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Violence
Some
Moderate — abduction; the sustained threat to the captives; the countdown to execution
Language
Barely any
Mild
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
A man on death row who may be innocent — the countdown runs alongside the kidnapping; the child captive; the villain's psychology
What this book is about
Steve Peterson's wife was murdered two years ago — and Ronald Thompson is scheduled to be executed for the crime. But Steve's son Neil knows something is wrong: he's seen the real killer. When Neil and a young woman are abducted, the race to save them intersects with the countdown to an execution that may be killing the wrong man. A Stranger Is Watching is Mary Higgins Clark at her most tense — a dual-track thriller with a merciless clock.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Child captive — Neil is held; sustained threat
A man wrongly on death row — the moral urgency is relentless
The countdown structure — two crises running simultaneously
Second novel by the Queen of Suspense
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