The second most popular author with adult voters was Mary Higgins Clark. Born and raised in New York, she is of Irish descent. "The Irish are, by nature, storytellers," says Clark, who considers her Irish heritage an important influence on her writing.
Here are some voter comments:
| "She has good mysteries without all the gore. Also she doesn't have a lot of sex scenes or bad language." |
| "The way the author gets into the mind of the murderer is so interesting. It's hard to put her books down. All of her books are so well written, she is a great mystery writer and I'm glad I found her." |
| "She writes very suspenseful and page turning stories that make me want to read." |
| "She writes of true people." |
Links
| Mary Higgins Clark | This site is maintained by her publisher and includes everything from a biography to a quiz on her life and books. |
| An Interview | Here is an interview where Mary Higgins Clark talks about her education, her reading taste, and which of her books she likes best. |
| A collection of links | Here at About.com are biographies, bibliographies, and reviews of Mary Higgins Clark's books. |
| Excerpts from her books | Read a sample from several of Clark's books |
If you like books by Mary Higgins Clark, try these...
Use the links below to access Mid-York's catalog. You can place requests and pick up the books at any Herkimer, Madison, or Oneida County public library.
See Jane Run
by Joy Fielding
With no memory of who she is or where she came from, Jane Whittaker
exists in a vacuum--where all that remains is a stranger who claims
to be her husband, whispered rumors of a dead child, and the premonition
that something horrible is about to happen.
Darkness Falls
by Joyce Anne Schneider
Starting with the death of a pretty teenaged girl, and ending
with, well, can't give the ending away, this novel about a serial
killer grabs you right from the start and doesn't let go.
Blood Music
by Jessie Prichard Hunter
When Zelly Wyche is finally forced to acknowledge the fact that
her husband may be the ""Symphony Slasher""--a
musically oriented serial murderer who preys on young blond women--her
comfortable life is turned into a chaotic quest for survival.
Death Qualified
by Kate Wilhelm
Barbara had given up the law five years before, but she's still
"death qualified," still able to defend clients in Oregon
who face the death penalty if convicted. And now her lawyer father
needs her back in the arena to defend Nell Kendricks, who's been
indicted for the murder of her estranged husband.
Night Sins by
Tami Hoag
A young boy disappears without a trace save for a cruel, taunting
note, and the case goes to an untested but tough-minded investigator
and a local cop, who wonder if it is the work of a returned serial
killer.
After All These Years by
Susan Isaacs
Once again Isaacs proves an expert at rattling skeletons in the
closets of Suburbia--here murder and adultery are skewered with
this author's typically savvy wit.