The Melody Lingers On (HIGGINS CLARK, Mary)

“[An] enjoyable novel of romantic suspense... Clark keeps readers wondering.” —Publishers Weekly

As an assistant to a famous upscale interior designer, Lane Harmon, mother to four-year-old Katie, is accustomed to visiting opulent homes around the tristate area. So when she is called to a modest town house in Bergen County, Lane knows the job is unusual. Then she learns the home belongs to the wife of a notorious and disgraced financier named Parker Bennett.

Parker Bennett was last seen two years ago on his sailboat in the Caribbean before he vanished, along with the five billion dollar hedge fund he managed. The scandal over whether Bennett was suicidal or staged his disappearance still continues. His clients an and the federal government all want to trace t money and find Bennett, if he is still alive.

Lane is surprised to find herself move by Mrs. Bennett’s calm dignity and faith in her husband’s innocence and drawn to Eric, the Bennetts’ son, who is similarly determined to prove his father is not guilty. Lane doesn't realize that the closer she gets to the Bennetts, the more she puts her life—and her daughetr's life—in jeopardy.