Since she published her first successful novel, ‘Where Are the Children?’ the Queen of Suspense has sold millions of books…
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All the movie adaptations of Mary Higgins Clark’s novels
The same assailant kidnaps the 11-year-old daughter and girlfriend of a father whose wife had been raped and killed in front of his daughter three years previously. While the authorities work to find the kidnapper, the two, who are being held captive in a bunker beneath Grand Central Station, plan their escape.
When a wedding couple’s political connections and lucrative private eye business suddenly put them in danger, they demonstrate their skill at solving crimes. When a vindictive kidnapper holds their parents captive in order to exact revenge for his brother’s erroneous murder conviction, the two must cooperate in order to find the clues that will spare their parents’ lives—and risk their own.
When Lacey Farrell, a young rising star in Manhattan’s elite and competitive real estate market, witnesses a murder and overhears the victim’s final words, she becomes convinced that her attacker was after a journal kept by her recently deceased daughter Heather up until the day she died in a hit-and-run, which everyone believes to have been a tragic accident.
After being taken captive for two years, an innocent girl experiences numerous personalities, which makes her the prime suspect in the gruesome murder of her English professor.
Lisa Monroe returns to her typically peaceful hometown of Milford after 12 years away to work as a police investigator. Joe O’Conner, a friend from their youth who is now a lieutenant, recruited her. The passing of her grandma Louise Dexter is the first case she handles in her capacity as lead investigator. Despite the autopsy suggesting that the death was unintentional, Lisa discovers evidence that links Jake Mitchell to the crime. Jenny Rand, Lisa’s best friend, was raped and murdered by Jake Mitchell 15 years prior.
When a talk show producer learns that her best friend was killed after responding to an online personal ad, she is forced to confront her own guilt. She starts a perilous dating game against investigator D’Salva’s advice, attracting the killer’s attention.
The kidnapping of Regan Reilly’s father and a young female driver just before the holidays is being looked into by Detective Regan Reilly and cleaning lady-turned-private eye Alvirah Meehan. To save the couple and return them home in time for Christmas, a race is underway.
The day after County Prosecutor Katie De Maio receives medical evaluations from famous gynecologist Dr. Edgar Highley at Westlake Hospital, she receives a request to look into a pregnant woman’s suicide. The suspects take her back to Westlake Hospital as soon as the suicide starts to resemble a murder! Katie worries that a serial killer is on the loose though when the suspects themselves turn into victims.
Sterling Brooks, a ruthless stockbroker, meets his demise in a strange golfing incident. He discovers from an angel on his route to paradise that his less-than-model life on earth did not win him a place in heaven. However, he is given another opportunity to persuade the man upstairs that he is an angel candidate. He is accused of defending Annie Campbell, a single mother, and her young son from mobsters hoping to prevent her from testifying against them in court.
Patricia Collins is called to the morgue one evening to help identify a deceased. She discovers, to her astonishment, that the person on the gurney is a duplicate of herself! She must persuade the insurance company that her missing father, Dr. Burton Collins, is dead while trying to solve this mystery. They contend that he faked his own death to commit financial fraud in the absence of a body. Patricia investigates her father’s affairs in-depth in an effort to clear his name and learns that he was keeping a sinister secret.
Heiress w ith a stunning new spouse and a share of a multimillion dollar winery, Frederica Dumay has everything she could possibly want. Her joy, however, is brief when her business partner’s wife is murdered. Frederica believes there was foul play, but she is unable to determine whether greed, obsession, or both were factors in the murder. Additionally, her ex-boyfriend implies that her seemingly faultless husband may be concealing a sinister secret.
Bill Regan is killed after winning the lotto. Bill’s close friend Nora looks at the final few hours before his death. As she retraces Bill’s steps from the day of his disappearance, the intriguing mystery is filled with plot twists and several suspects.