A Stranger is Watching, Mary Higgins Clark
A Stranger is Watching, Mary Higgins Clark
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A Stranger is Watching

Author: Mary Higgins Clark

Narrator: January LaVoy

Unabridged: 7 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/02/2019


Synopsis

Bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark brings suspense and intrigue to this story of a family beginning to heal from a brutal murder, but the accused man in jail maintains his innocence...and the true killer is waiting for the perfect moment to strike again.

Ronald Thompson knows he never killed Nina Peterson—yet in two days the state of Connecticut will take his life, having found him guilty via due process of law. But Thompson’s death will not stop the pain and anger of Nina’s husband, Steve. Thompson’s death will not still the fears of Nina’s six-year-old son, Neil, witness to his mother’s brutal slaying. Not even the love and friendship of Sharon Martin, a journalist who is slowly becoming a part of their world, will ever erase their bitter memories. Only time, perhaps, will heal their wounds. But in the shadows a stranger waits, a cunning psychopath who has killed before, who has unfinished business at the Peterson home...

About Mary Higgins Clark

Suspense author, Mary Higgins Clark has had 51 novels that have been bestsellers in the United States and many other countries, all of which remain in print through 2015. It was through necessity that her career blossomed, but she had always had writing talent and aspirations.

Clark followed a dream in her early career and took time out to be a(at that time) stewardess for PanAm so she could see the world. Just before beginning her exciting new job.....being paid $5 less per week than her secretarial job.......she met William Clark who was so smitten with her that he proposed that she stay in the job for one year, then marry him at the end of that year. And they did just that. The Clarks had five children, and sadly her husband passed away from an extended bout of heart problems in 1964. Also, very sadly, his mother was at his bedside when he died, and she too passed away that very same night.

So, as stated before, out of necessity, Higgins Clark seriously launched her career of writing 51suspense novels with some being adapted to film. She is known as the "Queen of Suspense", she has the ability to serve as a master plotter to slowly create tension for the reader, while giving the appearance that everyone is guilty. Her books feature strong, independent women characters who are the heroines, who are noted for making sensible decisions. Readers tend to identify with these characters as more ordinary people than most novel heroines. Higgins Carter's novels are for adult readers, but because she does not include explicit sex or violence in them, they are also popular with children as young as twelve. Simon & Schuster have published all of Higgins Clark's novels, signed her to a $64 million , four book contract in 1990, and have funded the Mary Higgins Clark Award given to new authors of suspense novels.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sandra on April 06, 2023

Story about a maniac who kidnaps a pretty journalist (Sharon Martin) and a young boy (Neil Peterson, son of the man Sharon is dating) and hides them in an old, isolated room underneath Grand Central Station. Also, a young man is facing the electric chair for a crime he may not have committed. Are th......more

Goodreads review by jv on December 26, 2022

End of the year re-reading, as I try to catch up on current book-ish tasks. What a nice surprise, I enjoyed this a much this time as when I originally read it, way back when.......more

Goodreads review by Luffy Sempai on October 26, 2016

A Stranger is Watching is a very simple story, but the killer here is not given God like status. He needs to work hard so as to avoid being brought in by the New York police. Eventually bad luck, plus some hard work on behalf of those people on the angels' side, literally catch up with him. I think t......more

Goodreads review by Jim on April 26, 2025

Actual rating is 3.5 stars. This book is a thriller book. It is an early book in this author's long, illustrious career. In this one Steve's wife was murdered years ago and Steve is a proponent of the death penalty. His present love interest is against it. That dreadful night is coming back to haunt......more