- Hardcover: 384 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Lrg edition (Oct 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743212282
- ISBN-13: 978-0743212281
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 14.2 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,379,203 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A seamless collaboration . . . a thriller that fits right into the Yuletide spirit." -- "San Diego Union-Tribune"
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As New York City prepares for Christmas, Regan Reilly's businessman father is kidnapped, along with the driver of the taxi in which he had been travelling - a Hispanic mother of two.
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Regan Reilly sighed for the hundredth time as she looked down at her mother, Nora, a brand-new patient in Manhattan's Hospital for Special Surgery. Read the first page
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Very Good book. Difficult to put down once you have strated. As usual this author writes a great story full of suspense and twists. Highly recommended to take on holiday and read on the beach
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44 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Add A Star If You Are A Big Mary Higgins Clark Fan
24 Oct 2000
Format:Hardcover
It has become an annual tradition for Mary Higgins Clark to put out a Christmas thriller. They are shorter books than her usual fare and I guess they are marketed as great stocking stuffers. Lately, I have found myself enjoying Clark's books less and less. They have become much too predictable and at best can be described as "lite" thrillers. If this type of book appeals to you, you will enjoy Deck The Halls. Loyal fans of Clark's work will find the usual elements that attract them to her books. For those readers looking for something fresh and exciting, this book is not for you. I have never read any of the books written by her daughter, Carol Higgins Clark(who she cowrote this book with), so I have no point of comparison on her end. I will say that reading Deck The Halls does not inspire to go out and read any of Carol's other work. This is not an awful book, it's just not an interesting one. Any mystery and thriller fan will be able to predict all the action in this book by the time they've reached page fifty. I realize that is actually a positive characteristic for avid Mary Higgins Clark fans. The familiarity of both the plot and characters is attractive to these fans and the formula will produce another New York Times Bestseller. For those who have never read Clark before this is not the place to start. Go back to one of her earlier works when her plots seemed fresh and new. A true Christmas present from Clark would be to write a book as good as those early ones. These books are an annual tradition I could live without.
29 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Interesting Twist Falls Flat
10 Nov 2000
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
As one who looks forward to any new Mary Higgins Clark book, I have to sadly admit that this was a disappointment. Being a lover of mysteries set at Christmas, I was totally captivated by her previous Christmas novella, "All Through The Night." This current one, while starting out on an interesting note (loved having Alvirah connect with Regan Reilly), falls flat quickly due to the lack of suspense. Is there any reader who does not know from early into the book how this is going to turn out? The suspense is virtually non-existent. Also, Mary has gone to the kidnapping at Christmas plot once too often. It worked so well in "All Through the Night" because the reader was caught up in the suspense of the helpless infant being the victim. It's hard to muster the same level of concern for two adults who seem far wiser than their inept kidnappers. I've read all of MHC's books and this one goes on the bottom of my list when ranking favorites. But I hope she does another Christmas one in 2001; just want her to be more imaginative and suspenseful.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
A Moment Away From Holiday Madness
23 Nov 2000
Format:Hardcover
If you are looking for a moment away from Holiday Madness, this book does its job. The characters are fun and a bit too surreal to be taken seriously, or to worry over, but The Clark Ladies still give a good read.
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