Saturday, April 19, 2008

Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark

I liked this Mary Higgins Clark book fairly well. It was a quick read with a few interesting twists and turns. The basic premise is that a boy named Mack who is about to graduate from college disappeared without a trace right before graduation. He had been accepted to a prestigious law school and there was no reason that anyone knew of for him to disappear. Every year on Mother's Day his family receives a phone call from him stating that he's ok, but offering no details as to his whereabouts or reasons for disappearing. Finally, after 20 years of this, during his annual phone call, his younger sister Carolyn blurts out that she's going to track him down. This unleashes a series of events that lead others into danger. At the same time, a young female college student disappears and it appears as though her disappearance, along with a few others from previous years may be tied to Mack or linked to his disappearance. Eventually all is solved and the loose ends are tied up. I did enjoy this book, it's a solid mystery novel, however, I just haven't thought that the last few Mary Higgins Clark novels, lived up to her earlier mysteries. They're still good, they just don't have the same level of suspense of others such as Where are the Children, All Around the Town, and I'll be Seeing You. Maybe I'm just getting harder to scare, but I can remember hardly being able to sleep after reading some of those and this one just kept me interested, not terrified!

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