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You Belong To Me

Mary Higgins Clark does a great job of keeping the reader in suspense.   Mary Higgins Clark introduces many characters that all could me suspects in the crimes she describes in this novel.   "You Belong to Me" was definitely one of her best works.

Dr. Susan Chandler, a clinical psychologist, is researching cases of missing women.   On her daily talk show, she focuses on the case of Regina Clausen who disappeared
on a cruise three years earlier.   In Regina's belongings, a turquoise ring   with the inscription "You Belong to Me" engraved on the inside of the band is found.   Carolyn Wells, a viewer, calls the show and says she received
and identical turquoise ring from a man while on a recent cruise.   He tried to persuade Carolyn to leave the cruise and rejoin it in another city.   Carolyn agrees to meet with Dr. Chandler to discuss the turquoise ring.   On her way to meet with Dr. chandler, Carolyn was pushed in front of a van.   She is seriously injured and in a coma.   Carolyn's husband, Justin, is suspected of trying to murder her.   Dr. Chandler thinks he may also have something to do with Regina's disappearance.

Soon other people that are related to the case are mysteriously murdered.   Hilda Johnson who witnessed Carolyn's accident claims it was intentional.   Hilda si murdered after she tells the police her side of the story.   The next day on Dr. Chandler's show a viewer named Tiffany calls and says her boyfriend bought her an identical turquoise ring.   She cannot remember the exact location, but it was a shop in Greenwich Village.   Tiffany also mentions that the day she was there a sharp dressed man came in and bought several turquoise rings.   Soon both Tiffany and the shop owner are brutally stabbed to death.

In the meantime, Dr. Chandler is dating two people. One is a psychologist and guest on her show, Dr. Don Richards.   The other is   a wealthy man named Alex Wright.   Certain facts are introduced about both of these men that lead the reader to believe
that one...