Just Take My Heart, Mary Higgins Clark
Just Take My Heart, Mary Higgins Clark
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Just Take My Heart

Author: Mary Higgins Clark

Narrator: Jan Maxwell

Abridged: 4 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/07/2009


Synopsis

The bestselling Queen of Suspense delves into a legal battle over the guilt or innocence of a man accused of murdering his wife, weaving in the mysterious medical phenomenon of a heart transplant recipient inheriting their donor’s traits and memories.

After famous actress Natalie Raines is found in her home, dying from a gunshot wound, police immediately suspect her theatrical agent and jealous soon-to-be ex-husband, Gregg Aldrich. But no charges are brought against him until two years later, when a career criminal suddenly claims Aldrich had tried to hire him to kill her.

The case is a plum assignment for attractive thirty-two-year-old assistant prosecutor Emily Wallace. She spends long hours preparing for the trial, and unaware of a seemingly well-meaning neighbor’s violent past, gives him a key to her home to care for her dog.

The high-profile trial makes headlines, threatening to reveal personal matters about Emily, such as the fact that she had a heart transplant—especially when she experiences eerie sentiments that defy all reason and continue even after the jury decides Gregg Aldrich’s fate.

But little does she know, now her own life is at risk...

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

AudiobooksNow review by Jana on 2009-12-18 14:24:34

The plot was predictable and the manner of telling the story not all that interesting. I was disappointed.

Goodreads review by SoRoLi (Sonja) ♡ on June 16, 2021

Eine berühmte Schauspielerin wird ermordet. Staatsanwältin Emily Wallace leitet das Anklageverfahren gegen den Hauptverdächtigen: den Ehemann der Toten. Sie erkennt nicht, dass es eine unheimliche Verbindung zwischen ihr und der toten Schauspielerin gibt... ** Also, dieses Buch hat mir schon gefallen......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on May 07, 2018

Mary Higgins Clark never disappoints her readers and once again she has written another fast paced novel that will have you turning the pages at great speed. Just Take My Heart is action packed with mystery, crime, suspense and courtroom drama that will keep you guessing till the end. A compelling r......more

Goodreads review by Suzzie on April 03, 2019

Pretty good but had a lot going on and was covering too much for the size of the book. There were some good twists and turns but for the most part just too much going on in this size book. Still a good quick, read. My quick and simple overall: good but a bit too busy.......more

Goodreads review by Amy on June 21, 2009

Okay, so Mary Higgins Clark has been my all-time favorite author practically my whole reading lifetime. I would stay up all night reading her latest book and then re-read all of her old ones. I guess, all of my goodread friends and all your great recommendations for books that I've been reading has......more

Goodreads review by Jenny on January 18, 2018

Just Take My Heart is a book about a correction in law enforcement and the legal profession. Emily Wallace caught her first major case as an assistant prosecutor after coming back to work after having a heart operation. However, the prosecuting of Gregg Aldrich for the murder of his ex-wife was not......more