Deck the Halls - Softcover

Carol Higgins Clark; Mary Higgins Clark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743415019 ISBN 13: 9780743415019

Publisher: Pocket Books, 2001

Synopsis

Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date :2007-1-1 Pages: 202 Publisher: Oversea Publishing House Three days before Christmas. Alvirah Meehan. the famous lottery winner and amateur detective. meets Regan Reily in a New Jersey dentists office.Regan is there in search of her busy father. who is scheduled for a routine visit.However. it is soon apparent that Luke Reilly is not going to keep his appointment when a call comes through on Regans cell phone telling her that her father and his driver are beingg held for a million-dollar ranson. As Regan and Alvirah desperately try to meet the harsh demands and tough deadline of the kidnappers. the hostages-held captive on a decrepit houseboat terrified.And to make matters worse. a winter storm is gathering. putting therir lives in even greater danger ... About the Author Mary Higgins Clark. Americas Queen of Suspense. has joined forces w...

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About the Author:

Mary Higgins Clark is the author of twenty-two worldwide bestsellers. She lives with her husband, John Conheeney, in Saddle River, New Jersey.

From Publishers Weekly:

On her own, each Clark has written reliably entertaining mystery/thrillers that occasionally exhibit storytelling magic. The authors' first collaborationDwhich also sees a collaboration by their respective publishers, as well as the teaming of two of their best-known sleuthsDis only middling, however, though it will please their many fans. Three days before Christmas, Luke Reilly, who owns a string of funeral homes, and his young female driver, Rosita Gonzalez, are kidnapped for ransom. Luke is the husband of Nora Regan Reilly, a bestselling mystery writer based somewhat on Mary Higgins Clark; both are parents to Regan Reilly, Carol Higgins Clark's series detective (Twanged, etc.). Regan gets on the case at once, but she doesn't make much headway until she pairs up with Alvirah Meegan, the cleaning woman who turned private eye after winning a $40-million lottery in Mary Higgins Clark's Weep No More My Lady. (Here, Regan and Alvirah make each other's acquaintance at a dentist's office.) Meanwhile, Luke and Rosita remain chained on a small boat offshore from New Jersey as their two bumbling kidnappers plan, execute and bobble a ransom run. The boat starts to sink. Will Luke and Rosita drown? There's probably not a reader alive who thinks they will, and it'll surprise no one when Regan and Alvirah trip over clues as big as Christmas trees to save the day. But if the novel generates little suspense, it does go down like roasted chestnuts, and fans will greatly enjoy the pairing of two favorite detectivesDand two popular writersDin a lightweight but amiably lighthearted Christmas ornament of a book. (Nov. 1)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0743415019
• ISBN 13: 9780743415019
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192