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Written with warmth, yet set against a background of menace and thrilling suspense, Silent Night is about courage in the face of adversity, and faith renewed and faith rewarded.It is Mary Higgins Clark's Christmas gift for listeners of all seasons.

Two years after Nina Peterson's brutal murder, her husband, Steve, is still fighting to bring the killer to justice. Their six-year-old son, Neil, remains haunted by the terrible vision of the murderer's hands wrapped around his mother's throat. And Sharon Martin, who has grown to love both Steve and Neil, wishes only to ease their pain and suffering. But as 19-year-old Ronald Thompson sits wrongly convicted on the eve of his execution, a stranger is still watching -- still plotting as he did before, living for the moment when he can kill and kill again....

Ellie Cavanaugh was only seven years old when her 15-year-old sister, Andrea, was murdered near their home in a rural village in New York's Westchester County. There were three suspects: Rob Westerfield, 19-year-old scion of a wealthy, prominent family whom Andrea has been secretly dating; Paul Stroebel, a 16-year-old schoolmate, who had a crush on Andrea, and Will Nebels, a local handyman in his 40s.

When Janice steps off the plane in New York City with her new husband, Mike, she can barely contain her excitement knowing Alexandra is waiting at the gate. It's been nearly a year since Janice saw her glamorous, fashion model older sister, whose busy workload even kept her from attending Janice and Mike's wedding.

This classic noir tale twists and turns down New York's mean streets and around Hamptons' beaches and back roads, during a bitterly cold and gray winter where nothing is as it seems and everyone has something to hide.

Laurie Moran, la célèbre productrice de télévision, fait son grand retour pour enquêter sur un meurtre non résolu : celui d'un couple, perpétré par l'un de leurs fils jumeaux.

In I'll Walk Alone, Alexandra "Zan" Moreland, a gifted, beautiful interior designer on the threshold of a successful Manhattan career, is terrified to discover that somebody is not only using her credit cards and manipulating her financial accounts to bankrupt her and destroy her reputation, but may also be impersonating her in a scheme that may involve the much more brutal crimes of kidnapping and murder.

With a sense of swiftly mounting danger, and with the skill and insight into human nature that have made all Mary Higgins Clark's books major best sellers, Moonlight Becomes You is enthralling suspense.

In Deck the Halls, Regan Reilly, the dynamic young sleuth featured in the novels of Carol Higgins Clark, meets Alvirah Meehan, the famous lottery winner and amateur detective who has appeared in several books by Mary Higgins Clark. Listen to the mother-daughter duo talk about how they collaborated to create this story of high stakes and detection played out against a holiday setting.

In her long career as America's most beloved suspense writer, Mary Higgins Clark's The Lost Years is her most astonishing and dramatic work to date. At its center is a discovery that, if authenticated, may be the most revered document in human history - the holiest of the holy - and certainly the most coveted and valuable object in the world.

Winning the lottery has made Willy and Alvirah Meehan famous. Now that she sports a stylish hairdo and knows how to dress like the wealthy lady she is, Alvirah quite enjoys being a guest on a talk show. But fame has its down side: three ex-cons in the viewing audience choose Willy as a kidnapping target. Unfortunately for the criminals, the Meehans haven't forgotten their old skill: Alvirah can become a cleaning woman at a moment's notice, and Willy still loves plumbing.

Ronald Thompson inväntar döden. Han är dömd för ett brott han påstår att han inte begått - mordet på en ung kvinna. Snart är det dags för honom att kliva upp i den elektriska stolen. Men något håller på att hända. Någonstans i skuggorna väntar en mystisk gestalt på att träda fram. Och gestalten vet saker som kan förändra allt... Mary Higgins Clark är en amerikansk författare. Hon började skriva som väldigt ung. Hennes drygt 50 thrillers har varit bestsellers.

New York Times best-selling authors Mary Higgins Clark and Elizabeth Peters present this delightfully chilling collection of original mystery stories. This audiobook showcases a houseful of top contemporary writers at their very best.

New York Times best-selling author Mary Higgins Clark presents this delightfully chilling collection of original mystery stories. This fitting tribute to the world's most beloved crime writer, Dame Agatha Christie, showcases a house full of top contemporary writers at their very best.

Eine nächtliche Explosion in der Möbelfabrik der Familie Connelly hat einen Millionenschaden angerichtet. Handelt es sich um infamen Versicherungsbetrug? Die Tochter des Eigentümers, Kate Connelly, wird schwer verletzt aus den Trümmern gerettet, ist aber unfähig, eine Aussage zu machen. Da die Firma nachweislich Verluste schrieb, muss Kates Schwester Hannah alles daran setzen, den Ruf der Familie zu retten. Dann wird in den Trümmern der Fabrik die Leiche einer jungen Frau geborgen, die vor über zwanzig Jahren spurlos verschwand. Und als eine weitere Tote auftaucht, ist endgültig klar, dass die Möbelfabrik im Zentrum eines monströsen Verbrechens steht. Doch es gibt nur eine einzige Person, die das schreckliche Geheimnis aufklären könnte, das hinter all den Untaten steckt: die schwer verletzte Kate. Sie ringt mit dem Tod. Und es gibt jemanden, der alles daran setzt, dass sie diesen Kampf verliert.

Lovely young Kay Crandall has come back for the reunion of a high school where she once taught. But Kay cannot guess that the happy occasion is about to turn into a nightmare - as she falls into the hands of a madman who wants to make her into his wife - and his victim. From The Anastasia Syndrome, Mary Higgins Clark's best-selling collection of short fiction, Terror Stalks the Class Reunion is a riveting, unabridged audio production.

In the gripping new novel from America's queen of suspense, a young woman is haunted by two murders that are closely linked - despite the one hundred and ten years that separate them.

Désespérée par l'enlèvement de son petit garçon dans Central Park deux ans plus tôt, Alexandra "Zan" Moreland, belle et talentueuse architecte d'intérieur, découvre avec effroi qu'elle est soupçonnée d'avoir organisé le kidnapping de l'enfant. Traquée par la police et les médias, Zan n'arrive pas à comprendre qui a intérêt à la faire accuser. Malgré la peur, malgré les doutes, la jeune femme, persuadée que son fils est toujours vivant, se lance dans une enquête qui pourrait bien mettre en péril sa vie et celle de ses proches.

Jean Sheridan, a college dean and prominent historian, sets out to her hometown to attend the 20-year reunion of Stonecroft Academy alumni, where she is to be honored along with six other members of her class. There is something uneasy in the air: one woman in the group about to be feted, Alison Kendall, a beautiful, high-powered Hollywood agent, drowned in her pool during an early-morning swim. Alison is the fifth woman in the class whose life has come to a sudden, mysterious end.

Strongly influenced by the gentility and generosity of spirit of the older brother from whom he eventually inherits his beloved Mount Vernon, the young George Washington matures into a devoted and able public servant in both the military and political arenas. Though marked by tragedies and disappointments, his domestic life offers him well-earned solace and satisfaction, especially after his marriage to the young widow, Martha "Patsy" Custis.