When Day Breaks

by: Mary Jane Clark

Published by: William Morrow

Reviewed by Sharon Broom

Mary Jane Clark works in broadcasting, so she knows the world from inside the media. This experience brings realism to her novels that might not exist if an author is merely doing the research.

Constance Young is leaving KEY for a rival network and a huge paycheck. There are few people (other than her boss, Linus) who will miss the difficult diva. But by going to a rival network, she will create competition that KEY just may not be able to beat. And that’s a potential problem.

But just after Constance bids her fairwell to the network, she is found dead in the swimming pool of her weekend home—and a dog is found dead in the woods. It’s unlikely that Constance, an accomplished swimmer, drowned. And there may be a connection between her death and the dog’s death.

As the media coverage builds to a frenzy and the list of possible murderers grows exponentially, news anchor for KEY, Eliza Blake, producer Annabelle Murphy, cameraman B.J. D’Elia and psychiatrist Dr. Margo Gonazlez join forces to find out who killed Constance Young and why.

When Day Breaks is interesting but it isn’t as thrilling as other novels in the genre are. The plotting seemed to be formulaic and it wasn’t difficult to figure out who ‘did it.’ That criticism given, it was exciting enough to give Clark’s other work a read.

Armchair Interviews says: A good beach read.