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Book Review of Stillwatch and a Cry in the Night

Stillwatch and a Cry in the Night
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STILLWATCH

A YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL, TALENTED, AND AMBITIOUS WOMAN HAS COME TO WASHINGTON TO PRODUCE A TV DOCUMENTARY ABOUT A WOMAN SENATOR VERY LIKELY TO BECOME VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. AS SHE DELVES INTO THE SENATOR'S PAST, SHE DISCOVERS, HORRIFYING FACTS WHICH THREATEN TO DESTROY THE REPUTATION OF A WOMAN ON THE VERGE OF POLITICAL TRIUMPH, AND FORCE HER TO COME TO GRIPS WITH HER OWN TRAGIC PAST.

A CRY IN THE NIGHT

WHEN JENNY MACPARTLAND MET DASHING ARTIST ERICH KRUEGER, HE SEEMED LIKE THE ANSWER TO HER PRAYERS. HANDSOME, GOOD WITH HER TWO DAUGHTERS, HE ONLY WANTED TO WHISK HER AWAY FROM HER POVERTY-STRICKEN LIFE.

BUT WHEN SHE MARRIED HIM AND MOVED TO HIS RANCH, JENNY BEGAN TO WORRY--ABOUT HIS STRANGE OBSESSION WITH HIS LONG-DEAD MOTHER AND HIS GROWING POSSESSIVENESS.

STUMBLING ACROSS OLD FAMILY SECRETS, JENNY FINDS THE SHOCKING TRUTH THAT LIES BEHIND A STRING OF DEATHS, AND FEARS SHE AND HER CHILDREN MAY BE NEXT.