aa1-8098010562bf.jpg?v=1774450109","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-second-time-around-9781668080146","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}