Night Moves

by Nora Roberts

Book Overview

A New York Times BestsellerThe small town offered peace to widowed Maggie Fitzgerald. But when sexy Cliff Delaney unearthed a skeleton in her backyard, she found herself playing detective with him - and wondering what was possible in the heat of the night. . . and in the heat of passion.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373220197
• ISBN13: 9780373220199
• Release Date: May 1985
• Publisher: Harlequin
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

A Bit of Murder, Mayhem, Secrets and Romance

NIGHT MOVES was one of Nora Roberts' earlier attempts at mystery and a good attempt it was! This story had me captivated from the first page and continued until the last. In fact, I was a bit depressed when I read the last page because I wanted the story to continue. Too bad this isn't a recent novel with 300+ pages! Famous songwriter, Maggie Fitzgerald, buys a vacant house in a tiny town in Maryland, as far from the public eye as possible. Maggie's husband had died under mysterious circumstances before she purchased the house and Maggie was tired of always being in the public eye. She was tired of people wondering about her husband's death. She was tired of always being watched. She was just tired. The house she bought had been vacant for many years and restoring it to its original state was taking more time and energy than Maggie had anticipated. She hired a local landscaping company and meets the owner, Cliff Delaney, who has more secrets than the house itself. And then the mystery begins. While landscaping, a body is unburied - not a transient's corpse but the body of the previous owner who everyone had thought only missing, not murdered. As a stand-alone mystery this book would fall short as the story is somewhat predictable, and avid mystery readers will figure out the villain about half way through the book. But when you throw in the intrigue and romance, it rounds out to a very pleasurable book. If you're looking for an action packed mystery with lots of guessing as to the murderer, this is not the book for you. If you're looking for a book with a little bit of everything and a pleasant way to spend a few hours, you should get this one!

Synopsis

It was just a neglected old house in a sleepy small town, but widowed Maggie Fitzgerald knew she could call it home. And Cliff Delaney the landscaper she'd hired, was sexy enough to make evan the saddest woman smile. But then a body was uncovered on her land-and Cliff had a motive for the murder...