Lucky Day — Mary Higgins Clark

Bill Regan had a feeling that today was his lucky day. Nora Barton didn't share the feeling. She saw Bill at the newsstand every morning, but today, as she locked eyes with the normally sullen old man, Nora sensed something different -- today, Bill looked like a winner.

Later, when Nora's husband arrives home late and distracted, and Bill is nowhere to be found, Nora follows her sense of foreboding as she begins to trace a bizarre set of events that could lead her to a shocking and horrifying conclusion...