Bøger af Mary Higgins Clark

Leila, en feteret skuespiller, er styrtet ned fra terrassen i sin taglejlighed på Manhatten. Hendes søster, Elizabeth, er knuget af sorg over sin søsters død, og hun er overbevist om, at Leila blev myrdet.Elizabeth vil afsløre sandheden om Leilas død, men opgaven er for farlig, og nogen vil gøre alt for, at sandheden ikke kommer frem. Snart er Elizabeth selv forfulgt, og der er noget hun skal have bevist, mens hun endnu har det i frisk erindring ...Mary Higgins Clark (f. 1927) er en amerikansk forfatter til over et halvt hundrede romaner. Hun er primært kendt for sine spændingsromaner, hvoraf langt de fleste har tilbragt befundet sig på bestsellerlister rundt omkring i verden. Clark begyndte allerede at skrive i en tidlig alder og udgav blandt andet noveller og andre skriveopgaver for at bidrage til husholdningen. Hendes debut, "Aspire to Heavens", solgte ikke særligt godt, og det var blandt andet denne oplevelse, der fik Mary Higgins Clark til at slå ind på den genre, som hun siden er blevet verdensberømt for: spændingsromanen.

Billy Campbell er en dygtig sanger. Så dygtig, at han jævnligt optræder med sin karismatiske mor, Nor – og folk elsker dem. Da brødrene Eddie og Junior Badgett hyrer parret til en fest, er Billy dog en smule betænkelig ved situationen, for der går rygter om, at Badgett-brødrene er involveret i mafiaens lyssky affærer. Og det skal vise sig, at Billys bange anelser bliver til virkelighed.Da han og hans mor er færdige med deres optræden, overhører de ved et tilfælde, hvordan Eddie og Junior grinende planlægger en hævn over en uheldig skyldner, der har bedt om udsættelse på afbetalingen af sit lån. Billy og Nor forsvinder ubemærket – tror de – og kontakter politiet i håb om, at Badgett-brødrenes plan kan forpurres. FBI sættes på sagen, og Badgett-brødrene sender deres blodhunde efter Billy og Nor, som nu er nødt til at gå under jorden.Imens sidder Billys syvårige datter Marissa og savner sin far, da hjælpen kommer fra uventet side.idden /title /head body center h1 403 Forbidden /h1 /center /body /htmlMary Higgins Clark (f.1927) er amerikansk spændings- og gyserforfatter. Hun debuterede i 1975 med spændingsromanen "Hvor er børnene?" og har siden skrevet flere end 50 internationale bestsellers, hvoraf mange er blevet filmatiseret.

It's a minor accident that brings prosecutor Kerry McGrath to the plastic surgeon's office with her beloved daughter, Robin. But even as the doctor assures Kerry that her daughter's scars will heal, she spies a familiar-looking beautiful woman in the waiting room and is seized by an overpowering sense of deja vu. When, on a return visit, she sees the same haunting face -- on another woman -- she has an intense flash of recognition: it's the face of Suzanne Reardon, the "e;Sweetheart Murder"e; victim, killed more than ten years ago! The case resulted in a guilty verdict and life sentence for Suzanne's husband, Skip. But for what possible reason would Dr. Smith be giving his patients the face of a dead woman? As Kerry immerses herself in a fresh investigation, she is catapulted into the strange and ominous territory of those so obsessed with beauty they'll kill for it. Each new piece of evidence she unearths reveals a disturbing cache of questions. Not only does everyone involved want to keep the case closed, it's clear somebody will stop at nothing to keep it sealed forever. As she delves deeper she finds she's wrestling with a force so sinister that her own life -- and her daughter's -- is threatened with increasing peril.... Interweaving fascinating characters with deeply daring, staggeringly unpredictable plot twists, Mary Higgins Clark reminds us that she is, indeed, America's Queen of Suspense.

Det er 10 år siden, at Charles Mack MacKenzie Jr. forsvandt sporløst fra den lejlighed på Manhattan, han delte med to medstuderende ved Columbia Universitet. Alligevel ringer Mack hjem til sin mor hvert år på mors dag for at lade hende vide, at han har det godt. Men han nægter at svare på hendes ængstelige spørgsmål, og ikke engang terrorangrebet den 11. september, hvor Macks far omkommer, får ham til at ændre sit mønster. Nu beslutter Macks søster Carolyn, at hun vil finde sin bror. Det er dog ikke en beslutning, der falder i god jord, og hendes jagt fører hende hurtigt på direkte koalitionskurs med en, der vil gøre alt for at forhindre, at hun opdager sandheden.

På vej til forretningsmøde i Puerto Rico styrter Nicholas Spencers fly ned. Han er den karismatiske leder af medicinalvirksomheden Gen-stone, der arbejder på at finde en vaccine mod kræft. Da det ikke lykkes at finde Spencer eller liget af ham, giver hans forsvinden næring til rygter om, at han har været skyldig i massiv svindel med firmaets penge, og at de mange års cancerforskning er ubrugelig. Vrede aktionærer vil have oprejsning og beskylder hans kone, Lynn, for at være medskyldig.Journalisten Carley DeCarlo bliver sat til at dække historien. Hun er Lynns stedsøster, men de to er bestemt ikke hinandens bedste veninder. Dog indvilliger Carley i at efterforske sagen nærmere, da Lynn med nød og næppe overlever en mordbrand og indtrængende beder om hjælp fra sin sygeseng på hospitalet. I jagten på sandheden om Nicholas Spencer støder Carley på foruroligende afsløringer, og snart modtager hun selv dødstrusler ...Mary Higgins Clark (f. 1927) er amerikansk kriminalromanforfatter. Hun debuterede i 1975 med spændingsromanen "Where Are the Children?" og har siden skrevet flere end 50 internationale bestsellers.

Sladrebladsjournalisten Ethel Lambston findes myrdet. Hun var elsket af få og frygtet af mange, og lige inden sin død nåede hun at fortælle omverden, at hun ville afsløre en række yderst pinlige skandaler inden for New Yorks modeverden. Nerve Kearney, datter af byens tidligere politidirektør, drages ind i efterforskningen af sagen. Det viser sig, at mindst tre mænd har haft god grund til at ønske Ethel Lambston død: Hendes eksmand, der er på fallittens rand på grund af det underholdsbidrag, han er dømt til at betale Ethel på livstid, hendes nevø, der er enearving, og modekongen, hvis forbindelse med mafiaen ikke tåler dagens lys. Neeves far og hendes gode ven, Jack, bryder sig ikke om, at hun bliver involveret i efterforskningen af mordet, som desuden bringer minder frem om det uopklarede mord på Neeves mor, og snart er hun fanget i et mareridt ... en uhyggelig labyrint af ambitioner og grådighed, der kan være dødbringende for Neeve.Mary Higgins Clark (f. 1927) er amerikansk kriminalromanforfatter. Hun debuterede i 1975 med spændingsromanen "Where Are the Children?" og har siden skrevet flere end 50 internationale bestsellers.

Den unge advokat Emily Graham er ivrig for at flytte efter en beskidt skilsmisse og køber derfor sin oldemors barndomshjem i Spring Lake, New Jersey. Da renoveringen af huset begynder, bliver der gjort et makabert fund i baghaven – resterne af en ung kvinde, Martha, som forsvandt for fire år siden. Men mystikken breder sig, da der ved siden af også er knogler fra en pige, der forsvandt tilbage i 1892.Kan der være tale om, at nogen kopierer mord, der er begået for over hundrede år siden? Emily graver i familiens historie og deltager i opklaringsarbejdet, og det viser sig snart, at en koldblodig morder er løs, og at Emily er det næste offer ...Mary Higgins Clark (f. 1927) er amerikansk kriminalromanforfatter. Hun debuterede i 1975 med spændingsromanen "Where Are the Children?" og har siden skrevet flere end 50 internationale bestsellers.

Fans of Mary Higgins Clark's gripping mystery novels won't be disappointed with this riveting tale of conspiracy and murder. While interned at Westlake hospital for a minor injury, county prosecutor Katie DeMaio witnesses a man load a woman's body into the trunk of a car. Could it have been a pill-induced hallucination, or a real criminal act? Can she find out in time before it is her turn for surgery?

La abogada Emily Graham se ha comprado una casa. No una casa cualquiera, sino una casa antigua que pertenecio a sus antepasados, los cuales la vendieron en 1892 cuando Madeleine, la heredera, desaparecio.Con su compra, Emily no pretende simplemente rendir un homenaje a sus raices; tambien busca un poco de paz despues de un divorcio particularmente doloroso, asi como algo de olvido ante el acoso al que la somete un indeseable.Pero lo que prometia ser un oasis comienza a convertirse en una pesadilla: cuando realiza excavaciones para hacer una piscina aparece un cadaver de mujer, un cadaver reciente, pero que lleva el anillo de la desaparecida Madeleine.Y Emily intuye que ella puede ser la siguiente victima "

In this #1 bestselling thriller from the Queen of Suspense, a young woman probing into the mysterious circumstances of her husband’s death receives a message from a medium claiming to be his channel.When Nell MacDermott learns that her husband, architect Adam Cauliff, and three of his business associates have died in an explosion of his new cabin cruiser, she is not only devastated but wracked with guilt. The last time she saw Adam, they had a bitter quarrel over her plan to run for the congressional seat long held by her grandfather; she had told him not to come home. As the investigation into the boat’s explosion proceeds, Nell learns that it was not an accident but a bomb. Despite her skepticism, Nell is swayed by her great-aunt Gert, a believer in psychic powers, to see a medium claiming to be Adam’s channel. While trying to unravel the threads of Adam’s past and his violent end, Nell consults the medium, who transmits messages to her with instructions from Adam. Before I Say Goodbye reaches a powerful climax in Nell’s final encounter with the medium, in which she learns the truth about the explosion—a truth she can’t be allowed to live and tell.

In the latest thrilling entry of the bestselling Under Suspicion series by Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke, television producer Laurie Moran investigates the unsolved murder of a beloved couple celebrating the college graduations of their successful twin sons.The two identical brothers seemed perfect in every way—handsome, intelligent, popular—until a shocking summer night when one brother killed his parents in cold blood while the other brother had an iron-clad alibi. But which twin was where during the murders? And is it possible the two of them planned the perfect crime together? Years later, the twins are long estranged, each of them claiming to be convinced that the other is responsible for the death of their parents. Married now with children of their own, they may finally be ready to clear one name at the expense of the other and turn to Laurie Moran and her team to reinvestigate their parents’ murder. But as the Under Suspicion crew gets closer to the truth, the danger that was assumed to be left in the past finds its way into the present. Featuring chilling suspense, a cast of characters whom loyal readers have come to love, and a final jaw-dropping twist, It Had to Be You is not to be missed.

It's been 22 years since Ellie Cavanaugh's testimony against 19-year-old Rob Westerfield convicted him of the murder of her sister. Now, Rob is up for parole. Ellie returns home to write a book, But she soon uncovers horrifying facts about her sister's murder.

In the latest entry in the Under Suspicion series by Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke, television producer Laurie Moran investigates the unsolved murder of a beloved couple celebrating the college graduations of their successful twin sons.

New York's trendy magazines are a source of peril when a killer enacts a bizarre dance of death, using the personal ads to lure his victims. And if the killer has his way, decorator Darcy Scott will be his next "date." "Full of characters like people we know, in situations that suddenly, grippingly, get turned inside out."--Cosmopolitan.

Intrigue abound in the Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark's Stillwatch, as a young journalist uncovers secrets from the past that could destroy her. I told you not to come... Slipped under the door of her Georgetown home, the note was an ominous reminder of Pat Traymore's past. The beautiful young television journalist had come to glamorous, high-powered Washington to produce a TV series. Her subject: Senator Abigail Jennings, slated for nomination as the first woman vice president of the United States. With the help of an old flame, Congressman Sam Kingsley, Pat delves into Abigail's life, only to turn up horrifying facts that threaten to destroy senator's reputation and her career. Worse still, sinister connections to Pat's own childhood and the nightmare secrets hidden within are surfacing--secrets waiting to destroy her.

In the gripping novel from the Queen of Suspense, a woman is haunted by two grisly murders separated by more than a century, yet somehow inextricably linked...Following a nasty divorce and the trauma of being stalked, criminal defense attorney Emily Graham leaves Albany to work in Manhattan. Craving roots, she buys her ancestral home, a Victorian house in the seaside resort town of Spring Lake, New Jersey. Her family sold the house in 1892, after one of Emily’s forebears, Madeline Shapley, then a young girl, disappeared. As the house is renovated and a pool dug, a skeleton is found and identified as Martha Lawrence, a young Spring Lake woman who vanished several years ago. Within her hand is the finger bone of another woman, with a ring—a Shapley family heirloom—still on it. Determined to find the connection between the two murders, Emily becomes a threat to a seductive killer...who chooses her as the next victim.

"A lawyer turned successful podcaster, Melissa has recently married a man whose first wife died tragically, leaving him and their young daughter, Riley, behind. While Melissa and her brother, Mike, help their mom, Nancy, relocate from Cape Cod to the equally idyllic Hamptons, Melissa's new stepdaughter goes missing. Drawing on the experience of their own abduction, Melissa and Mike race to find Riley to save her from the trauma they still struggle with--or worse."--Provided by publisher.

"In the latest entry in the Under Suspicion series by Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke, television producer Laurie Moran investigates the unsolved murder of a beloved couple celebrating the college graduations of their successful twin sons"--

At a party in Manhattan, Maggie Holloway--one of the fashion world's most successful photographers--is thrilled to be reunited with her beloved former stepmother. A widow now, Nuala Moore is equally delighted to see her long-lost stepdaughter, and invites Maggie to spend a few weeks at her home in Newport, Rhode Island. But when Maggie arrives, she finds Nuala murdered.

As prosecutor Kerry McGrath immerses herself in a fresh investigation, she is catapulted into the strange and ominous territory of those so obsessed with beauty they'll kill for it. Each new piece of evidence reveals a disturbing cache if questions. Not only does everyone involved want to keep the case closed, it's clear somebody will stop at nothing to keep in sealed forever. (Pyschological/Suspense)

The legacy of the “Queen of Suspense” continues with the highly anticipated follow-up to Mary Higgins Clark’s iconic novel Where Are the Children?, featuring the children of Nancy Harmon, facing peril once again as adults.Of the fifty-six bestsellers the “Queen of Suspense” Mary Higgins Clark published in her lifetime, Where Are the Children? was her biggest, selling millions of copies and forever transforming the genre of suspense fiction. In that story, a young California mother named Nancy Harmon was convicted of murdering her two children. Though released on a technicality, she was abandoned by her husband and became such a pariah in the media that she was forced to move across the country to Cape Cod, change her identity and appearance, and start a new life. Years later her two children from a second marriage, Mike and Melissa, would go missing, and Nancy yet again became the prime suspect—but this time, Nancy was able to confront the secrets buried in her past and rescue her kids from a dangerous predator. Now, more than four decades since readers first met Nancy and her children, comes the thrilling sequel to the groundbreaking book that set the stage for future generations of psychological suspense novels. A lawyer turned successful podcaster, Melissa has recently married a man whose first wife died tragically, leaving him and their young daughter, Riley, behind. While Melissa and her brother, Mike, help their mom, Nancy, relocate from Cape Cod to the equally idyllic Hamptons, Melissa’s new stepdaughter goes missing. Drawing on the experience of their own abduction, Melissa and Mike race to find Riley to save her from the trauma they still struggle with—or worse. Just like the original, Where Are the Children Now? keeps you guessing and holding your breath until the very last page.

In this breathtaking new novel from the reigning diva of suspense, a psychopathic killer stalks lonely women aboard cruise ships -- giving grisly new significance to the lyrics of an old sweet song...When psychologist Dr. Susan Chandler uses her call-in radio show to explore the issue of lonesome women who disappear and are later found to have been victims of seductive killers, she has no way of knowing she is exposing herself -- and those closest to her -- to the very horror she is warning others against.After a listener calls in offering information about the mysterious disappearance from a luxury ocean liner of wealthy investment advisor Regina Clausen, the caller meets with a terrible accident. Or so say the police. As Susan begins to investigate, she quickly finds herself in a race against time -- and an assassin who targets not only vulnerable women, but anyone who might offer clues to his identity. Inching closer to the truth, Susan makes shocking dual discoveries: that the killer may be an important figure in her own life, and that she herself is marked for murder. As unpredictable as it is daring, YOU BELONG TO ME delivers a series of electrifying jolts as Mary Higgins Clark makes yet another brilliant entry in the annals of classic suspense.

After Manhattan real estate agent Lacey Farrell is witness to the dying words of a murder victim. The dying woman is convinced that the killer was after her daughter's journals. Lacey gives the journal to the police after making a copy for herself--an impulse that later proves nearly fatal. Placed under the witness protection program, Lacey's life changes and she meets a man. Unable to live with the facade, she breaks it off just as the killer traces her down. Lacey heads back to Manhattan, determined to uncover who's behind the murder--before she's the next victim.

"Nancy Harmon long ago fled the heartbreak of her first marriage, the macabre deaths of her two little children, and the shocking charges against her. She changed her name, dyed her hair, and left California for the wind-swept peace of Cape Cod. Now remarried, she has two more beloved children and the terrible pain has begun to heal--until the morning when she looks in the backyard for her little boy and girl and finds only one red mitten. She knows that the nightmare is beginning again ..."--

"Television producer Laurie Moran and her fiancâe, Alex Buckley, the former host of her investigative television show Under Suspicion, are just days away from their midsummer wedding when Alex's seven-year-old nephew, Johnny, vanishes from the beach. Witnesses recall Johnny playing in the water and collecting shells near an ice cream shack, but when his new sitter turned her head, he had vanished. As the sun sets, Johnny's skim board washes up on shore, and everyone realizes that he could be anywhere, even in the ocean. Could the abduction be related to the wedding? Was Laurie's ten-year-old son, Timmy, the intended target? Or was Johnny abducted by a stranger? Laurie and Alex, along with Johnny's parents and Leo Farley, Laurie's father and a retired NYPD detective, are determined to track down every lead." -- Page [4] cover.

"When investigative journalist Gina Kane receives an email from a 'CRyan' describing her 'terrible experience' while working at REL, a high-profile television news network, including the comment 'and I'm not the only one, ' Gina knows she has to pursue the story. But when Ryan goes silent, Gina is shocked to discover the young woman has died tragically in a jet ski accident while on holiday. Meanwhile, REL counsel Michael Carter finds himself in a tricky spot. Several female employees have come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct. Carter approaches the CEO, offering to persuade the victims to accept settlements in exchange for their silence. It's a risky endeavor, but it could well make him rich. As more allegations emerge and the company's IPO draws near, Carter's attempts to keep the story from making headlines are matched only by Gina Kane's determination to uncover the truth. Was Ryan's death truly an accident? And when another accuser turns up dead, Gina realizes someone--or some people--will go to depraved lengths to keep the story from seeing the light"--