Mary Jane Clark Books In Order

KEY News Books In Publication Order

  1. Do You Want to Know a Secret? (1998)
  2. Do You Promise Not to Tell? (1999)
  3. Let Me Whisper in Your Ear (2000)
  4. Close to You (2001)
  5. Nobody Knows (2002)
  6. Nowhere to Run (2003)
  7. Hide Yourself Away (2004)
  8. Dancing in the Dark (2005)
  9. Lights Out Tonight (2006)
  10. When Day Breaks (2007)
  11. It Only Takes a Moment (2008)
  12. Dying for Mercy (2009)

Piper Donovan / Wedding Cake Mysteries Books In Publication Order

  1. To Have and to Kill (2010)
  2. The Bracelet (2012)
  3. The Look of Love (2012)
  4. The Friend (2012)
  5. Footprints in the Sand (2013)
  6. That Old Black Magic (2014)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. Naked Came the Phoenix (2001)

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Mary Jane Clark Books Overview

Do You Want to Know a Secret?

Eliza Blake is a newswoman on the rise. Well liked and respected by her colleagues at Key News, she’s entered a stage where everything seems to be going right. She’s finally come to terms with her husband’s death and risen above the depression that had temporarily overwhelmed her. She’s happy spending time with her adoring young daughter, and a budding romance is making her believe in love all over again. Then Bill Kendall, a senior anchorman, dies unexpectedly, and Eliza is thrust into the limelight offered her biggest opportunity ever. Everything seems right and yet wrong. As Eliza starts to suspect that Kendall’s death has ramifications beyond the set of the TV show, she begins to unravel a plot of murder, greed, and jealousy that involves players as high up as the White House. Do You Want to Know a Secret?? is a thrilling story of the behind the scenes machinations in today’s TV media.

Do You Promise Not to Tell?

Farrell Slater, a TV news producer, is at a crossroads. Her job at Key News hangs in the balance when she fails to convince her boss to broadcast the story of the auctioning of the legendary Faberge Moon Egg. While trying to figure out what she will do with her future, she learns that the multi million dollar treasure isn’t all it appears to be. Farrell seizes the opportunity to expose the story and, in the process, save her career. In this nailbiting media thriller, the mighty world of television news collides with the art world’s secrecy, intrigue, and high stakes wheeling and dealing. From a deadly workshop in Brooklyn’s ‘Little Odessa’ to the wealth, power, and glamour of New York’s prestigious auction scene, no one is safe and everyone is a suspect, all under the threatening gaze of the unforgiving network news cameras.

Let Me Whisper in Your Ear

Thirty years ago, a pair of thrill seeking boys crept into Palisades Park after dark to ride the Cyclone. When the roller coaster returned to the station, it was carrying only one child. What happened to the other would remain veiled in secrecy for the next three decades…
As a rising KEY News producer, Laura Walsh prepares video obituaries of famous people whose deaths seem imminent. But the macabre guessing game, and an eerily pre taped obituary, plunge Laura into a chilling nightmare when one of her famous colleagues unexpectedly tumbles to her death from a Manhattan rooftop. Now Laura must delve into the dead woman’s secret past a past that holds a shocking connection to her own, and to a missing boy. Desperate to uncover the truth and unmask a cunning killer, Laura soon realizes with growing dread that the next obituary she should be writing is her own…
AUTHORBIO: MARY JANE CLARK is a producer and writer at CBS News. She lives in Northern New Jersey.

Close to You

Millions of people are watching one wants to kill her…
What she found was her worst nightmare…
She thought she’d found safety. In front of the camera, as anchorwoman for KEY Evening Headlines, she savvy, sexy, and sophisticated. But when she steps out of the spotlight, Eliza Blake is far more vulnerable than her devoted viewers would ever imagine. Single handedly raising a young daughter, she’s finally found a safe haven: a dream house in the suburbs, where nothing can ever threaten her again…
It begins with a venomous letter. No stranger to the occasional hate mail that mingles with glowing correspondence from adoring fans, Eliza is at first unaware that this time, the writer isn’t a harmless nutcase. Then come the menacing phone calls. Now that her serene suburban life is shattered by fear, Eliza must face the chilling realization that the stalker is closer, and more lethal, than anyone ever suspected perhaps even concealed behind a trusted, familiar face…

Nobody Knows

Cassie Sheridan has all a television news reporter could want: an important beat in Washington D.C., a skyrocketing career, and a talent that everyone acknowledges. But then, she makes a critical mistake. Suddenly, her career is in shambles, her credibility is questioned, and her teenaged daughter makes her realize just how much time she hasn’t spent with her. The repercussions of ambitious reporting have now derailed the career of KEY News justice correspondent Cassie Sheridan. Cassie is transferred to Miami, to wait out the end of her contract separated from her family, her friends, and the familiarity of Washington. But in an unsuspecting south Florida town, a killer is watching…
and waiting. While covering a hurricane that’s moving up Florida’s west coast, Cassie meets 11 year old Vincent, who has just made a grisly discovery on the beach. In one week, Cassie traces the connection between Vincent’s newfound ‘treasure’ and a secret operation in the dark shadows of sunny Sarasota a story that has national significance and maybe, just maybe, will win back her reputation. But Nobody Knows how fierce the coming storm will be. Nobody Knows how far a psychopath will go in pursuit of twisted pleasure. Nobody Knows if a young woman’s murderer will stop at nothing to keep the crimes a secret. And Nobody Knows if Cassie will get out alive…
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Nowhere to Run

A newsroom has nothing to hide…
or does it?A killer has everything to lose…
but is it worth it?A woman has no one to trust…
so will she be next?Botulism, anthrax, small pox, plague: as medical producer for television’s highly rated morning news program, ‘Key to America,’ Annabelle Murphy makes her living explaining horrific conditions to the nation. So when a KEY News colleague dies with symptoms terrifyingly similar to those of the latest scourge, she knows the panic spreading through the corridors of the Broadcast Center is justified. As one death follows another, Annabelle’s co workers look to her for assurance but she finds it hard to give comfort. To her, the circumstances of the infections begin to suggest that they may be diabolical murders. And when the authorities lock down the Broadcast Center with the identity of the killer still unknown, no one can be sure who to trust, and neither the victims nor the murderer can escape…
Nowhere to Run is full of Mary Jane Clark’s signature intricate plotting and taut psychological suspense.

Hide Yourself Away

Watch your back. Trust no one. And when a killer closes in, Hide Yourself Away. It should have been an ideal week during a perfect summer in ‘America’s First Resort.’ But just hours before the KEY News crew arrives for their broadcasts from Newport, Rhode Island, the skeleton of a socialite who disappeared fourteen years ago is found in a dank tunnel beneath a famous mansion. It doesn’t end there. Next, the socialite’s daughter is found at the bottom of the Forty Steps that lead from the legendary Cliff Walk to the ocean. And soon, the town is talking about the scandal and a killer whose work may be only beginning. When one of the KEY News interns is killed in a suspicious car accident and another disappears, this year’s crop of fledgling journalists are targets, including Grace Callahan, not so young at thirty two, who came to the City by the Sea determined to launch a future in television news. She and the other KEY interns have been told that at the end of the summer one of them will be offered a full time position. Grace, a single mother fighting for custody of her preteen daughter, needs the job more than any of the other interns do. As their number dwindles one by one, Grace must face the real danger that lurks in an otherwise idyllic town. But can she uncover a murderer who does not want the secrets buried beneath the city’s fabled mansions to come to light? With its lightning fast pace and unpredictable twists, Hide Yourself Away is Mary Jane Clark at her suspenseful best. Readers beware. You won’t want to miss a word, because with a Mary Jane Clark novel, every word is a clue.

Dancing in the Dark

New York Times bestselling author Mary Jane Clark turns up the heat with a drop dead frightening novel about a town where teenage girls are disappearing, where an idyllic beach community is terrorized, and where one reporter must get to the truth to protect her family.

Trying to mix business with pleasure, KEY News correspondent Diane Mayfield has brought her children and her sister to the New Jersey shore town of Ocean Grove to investigate a story on girls who cry wolf for the season premiere of Hourglass, television’s highly rated news magazine. Diane lands an exclusive interview with a troubled young woman whose tale of being abducted and held against her will for three terrifying days had been disbelieved by the authorities. No sooner does Diane finish taping the interview, though, than a second victim disappears. The small community, already in the grip of a record heat wave, is now wracked by fear and terror no one knows who could be next. With only the first victim as eyewitness, Diane and the police turn to her for clues. But it may be too late to save Diane and her loved ones from the mortal danger that lurks in Ocean Grove. Full of twists, turns, and terrifyingly real danger, Dancing in the Dark is summer reading at its most suspenseful yet.

With a Mary Jane Clark novel, every word is a clue.

Lights Out Tonight

In Mary Jane Clark’s latest blockbuster novel, you will enter the mind of a sociopath. It s a place where the rules don t apply. Where anything is fair game. And where murder is the ultimate means to an end.
What kind of person
Gets what they want
Takes without asking
Kills without remorse
LIGHTS
Key News film and theatre critic Caroline Enright thinks her trip to a theatre festival in the beautiful Berkshire mountains of Massachusetts will be as easy as a summer breeze until her complicated relationship with her stepdaughter, Meg, grows even more tense, and two of Meg s friends are killed in what looks to be a tragic accident.
OUT
Soon a world famous actress goes missing. An actress who has been the obsession of millions. Or maybe just the true obsession of one?
TONIGHT
As Caroline gets drawn into a web of madness, deception, and insanity, she finds she can trust no one. Not even those closest to her. Because a sociopath will stop at nothing. And they wear the mask of a friend, a lover, a husband, or a wife

Lights Out Tonight is the ultimate mind game and proves why Mary Jane Clark is a master at the game of suspense.

With a Mary Jane Clark novel, every word is a clue.

When Day Breaks

On the day she died, Constance Young was the undisputed star of morning television. But her plans to move herself and her loyal audience to another network were cancelled when she ended up at the bottom of her swimming pool. And the fabled unicorn amulet that Constance had been wearing during her final hours a gift from King Arthur to his beloved Guinevere and the centerpiece of the upcoming Camelot exhibit at New York’s Cloisters museum is missing. A morning show veteran and now anchor of the KEY Evening Headlines, Eliza Blake is shocked by the death of her former colleague, and is determined to discover who wanted Constance out of the way…
and why. To do so, she enlists the aid of three KEY News coworkers: ‘Jane of all trades’ Annabelle Murphy, who can switch from producing to sleuthing at a moment’s notice; charming and fearless cameraman extraordinaire B.J. D’Elia to add brains, brawn, and a much needed male perspective to the team; and Dr. Margo Gonzalez, on air psychiatrist, who understands the complex puzzles of the human mind. Calling themselves ‘The Sunrise Suspense Society,’ they set out to get to the bottom of the heinous murder, in a case that will test their ingenuity and their courage to the very limits. The deeper they dig, the more twisted the trail to Constance’s killer becomes as the list of suspects grows longer by the minute. Was it her spurned and enraged medievalist lover, or a muckraking author who blamed her for ruining her life? Perhaps money was the motive, and Constance’s sister, jealous of her wealth and fame, was responsible. Or possibly someone at Key News was angry enough or frightened enough to commit cold blooded murder. The one sure thing is that Constance Young made a lot of enemies and now one of them is Eliza’s enemy as well. And the closer she and the Society get to unmasking the murderer, the closer they each get to dying, suddenly…
and brutally.

It Only Takes a Moment

Eliza Blake, host of the top rated KEY News morning show, has witnessed tragedy and danger in her career. But nothing the accomplished professional has experienced has prepared her for when her seven year old daughter, Janie, is snatched from summer camp. The country’s viewers are glued to their television sets, anxiously awaiting the news that their favorite morning television personality’s little girl has been found. With each passing day, the FBI and local authorities track down every lead: A profile of the kidnapper’s most likely characteristics is developed, every fan letter written to Eliza over the last six months is scrutinized, every sex offender registered within a fifty mile radius is interviewed, and psychics from around the country appear on Eliza’s doorstep offering their help. But Eliza isn’t going to sit around and wait for answers. She and the rest of the Sunrise Suspense Society brilliant producer Annabelle Murphy, cameraman extraordinaire B.J. D’Elia, and psychiatrist Dr. Margo Gonzalez will band together to outwit a cunning criminal whose shocking motives threaten to snuff out a terrified little girl’s life.

Dying for Mercy

When death shatters the serenity of the exclusive moneyed enclave of Tuxedo Park, New York, Eliza Blake, cohost of the country’s premier morning television show KEY to America, is on the scene. While attending a lavish gala at her friends’ newly renovated estate, Pentimento, Eliza’s host is found dead a grotesque suicide that is the first act in a macabre and intricately conceived plan to expose the sins of the past involving some of the town’s most revered citizens.

Determined to find out the truth, Eliza and her KEY News colleagues producer Annabelle Murphy, cameraman B.J. D’Elia, and psychiatrist Margo Gonzalez discover that Pentimento holds the key. Nestled in the park’s sprawling architectural masterpieces, picturesque gardeners’ cottages, and lush, rolling landscape, the glorious mansion is actually a giant ‘puzzle house,’ filled with ingenious clues hidden in its fireplaces, fountains, and frescoes that lead them from one suspicious locale to another and, one by one, to the victims of a fiendish killer.

As Pentimento gives up its secrets, it becomes clear that no amount of wealth or privilege will keep the residents of Tuxedo Park safe. But just when Eliza unearths one final surprise, she comes face to face with a murderer who believes that some puzzles should never be solved.

To Have and to Kill

New York Times bestselling author Mary Jane Clark delights readers with her tasty new mystery To Have and to Kill Piper Donovan never imagined that decorating wedding cakes could be so dangerous! A struggling actress with no immediate prospects and a recently broken engagement, Piper moves back in with her parents to take stock of her life. She steps tentatively into the family bakery business and finds herself agreeing to create a wedding cake for the acclaimed star of a daytime television drama. But soon someone close to the bride to be is horribly murdered and it seems that that someone is ruthlessly determined to stop the wedding. With the help of her former neighbor, Jack, a handsome FBI agent with a soft spot for the gorgeous cake maker, Piper moves closer to the truth. And as she narrows in on a suspect, she realizes that it’s hotter in the kitchen than she may be able to handle…
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The Look of Love

The Associated Press calls her one of the most talented storytellers around. Now, New York Times bestselling author Mary Jane Clark brings readers a delicious new mystery. The Look of Love Piper Donovan accepts when the owner of Elysium, an exclusive spa and plastic surgery center, offers her an all expenses paid trip to Los Angeles to create a dazzling and unique wedding cake. The job also gives Piper the time and distance she needs to sort out her feelings for handsome FBI agent Jack Lombardi. The ultra luxurious spa caters to the rich and famous in need of a little refreshing a nip here, a tuck there, a little Botox, a little detox. Nestled in the Hollywood Hills, Elysium seems picture perfect: the grounds, the staff, even the guests. But no sooner does Piper arrive than a guest is brutally murdered in one of the private bungalows. Someone, it seems, wants to make sure Elysium’s beautiful director, Jillian Abernathy, never gets to walk down the aisle. Piper soon discovers that beneath the glamorous surface of this idyllic oasis lies an ugly truth and a cold blooded plan for murder.

Naked Came the Phoenix

The promise of discretion and pampering and a longer overdue reconciliation with her mother draws Caroline Blessing, the young wife of a newly elected congressman, to the fancy Phoenix Spa. But after her first night in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, Caroline wakes to find the rich and famous guests in turmoil and under suspicion: the spa’s flamboyant and ambitious owner has been murdered. As the secrets come out and the body count rises can Caroline keep herself from becoming the next victim? In the tradition of such collaborative classics as NAKED CAME THE MANATEE and THE FLOATING ADMIRAL, each chapter in this serial novel is written by one of today’s most talented mystery novelists. NEVADA BARR’s ninth and latest in her Anna Pigeon series is BLOOD LURE. J.D. ROBB is the New York Times bestselling author of the futuristic romantic suspense series featuring Lieutenant Eve Dallas. Her most recent titles include BETRAYAL IN DEATH and JUDGMENT IN DEATH. NANCY PICKARD is the author of the popular Jenny Cain mystery series. LISA SCOTTOLINE is a New York Times bestselling author of legal thrillers, most recently THE VENDETTA DEFENSE and MOMENT OF TRUTH. Author of five New York Times bestselling novels, PERRI O’SHAUGHNESSY is really two sisters, Pamela and Mary, who collaborate on a series of legal thrillers and short stories. J.A. JANCE writes two police procedural series: twelve books featuring Detective J.P. Beaumont and nine with Sheriff Joanna Brady. FAYE KELLERMAN is the New York Times bestselling author of the Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus mystery series. Her most recent novel is THE FORGOTTEN. MARY JANE CLARK is a producer and writer at CBS News and the author of three media thrillers, including LET ME WHISPER IN YOUR EAR. MARCIA TALLEY is the author of UNBREATHED MEMORIES and the award winning SING IT TO HER BONES. She is also the editor of Naked Came the Phoenix. ANNE PERRY, author of the acclaimed Victorian Series starring William Monk and Thomas and Charlotte Pitt, has written over thirty novels, including THE ONE THING MORE. DIANA GABALDON’s THE FIERY CROSS, fifth in the Outlander series, is due to be published late this year. VAL McDERMID has published fifteen novels and one work of non fiction and has won the Gold Dagger and the Grand Prix des Romans d’Aventures. Her most recent novel is A PLACE OF EXECUTION. LAURIE R. KING writes two crime fiction series as well as stand alone novels, most recently FOLLY.

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