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Mary Higgins Clark
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Pages: 4 (Audio CD)
ISBN: 0743564057
Pub: Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub date: 2007-05-21
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 273129
Reader Reviews:
Comes with a quality guarantee! (1/1 people found this helpful)
Librarian Kay Lansing marries Peter Carrington, head of the wealthy Carrington family.
Peter Carrington has been under suspicion for murdering his childhood sweetheart, and as after 22 years her body is discovered on the Carrington estate in Englewod, New Jersey, Peter is charged with her murder.
The fact that Peter Carrington is a sleepwalker, adds an interesting twist to the story, and I got urged to read more about sleepwalking by reading this book.
I'll not reveal more details about the murder investigation - in fact, the investigation of several connected murders - but leave it to the readers.
"The queen of suspense" has a unique talent for intricate plots as well as phsycological insight into the human mind.
As all her books, "I Heard That Song Before" is a real page-turner. I brought it with me on holiday. Thought it would last me a few days but finished it overnight!
Mary Higgins Clark's books come with a quality guarantee. Her fans can always trust her to deliver the best. Enjoy!
I HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE - Mary Higgins Clark (2/3 people found this helpful)
Absolute drivel. Not the MHC of old (her first couple of books.)
The killer is obvious from the start. The motivation too. Terrible characterisation, plot etc. Don't waste you money!
what amazes me is that her editors let this stuff hit the shelves. She sells on her name only.... certainly not her story or characters.
A Compelling Premise That's Fulfilled with Page-Turning Excitement (2/2 people found this helpful)
The fired gardener's daughter marries the billionaire owner of the estate in I Heard That Song Before. It's like taking up the story of Cinderella after the Prince and Cinderella have married.
Unlike Cinderella, this story has some dark elements that overhang the marriage. At age six, Kay Lansing, our Cinderella, overhears a mysterious argument over money between a man and woman at the Carrington estate where her father works. That argument comes to have even greater significance in Kay's future. Kay's husband, Peter Carrington, has also been the prime suspect in the disappearance of neighbor Susan Althorp, a disappearance that happened the same day Kay overheard the argument. Further, Peter's pregnant first wife died mysteriously in the swimming pool.
So is Peter really Prince Charming? That's the primary mystery that the book explores. It's a fun mystery.
What makes this book rise above the average thriller is that Mary Higgins Clark does a masterful job of speeding up developments, events, and pressures on all of the characters just as soon as Kay and Peter return from their honeymoon. The result is peril that radiates out like the ripples from a boulder dropped into a billionaire's pool.
The book is light on character development or I would have rated it higher. But for premise and story development, this is a superb book.
Have fun!
A Compelling Premise That's Fulfilled with Page-Turning Excitement (1/1 people found this helpful)
The fired gardener's daughter marries the billionaire owner of the estate in I Heard That Song Before. It's like taking up the story of Cinderella after the Prince and Cinderella have married.
Unlike Cinderella, this story has some dark elements that overhang the marriage. At age six, Kay Lansing, our Cinderella, overhears a mysterious argument over money between a man and woman at the Carrington estate where her father works. That argument comes to have even greater significance in Kay's future. Kay's husband, Peter Carrington, has also been the prime suspect in the disappearance of neighbor Susan Althorp, a disappearance that happened the same day Kay overheard the argument. Further, Peter's pregnant first wife died mysteriously in the swimming pool.
So is Peter really Prince Charming? That's the primary mystery that the book explores. It's a fun mystery.
What makes this book rise above the average thriller is that Mary Higgins Clark does a masterful job of speeding up developments, events, and pressures on all of the characters just as soon as Kay and Peter return from their honeymoon. The result is peril that radiates out like the ripples from a boulder dropped into a billionaire's pool.
The book is light on character development or I would have rated it higher. But for premise and story development, this is a superb book.
Have fun!
A Compelling Premise That's Fulfilled with Page-Turning Excitement (9/10 people found this helpful)
The fired gardener's daughter marries the billionaire owner of the estate in I Heard That Song Before. It's like taking up the story of Cinderella after the Prince and Cinderella have married.
Unlike Cinderella, this story has some dark elements that overhang the marriage. At age six, Kay Lansing, our Cinderella, overhears a mysterious argument over money between a man and woman at the Carrington estate where her father works. That argument comes to have even greater significance in Kay's future. Kay's husband, Peter Carrington, has also been the prime suspect in the disappearance of neighbor Susan Althorp, a disappearance that happened the same day Kay overheard the argument. Further, Peter's pregnant first wife died mysteriously in the swimming pool.
So is Peter really Prince Charming? That's the primary mystery that the book explores. It's a fun mystery.
What makes this book rise above the average thriller is that Mary Higgins Clark does a masterful job of speeding up developments, events, and pressures on all of the characters just as soon as Kay and Peter return from their honeymoon. The result is peril that radiates out like the ripples from a boulder dropped into a billionaire's pool.
The book is light on character development or I would have rated it higher. But for premise and story development, this is a superb book.
Have fun!
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