Do You Want to Know a Secret?, Mary Jane Clark
Do You Want to Know a Secret?, Mary Jane Clark
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Do You Want to Know a Secret?

Author: Mary Jane Clark

Narrator: Beth Fowler

Unabridged: 9 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2007


Synopsis

Secrets can really kill your career.Beautiful New York TV anchorwoman Eliza Blake has a past to hide. Her popular coanchor has a scandal he’d die to keep secret. The president’s pretty wife wants desperately to avoid an indecent exposure. A parish priest knows a terrible truth. And a killer has a secret agenda that reaches from New York City’s streets to the White House—it includes the time and place where Eliza Blake will have to die …

About Mary Jane Clark

Mary Jane Clark worked at CBS News for nearly three decades. Her twelve KEY News media thrillers were inspired by that experience. Envisioning the Piper Donovan/Wedding Cake mystery series, Mary Jane enrolled in cake-decorating classes and researched unique wedding locations. The daughter of an FBI agent and a mother who customized cakes for the neighborhood kids when she was growing up, Mary Jane has two grown children and splits her time between New Jersey and Florida.

About Beth Fowler

Beth Fowler’s Broadway performances include Beauty and the Beast, Sweeney Todd, Baby, Teddy and Alice, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Take Me Along, Peter Pan, and A Little Music. Beth can be seen on television in Law & Order, Loving, and Another World, and in both Sister Act films.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Debbie on April 23, 2016

I really enjoyed this book. This was one of that books that kept me up reading at night. There are 10 books in the series and I'm so happy that the local library has the whole set, because I will be reading through them.......more

Goodreads review by Megargee on September 10, 2020

The first of a series of mystery novels set in fictional network KEY News, Mary Jane Clark's 1998 "Do You Want To Know a Secret?" has almost as many named characters as it does chapters. This would not be an issue except for the fact that it has no less than 141 chapters! I soon realized that if I s......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay on April 30, 2024

This book was ... not great. Until the last 5% of the book or so it wasn't clear what the plot was, or who even was the main character. It's billed as a mystery, but there was nothing really that the reader (or characters even) was drawn into and trying to figure out. The story starts off with a deat......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on December 03, 2020

I enjoyed this book on the next one in the series......more

Goodreads review by Ann on December 09, 2020

Exciting fast-paced mystery with suspense throughout. Very likable and interesting characters set in the dynamic world of broadcast news. New York news anchor Eliza Blake is thrust into the mysterious web of deception as a series of murders all centered around a common thread quickly takes center st......more


Quotes

“The secret is out: Mary Jane Clark is one of the most exciting novelists in America today…An edge-of-the-seat, they-don’t-write-’em-like-that-anymore, unplug-the-phone-and-disconnect-the-TV, page-turning stunner!” Dan Rather

“A brilliantly structured thriller. The secrets and surprises just keep coming and make perfect sense in the TV media world that Mary Jane Clark has absolutely nailed.” Janet Evanovich

“A suspenseful tale of murder, ambition and national politics, amid the working of another big TV news organization.” Los Angeles Times

“Refreshing surprise ending, a very ’90s version of ‘the butler did it.’” Publishers Weekly

“An entertaining read, a perfect escape for airplane trips or waiting rooms.” Booklist