The Second Time Around, Mary Higgins Clark
The Second Time Around, Mary Higgins Clark
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The Second Time Around

Author: Mary Higgins Clark

Narrator: Jan Maxwell

Abridged: 4 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/15/2003


Synopsis

The Queen of Suspense, Mary Higgins Clark, delivers a gripping tale of deception and tantalizing twists that could have been ripped from today’s headlines.

When Nicholas Spencer, the charismatic head of a company that has developed an anticancer vaccine, disappears without a trace, reporter Marcia “Carley” DeCarlo is assigned the story. Word that Spencer, if alive, has made off with huge sums of money—including the life savings of many employees—doesn’t do much to change Carley’s already low opinion of Spencer’s wife, Lynn, who is also Carley’s stepsister and who everyone believes is involved. But when Lynn’s life is threatened, she asks Carley to help her prove that she wasn’t her husband’s accomplice. As the facts unfold, however, Carley herself becomes the target of a dangerous, sinister group that will stop at nothing to get what they want.

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 Jerry on July 03, 2023

The Queen of Suspense does it again! An exciting story of betrayal, scandal, and murder, this made for a serious page turner! Better yet, the content was kept clean: profanity was kept to a minimum; though there was violence, it wasn't graphic; and, despite some characters engaging in illicit affair......more

Goodreads review by Tessa on May 13, 2021

Marry Higgins Clark este o autoare foarte cunoscuta atat international cat si cititorilor din Romania si nu de putine ori a fost supranumita "Regina suspansului". Eu am mai citit de la ea "Two little girls in blue" care este un thriller despre rapirea unor copii, tematica des adoptata de catre autoa......more

Goodreads review by Tasha on May 14, 2009

The plot is restated every single chapter. It reminded me of how Nancy Drew books explain the details like, Nancy's boyfriend Ned Nickerson and her strawberry blond hair in every single book. Of course that is necessary for a series of novels like Nancy Drew, it’s a little annoying for a single book......more

Goodreads review by Paige on July 29, 2017

Rating: 3/5 Genre: Mystery/Thriller Recommended Age: 13+ (some language. I think these books are meant for an adult audience but I don’t remember there being anything too strong for a younger reader in my listen through of this book) Favorite Quote: “It's funny how, even long after you've accepted the......more

Goodreads review by Kressel on October 25, 2020

I've never read Mary Higgins Clark before, but I once met someone who raved about one of her books, though I can't remember which. I knew this one wasn't it, but it was in my house, so I read it. It was pretty good. I liked the protagonist, who is a journalist covering a story that's forcing her int......more