A young woman probinginto the mysterious circumstances of her husband's death receives amessage from a medium claiming to be his channel in Mary Higgins Clark's#1 bestselling thriller,Before I Say Good-Bye.When NellMacDermott learns that her husband, architect Adam Cauliff, and threeof his business associates have died in an explosion of his new cabincruiser, she is not only devastated but wracked with guilt. The lasttime she saw Adam, they had a bitter quarrel over her plan to run forthe congressional seat long held by her grandfather; she had told himnot to come home.As the investigation into the boat's explosionproceeds, Nell learns that it was not an accident but a bomb. Despiteher skepticism, Nell is swayed by her great-aunt Gert, a believer inpsychic powers, to see a medium claiming to be Adam's channel.Whiletrying to unravel the threads of Adam's past and his violent end, Nellconsults the medium, who transmits messages to her with instructionsfrom Adam. The story reaches a powerful climax in Nell's final encounterwith the medium, in which she learns the truth about the explosion--atruth she can't be allowed to live to tell.