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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9781416566380
ISBN number: 1416566384
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 304
Printing Date: April 08, 2008
Publishing house: Simon & Schuster
Sale Popularity Level: 642
Studio: Simon & Schuster
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From America's Queen of Suspense comes a gripping tale of a young woman trying to unravel the mystery of a family tragedy -- a quest with terrifying repercussions.
It has been ten years since twenty-one-year-old Charles MacKenzie Jr. ('Mack') went missing. A Columbia University senior, about to graduate and already accepted at Duke University Law School, he walked out of his apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side without a word to his college roommates and has never been seen again. However, he does make one ritual phone call to his mother every year: on Mother's Day. Each time, he assures her he is fine, refuses to answer her frantic questions, then hangs up. Even the death of his father, a corporate lawyer, in the tragedy of 9/11 does not bring him home or break the pattern of his calls.
Mack's sister, Carolyn, is now twenty-six, a law school graduate, and has just finished her clerkship for a civil court judge in Manhattan. She has endured two family tragedies, yet she realizes that she will never be able to have closure and get on with her life until she finds her brother. She resolves to discover what happened to Mack and why he has found it necessary to hide from them. So this year when Mack makes his annual Mother's Day call, Carolyn interrupts to announce her intention to track him down, no matter what it takes. The subsequent morning after Mass, her uncle, Monsignor Devon MacKenzie, receives a scrawled message left in the collection basket: 'Uncle Devon, tell Carolyn she must not look for me.'
Mack's cryptic warning does nothing to deter his sister from taking up the search, despite the angry reaction of her mother, Olivia, and the polite disapproval of Elliott Wallace, Carolyn's honorary uncle, who is clearly in love with Olivia.
Carolyn's pursuit of the truth about Mack's disappearance swiftly plunges her into a world of unexpected danger and unanswered questions. What is the secret that Gus and Lil Kramer, the superintendents of the building in which Mack was living, have to hide? What do Mack's old roommates, the charismatic club owner Nick DeMarco and the cold and wealthy real estate tycoon Bruce Galbraith, know about Mack's disappearance? Is Nick connected to the disappearance of Leesey Andrews, who had last been seen in his trendy club? Can the police possibly believe that Mack is not only alive, but a serial killer, a shadowy predator of young women? Was Mack also guilty of the brutal murder of his drama teacher and the theft of his taped sessions with her?
Carolyn's passionate search for the truth about her brother -- and for her brother himself -- leads her into a deadly confrontation with someone close to her whose secret he cannot allow her to reveal.
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Talk about boring. MHC started boring me with "On The Street Where You Live". I didn't finish that book and I forced myself to finish this one. She use to be one of my favorites, but this is it for me. As mentioned before, there were just too many characters to keep up with. I had to flip back a few times to see if I'd missed a certain characters introduction. There was absolutely nothing compelling about this novel. I'll admit to being surprised over who the killer was, but even that reveal fell kind of flat. I'm so glad I borrowed this from the libary.
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The author says she got the idea for this novel from a true news story about a college student who disappeared without a trace just before graduation.
The missing young man of Clark's novel also seemed to have everything going for him when he disappeared without a trace and for no apparent reason. The family of the young man, Mack, has hoped for 10 years that he is alive. Their hope is fueled by a once-a-year phone call from Mack on Mother's Day. As the novel begins, Mack's mother is overwhelmed with the grief of not only losing her son, but now she has lost her husband on 9/11. Mac's little sister, Carolyn, is a recent law school grad who is determined to find him and see her mother happy again.
Then another student disappears, a young girl who is a neighbor of Carolyn's, and the police believe Mack may be responsible.
As Carolyn investigates, her own life is put in danger.
You'll want to read this book in one sitting, because every time you think you have it all figured out, another character's secret is revealed.
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This is another great Mary Higgins Clark suspense. When you think you have it figured out she throws another curve at you. Excellent book.
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Tell Carolyn she must not look for me! These are the words that kept me turning the pages! MHC has returned to her former throne as one of the "Queens of Mystery". This book was so reminiscent of her earlier work and I thoroughly enjoyed it. A great story with well-developed characters and those wonderful short chapters. I couldn't wait to find out "who done it" from the very first page on. In addition to the cast of characters Ms. Clark gives us a good solid story here. Mack, a thriving college student with a hefty trust fund, suddenly disappears and is missing for almost 10 years. He does however, call home every Mother's Day and leaves a short greeting. His sister Carolyn has finally decided to take the bull by the horns to try and find him after his most recent call. Additionally, a woman by the name of Leesey Andrews recently turns up missing, and lo and behold on Mother's Day she calls home as well. Now, all the more reason for Carolyn to find her brother. It is very believable story and MHC gives us a denouement that is more than satisfying. Thanks Mary, great job!
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Loved the book. It was such that even toward the end I was not certain who was the guilty party.
I like that type of mystery.
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