I Heard That Song Before / Mary Higgins Clark 384 p.

I Heard That Song Before / Mary Higgins Clark 384 p.

When Kay was a 6 year old child she overheard a conversation between a man and a woman.  He angrily retorts "I heard that song before".  Later that same evening 18 year old Susan Althorp goes missing after being driven home by Peter Carrington, heir to the Carrington's millions.

22 years later Kay asks a favor of Peter.  She's the librarian at the Englewood Public Library.  She wants to hold the fund-raiser for the literacy program at the Carrington mansion.  When her grandmother is injured at the gala, Peter accompanies them to the hospital.  And that is the start of a whirlwind romance leading to marriage.

Susan's mother hires a private investigator to get the evidence to convict Peter of her daughter's murder.  He is successful at getting the case reopened and finding a witness who changes her testimony.  As the DA works build the case, Susan's body is discovered on the Carrington estate.  Peter is jailed awaiting his trial.  Kay works to support him and find the speaker of those long ago spoken words.  Clark masterfully maintains the secrecy of the murderer while building a case against Peter and slowly dropping hints about the murderer.