Most Popular Books by Jane Clark

\"An all-star lineup of 13 women mystery authors has produced one madcap, murderous tale\" in this serial novel by Nevada Barr, JD Robb, and others ( Publishers Weekly). The promise of discretion and pampering—and a long-overdue reconciliation with her mother—draws Caroline Blessing, the young wife of a newly-elected Congressman, to the fancy Phoenix Spa. But after her first night in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, Caroline wakes to find the rich and famous guests in turmoil and under suspicion: the spa''s flamboyant and ambitious owner has been murdered. As the secrets come out, and the body count rises, can Caroline keep herself from becoming the next victim? This serial novel features chapters by Nevada Barr, J.D. Robb, Nancy Pickard, Lisa Scottoline, Perri O''Shaughnessy, J.A. Jance, Faye Kellerman, Mary Jane Clark, Marcia Talley, Anne Perry, Diana Gabaldon, Val McDermid, and Laure R. King.

\"The secret is out: Mary Jane Clark is one of the most exciting novelists in America today. Do You Want to Know a Secret? is an unabashed, edge-of-the-seat, page-turning stunner.\" - Dan Rather Secrets can really kill your career. Beautiful New York TV anchorwoman Eliza Blake has a past to hide. Her popular co-anchor has a scandal he''d die to keep secret. The next President''s pretty wife wants desperately to avoid indecent exposure. A parish priest knows a terrible truth. And a killer has a secret agenda that reaches from New York City''s streets to the White House-- it includes the time and place where Eliza Blake will have to die...

Piper Donovan never imagined that decorating wedding cakes could be so dangerous! A struggling actress with no immediate prospects and a recently broken engagement, Piper moves back in with her parents to take stock of her life. She steps tentatively into the family bakery business and finds herself agreeing to create a wedding cake for the acclaimed star of a daytime television drama. But soon someone close to the bride-to-be is horribly murdered and it seems that somebody is ruthlessly determined to stop the wedding. With the help of her former neighbor, Jack, a handsome FBI agent with a soft spot for the gorgeous cake-maker, Piper moves closer to the truth. As she narrows in on a suspect, Piper realizes that it''s hotter in the kitchen than she may be able to handle. . . .

From \"New York Times\" bestselling author Clark comes this spellbinding tale of murder, intrigue, and suspense set within the glamorous, super competitive, high-stakes world of network news.

This book shows readers how to calculate the orbit of Mars, based on their own observations and using observations made by the author. The historical, observational, and analytical aspects of the project to measure the orbit of Mars are all combined in this one book! Determining the orbit of Mars is particularly important, as originally solving this problem required the founding of modern science. Clark discusses how people came to believe in the Newtonian model of the Solar System, works through the mathematical basis for the theory of gravity, and shows how Newton ruled out the possibility of alternative theories. Readers also learn how it became possible to accurately measure the positions of Mars from a moving, spinning platform—the Earth. This mid-level observational challenge is well within reach of most serious amateur astronomers. For the observations, only a telescope with auto-guiding capability and the ability to mount a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera is required. For the calculations, it is assumed that the reader has a science, engineering, or mathematics background and is familiar with calculus, vectors, and trigonometry.

After a woman accepts a new friend request on social media and gains a stalker in this thriller short story from a New York Times bestselling author. Like a billion people on earth, aspiring actress Piper Donovan is a fervent Facebook follower. But what she doesn''t know is that a \"friend\" is following her. Possibly . . . stalking. A fan who starts by using the same beauty salon eventually comes closer—much closer—in this chilling short story. Praise for Mary Jane Clark: \"Clark has perfected the suspense novel.\" — Booklist \"One of the most talented story tellers around.\" — Associated Press \"Her characters are the sorts with whom many readers identify.\" — USA Today

Television reporter Laura Walsh''s uncanny ability to have celebrity obituaries ready when they die casts suspicion on her when a professional rival is killed.

Love Inspired Historical brings you four new titles for one great price, available now! This Love Inspired Historical bundle includes Big Sky Daddy by Linda Ford, A Season of the Heart by Dorothy Clark, A Cowboy for Christmas by Lacy Williams and Conveniently Wed by Angel Moore. Look for four new inspirational suspense stories every month from Love Inspired Historical!

When she is stalked by someone who will stop at nothing to get close to her, news anchorwoman Eliza Blake must race against time to discover the identity of her tormentor to protect both herself and her young daughter.

When a TV station is shut down after a seeming plague strikes, neither victims nor murderer can escape.

Accepting a Newport internship that she hopes will launch her television journalism career, Grace Callahan confronts a fourteen-year-old mystery hidden beneath the city''s mansions when a killer begins targeting her fellow contenders.

Viewing and Imaging the Solar System: A Guide for Amateur Astronomers is for those who want to develop their ability to observe and image Solar System objects, including the planets and moons, the Sun, and comets and asteroids. They might be beginners, or they may have already owned and used an astronomical telescope for a year or more. Newcomers are almost always wowed by sights such as the rings of Saturn and the moons of Jupiter, but have little idea how to find these objects for themselves (with the obvious exceptions of the Sun and Moon). They also need guidance about what equipment, besides a telescope, they will need. This book is written by an expert on the Solar System, who has had a lot of experience with outreach programs, which teach others how to make the most of relatively simple and low-cost equipment. That does not mean that this book is not for serious amateurs. On the contrary, it is designed to show amateur astronomers, in a relatively light-hearted—and math-free way—how to become serious.

New York Times bestselling author Mary Jane Clark turns up the heat in a drop-dead frightening novel about an idyllic beach community turned killer''s hunting ground Trying to mix business with pleasure, KEY News correspondent Diane Mayfield has brought her children and her sister to the New Jersey shore town of Ocean Grove to investigate a story on \"girls who cry wolf\" for the season premiere of Hourglass, television''s highly rated news magazine. Diane lands an exclusive interview with a troubled young woman whose tale of being abducted and held against her will for three terrifying days had been disbelieved by the authorities. No sooner does Diane finish taping the interview, though, than a second victim disappears. The small community, already in the grip of a record heat wave, is now wracked by fear and terror—no one knows who could be next. With only the first victim as eyewitness, Diane and the police turn to her for clues. But it may be too late to save Diane and her loved ones from the mortal danger that lurks in Ocean Grove. Full of twists, turns, and terrifyingly real danger, Dancing in the Dark is Mary Jane Clark''s most suspenseful thriller yet.

New York Times bestselling author Mary Jane Clark ratchets up the tension in her tautest thriller yet. As KEY News film and theater critic, Caroline Enright knows her opinions have influenced the box office habits of millions of Americans. She has taken her fair share of irate phone calls, and even an occasional threat, from disgruntled movie producers and agents angered over her reviews. But she is unprepared when her trip to the Warrenstown Summer Playhouse is interrupted by murder. Traveling to the rolling Berkshire mountains to do a piece on the prestigious summer acting festival for the morning news show KEY to America, Caroline discovers that someone in this quaint college town has a secret worth killing over. Caroline''s stepdaughter, Meg, is apprenticing at the festival and has a small part in a new play with Belinda Winthrop, a twenty-year veteran of Warrenstown, adding her renowned Oscar- and Tony-winning talents to the project. The opening night of the play is an unvarnished success, but no one, onstage or off, is safe. Used to ferreting out the details of behind-the-scenes intrigue in Hollywood and on Broadway, Caroline must now turn her considerable journalistic skills to unmasking a murderer before she and Meg become the next victims of a ruthless killer possessing no shame or remorse. A killer living as a respected member of the community. A killer who can do literally anything at all and feel absolutely no guilt. Lights Out Tonight is the ultimate mind game and proves why Mary Jane Clark is a master at the game of suspense.

Bestselling author and CBS News producer Mary Jane Clark writes thrillers set in the fascinating world of television network news. With an insider''s eye, her unforgettable books have an authenticity that keeps readers coming back for more. St. Martin''s Griffin knows readers can''t wait for a new Mary Jane Clark novel to come out. That''s why we''re giving them a special treat: Two page-turning thrillers in one volume! In Do You Promise Not to Tell?, a prestigious New York auction house just sold a Faberge egg for six million dollars. But TV producer Farrell Slater knows it''s a fake. So does a cunning murderer who has already dismembered one victim, set fire to another, and strangled one more in order to carry of the scam of the century.... In Do You Want to Know a Secret?, beautiful New York TV anchorwoman Eliza Blake has a past to hide. Her popular coanchor has a scandal he''d die to keep secret. The next president''s pretty wife wants desperately to avoid an indecent exposure. A parish priest knows a terrible truth. And a killer has a secret agenda that reaches from New York City''s streets to the White House.... Read Do You Promise Not to Tell? and Do You Want to Know a Secret? back-to-back now for the first time!

When death shatters the serenity of the exclusive moneyed enclave of Tuxedo Park, New York, Eliza Blake, cohost of the country''s premier morning television show KEY to America, is on the scene. While attending a lavish gala at her friends'' newly renovated estate, Pentimento, Eliza''s host is found dead—a grotesque suicide that is the first act in a macabre and intricately conceived plan to expose the sins of the past involving some of the town''s most revered citizens. Determined to find out the truth, Eliza and her KEY News colleagues—producer Annabelle Murphy, cameraman B.J. D''Elia, and psychiatrist Margo Gonzalez—discover that Pentimento holds the key. Nestled in the park''s sprawling architectural masterpieces, picturesque gardeners'' cottages, and lush, rolling landscape, the glorious mansion is actually a giant \"puzzle house,\" filled with ingenious clues hidden in its fireplaces, fountains, and frescoes that lead them from one suspicious locale to another—and, one by one, to the victims of a fiendish killer. As Pentimento gives up its secrets, it becomes clear that no amount of wealth or privilege will keep the residents of Tuxedo Park safe. But just when Eliza unearths one final surprise, she comes face-to-face with a murderer who believes that some puzzles should never be solved.

Galaxies present a unique challenge to town dwellers. Amateur astronomers can''t use narrowband filters to shut out light pollution or use ordinary techniques as they would in dark, open fields. As one can imagine, this discrepancy with light means not everyone who looks up at the night sky is capable of seeing all it has to offer. What a shame! Author Jane Clark, however, has spent two years going down blind alleys trying to get a technique to work to combat the amateur astronomer''s biggest enemy, light pollution. In this book, you will discover the fascinating variety of galaxies: spirals, ellipticals and irregular galaxies, often sculpted by gravity as they encounter one another in the vastness of space. You will also learn how to image them, as well! While the most decent images pick up background galaxies 10-20x as far, each containing billions of stars, that''s just the local universe! This book will help you observe for yourself right in your own backyard, allowing you to get a sense of the sheer vastness of the universe.