A stunning tale of murder, glamour, and romance, While My Pretty One Sleeps is the most exciting novel yet from Mary Higgins Clark, the Queen of Suspense. Neeve Kearny may be the only person in New York worried about the disappearance of Ethel Lambston. Ethel, a bestselling author famous for her juicy exposés, is one of the best customers at Neeve’s exclusive Madison Avenue boutique. But Ethel’s ex-husband, her parasitical nephew, and the fashion moguls skewered in her latest article all have reason to be glad she’s no longer around. When Ethel Lambston is found with her throat cut, Neeve’s memories of her mother’s long-unsolved murder loom up once again. Now as an innocent witness in the Lambston investigation, Neeve is drawn into a new nightmare...a sinister labyrinth of greed and ambition that will lead her into mortal danger...

サスペンスの女王が放つ本作は、華麗なファッション界の裏に潜む業と、過去のトラウマが交錯する心理ミステリーの傑作です。母の死という癒えぬ傷を抱える主人公ニーヴの孤独な闘いは、単なる犯人捜しを超えた深いカタルシスを与えてくれます。優雅さと恐怖が背中合わせで迫りくる、その圧倒的な緊迫感こそが最大の魅力です。 映像版では劇的なスリルが強調されましたが、原作にはテキストならではの緻密な内面描写と、虚飾の街を射抜く冷徹な観察眼が息づいています。映像の躍動感と、活字に刻まれた深層心理への没入感が補完し合うことで、物語はより重層的な輝きを放ち、読者を逃れられぬ迷宮へと誘うのです。