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Hardcover with dust jacket Book Club Edition Emily and Ted Allbright and their two children live in the suburbs of New York city. Because Ted's job with a chain of resort hotels frequently keeps him away from home, Emily decices to inititat a baby-sitting co-op that will give her time to pursue a writing career. In no time at all, four woman answer her ad: Adrienne is an ex-cover girl who balances both marriage and a career with ease;Carole, a divorcee, has a younger child and a new job;Susan, the wife of and English professor, is the mother of two;and Marylou is a young mother involved in a painful divorce. All of them seem to have lots in common-and they share a common need. But three of them are hiding something, two of them are liars, and one ia a dangerous psychopath who wants Emily's children. Soon someone stalks the children as they play in the woods. Emily finds a threatening letter in her car...and strange phone calls come in the dead of night. Then,one rainy evening, while Em