I liked this book a lot better than the other one of hers! It felt like the characters were more real, and I rather enjoyed the plot.

She still describes everyone in the book as attractive, but more of the focus is on how pretty the main character is, rather than the attractiveness of every minor character. Every male character is either attracted to her or in love with her, and they mention it multiple times throughout the book. The other characters were fine. Not a lot of development, but this kind of book doesn't require as much.

One thing I didn't enjoy was her love interest. They aren't officially dating for most of this book, and for a while it's implied that she doesn't have any real feelings for him. Then, he is so "worried" about her that he figures out where she's living, finds her unlisted phone number, and sticks a note on the door telling her to call him. He calls her repeatedly the entire time, whether she wants to answer or not. But it's okay, because she actually does like him and was playing games with him. The book ends with them happy and in love, with him promising never to leave her side. Maybe it's because I wasn't alive when this book was written, but to me that just seems a bit too stalker-ish to be romantic in any way (and it's obviously supposed to be romantic).

The plot was better written than the last one I read. While I did end up guessing the killer, I could not guess their specific motive until the end of the book. As far as I could tell there wasn't any information we could have gleaned earlier that could have given a motive - and I flipped back to look. Maybe I missed it, or maybe that's just how it was written. The entire premise was interesting and I found the mystery was overall decent. I wouldn't read this again (I've decided that Mary Higgins Clark's writing just isn't for me), but this wasn't a bad read.