Slipped under the door of her Georgetown home, the note was an ominous reminder of Pat Traymore's past. The beautiful young television journalist had come to glamorous, high-powered Washington to produce a TV series. Her subject: Senator Abigail Jennings, slated for nomination as the first woman vice president of the United States.

With the help of an old flame, Congressman Sam Kingsley, Pat delves into Abigail's life, only to turn up horrifying facts that threaten to destroy the senator's reputation and her career. Worse still, sinister connections to Pat's own childhood and the nightmare secrets hidden within it are surfacing -- secrets waiting to destroy her.

"Clark's forte is making a normal situation chilling [there is] sheer terror when Mary Higgins Clark is the craftswoman."
   CATHY COLLISON, DETROIT FREE PRESS

You can't put it down until the last page is turned...Stillwatch hurtles to a terrifying conclusion."
   JEANNINE KLEIN, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL

"Mary Higgins Clark is an accomplished author of suspense fiction... Stillwatch [has] compelling characterizations, coupled with Clark's skill at weaving... the tale... "
   JUDY BASS, CHICAGO SUN TIMES