Silent Night, Mary Higgins Clark
Silent Night, Mary Higgins Clark
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Silent Night

Author: Mary Higgins Clark

Narrator: Jennifer Beals

Abridged: 2 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2008


Synopsis

Mary Higgins Clark, the "Queen of Suspense," has crafted a very special holiday story about a child's courage in the face of danger, and the power of love. Charged with menace and thrilling suspense, it is the #1 New York Times bestselling author's gift to readers for all seasons.

When Catherine Dornan's husband, Tom, is diagnosed with leukemia, she and their two young sons travel with him to New York during the holiday season for a lifesaving operation. On Christmas Eve, hoping to lift the boys' spirits, Catherine takes them to see Rockefeller Center's famous Christmas tree; while there, seven-year-old Brian notices a woman taking his mother's wallet. A St. Christopher medal tucked inside the wallet saved his grandfather's life in World War II, and Brian believes with all his heart that it will protect his father now. Impulsively, Brian follows the thief into the subway, and the most dangerous adventure of his young life begins...

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 Mansuriah on October 29, 2023

I loved the novel. It was absolutely prefect. Although this is a short read, but packs in action and suspense onto each and every page. It keeps you on the edge of your seat through the whole book. Mary Higgins Clark just has a way of keeping you into the novel until you finish her suspense filled b......more

Goodreads review by Mario on January 01, 2016

2.5 My first read book in 2016. And not a very good one, if I may add. Silent Night is a story about a family whose son gets kidnapped on Christmas eve, written by one and only Mary Higgins Clark aka 'Queen of Suspense'. First thing I want to say is that I have no idea how she got the name 'Queen of S......more

Goodreads review by Anthems on January 31, 2021

Lo empecé por empezarlo y al final lo he leído por leerlo; terminándolo por su brevedad. Libro con poco cuerpo, anodino en todo. Al día siguiente ya no te acuerdas ni de su existencia. No me ha aportado nada. Intrascendente. No obstante probaré con otro libro de la autora, quizás con alguna de sus ob......more

Goodreads review by Brendon on December 29, 2023

I've had this sitting on the shelf for a while having picked it up at a thrift store hoping it will be a good read around the festive season. Mary Higgins Clark is a household name for mystery and suspense but this is the first of her work I have read. We follow Catherine and her two young sons Bria......more

Goodreads review by Pam on December 15, 2020

AUTHOR Clark, Mary Higgins TITLE S ilent Night DATE READ 12/13/20 RATING 4/B FIRST SENTENCE It was Christmas Eve in New York City. GENRE/ PUB DATE/FORMAT/LENGTH Fiction/1995/library/154 pgs SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA CHALLENGE Good Reads 2020 Reading Goal/188/120 GROUP READ GR Mystery TIME/PLACE 1994/NY CHAR......more