I want to start this review off by telling you that I ADORE Mary Higgins Clark. Now, her books fall into a simple category...
Mystery - Modern - 'Least likely to do it, did it.'
That said, I enjoy her books. I love to figure out who the bad guy is.
Where are you now? however... Well....
Ugh, I disliked how it ended so much, I couldn't wait to move onto my next book.
Why? One simple reason.
At the end, after the MC had been badgered and hounded and damn near stalked, by the police... When we jump to the 'one year later' ending, she's working with them all 'Oh them? They're my friends now.'
I heard that and went 'What the FUCK?'
Sorry but the way they went after her was terrible. Not only that, but when they 'woke her up early' at one point to harass her, the cop was HAPPY about it. As in, he liked that he was being difficult and annoying her and disturbing her already disturbed sleep.
Honestly it pissed me off. They weren't trying to find the killer. No, what they were doing was picking 2 people that 'worked' for them to be the bad guy, and going after them without a care in the world.
I'm trying not to give anything away here, but... Ugh, the ending bugged me. The cops were lousy and normally her books aren't like that. If anything, Ms. Clark shows a great deal of respect for police. But not this time.
Anywho, I'm working to read through most of her books right now. The ones I HAVEN'T read yet. And 90% of the time, I happen to have loved. Starting with 'Around The Town'.
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Old Time Detectives...
:D My heroes!
Lately, instead of watching TV [which I'm behind on anyway], I've been listening to the Podcasts of Old Time Radio Detectives. Why? Because there's something about the hard boiled detectives that makes me grin. And, I adore Mysteries.
What makes them so great? Lets start with where it all began for me...
Nate the Great...
Nate goes around his neighborhood solving crimes with his dog Sludge, thinking over pancakes for both of them and generally instilling a love of mysteries in young kids. With his creepy neighbor and her five black cats named Hex... Annie, who's dog Fang is as big as they are... and other that help or hinder him along the way.
That was my introduction to mysteries. A mixture of Sherlock Holmes and the vintage hard boiled detectives of Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade.
From there, I picked up several other mysteries like Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew and even the Rover Boys. They led me too Agatha Christie, Mary Higgins Clark and a million other authors out there who write a million variations of mysteries.
Several years ago, my Godmother let me take home some Old Time Radio programs to try out. Red Skeleton, Our Miss Brooks, Suspense, Philo Vance, Philip Marlowe, and a few others. Of those, only Philo Vance left me cold. He was too polished to be enjoyable as a detective. Everyone liked him and he was just... :P Not fun. On the flip side, Philip Marlowe was perfect in my eyes. Always working for the greater good, even if it might sometimes work against the law.
As an example, a young kid is pushed into a bad situation where he kills someone. But because of the other circumstances of it all, Marlowe felt the kid didn't deserve to end up in jail. He lets the one who pushed it all to happen take the blame.
On the flip side, if he felt that the young kid was too far gone, he wouldn't approve of covering up the crime.
It was because of this, that I loved what he did. Strong moral conviction was important, along with believing the police were needed when things went bad.
This is why mysteries are my favorite, more so the Hard Boiled Private Dick type stories.
Kristy C
Lately, instead of watching TV [which I'm behind on anyway], I've been listening to the Podcasts of Old Time Radio Detectives. Why? Because there's something about the hard boiled detectives that makes me grin. And, I adore Mysteries.
What makes them so great? Lets start with where it all began for me...
Nate the Great...
Nate goes around his neighborhood solving crimes with his dog Sludge, thinking over pancakes for both of them and generally instilling a love of mysteries in young kids. With his creepy neighbor and her five black cats named Hex... Annie, who's dog Fang is as big as they are... and other that help or hinder him along the way.
That was my introduction to mysteries. A mixture of Sherlock Holmes and the vintage hard boiled detectives of Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade.
From there, I picked up several other mysteries like Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew and even the Rover Boys. They led me too Agatha Christie, Mary Higgins Clark and a million other authors out there who write a million variations of mysteries.
Several years ago, my Godmother let me take home some Old Time Radio programs to try out. Red Skeleton, Our Miss Brooks, Suspense, Philo Vance, Philip Marlowe, and a few others. Of those, only Philo Vance left me cold. He was too polished to be enjoyable as a detective. Everyone liked him and he was just... :P Not fun. On the flip side, Philip Marlowe was perfect in my eyes. Always working for the greater good, even if it might sometimes work against the law.
As an example, a young kid is pushed into a bad situation where he kills someone. But because of the other circumstances of it all, Marlowe felt the kid didn't deserve to end up in jail. He lets the one who pushed it all to happen take the blame.
On the flip side, if he felt that the young kid was too far gone, he wouldn't approve of covering up the crime.
It was because of this, that I loved what he did. Strong moral conviction was important, along with believing the police were needed when things went bad.
This is why mysteries are my favorite, more so the Hard Boiled Private Dick type stories.
Kristy C
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