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Moonlight Becomes You

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What a fabulous, exciting and just-creepy-enough read this is.Maggie Holloway is a successful New York photographer who unexpectedly meets her former stepmother, Nuala after a gap of many years. Maggie agrees to visit Nuala in her Newport home for a short stay but upon her arrival, finds Nuala dead after a vicious beating.Maggie learns that Nuala changed her will in her favour only the day before and also changed her mind about selling her house and going to live in a luxurious retirement establishment.Nuala had left a request that Maggie visit her friend Greta who already lives in this retirement home and, when Greta dies unexpectedly that same evening, begins to feel that something is terribly wrong. Mary Higgins Clark incorporates some strange and slightly macabre touches with sinister props, a local weirdo and the feeling that Maggie should be looking over her shoulder--a lot !!!

This book was the most boring Mary Higgins Clark book I have ever read. I usually love her books and can't put them down, but I found myself struggling to finish this one. I mean, most of the story takes place in a NURSING HOME! Wooo, that's thrilling. I'm normally a huge fan of Clark's, but I have to say that this book disappointed me greatly. To anyone who's never read Clark's books before, I recommend "A Cry in the Night" or "Pretend You Don't See Her" and advise you to skip this one.

Moonlight Becomes You is full of high suspense, spooky highlights and romance. Just what you would expect from the Queen of Suspense.

This is one of Mary Higgins Clark's top thrillers I've read in a while, and I have read almost all of her books.

You will not be disappointed in the twist and turns in this book nor the outcome. In fact, the only time you will be disapointed is when you finish the book.

I am a huge Mary Higgins Clark fan having read seven of her novels and still racking them up. She is often a suspenseful writer and leaves you breathless at the end of her novels. I give this book two stars because it was incredibly boring to me. The action never picked up and I just skipped to the end to see who the murderer was. I gave it a chance but it didn't go anywhere with me. I'm still a huge fan of her work, but this book was the worst one I've read of her collection.

This book was my first introduction to Mary Higgins Clark, and I've got to say I was not impressed.

The plot was good, and I like the way she intermingled the characters, but overall it was TERRIBLE reading. The dialogs between characters were awkward to say the least. It was very frustrating to read their thoughts and conversations because there was no flow at all. For instance, in trying to give us background information on someone's past, she made them give explanations in their thoughts or converstations which was completely unnatural. Also, she rambled on at times about insignificant details which added nothing to the plot or characters. I honestly think she was trying to fill in space to have the right number of pages for her publisher.

I found it hard to finish reading the book, but did so I could see if it got better. It didn't, unfortunately. The only thing going for this book is the plot, which was very well thought out; however, the book was just not well written at all and I feel a waste of time. Guess I will have to stick to Stephen King & John Grishom for my mystery/suspense fixes.

In the Nineteenth Century Victorians feared being buried alive. Some of them had a bell hung over their grave with a string threaded through an air vent in the coffin, so they could ring it if necessary, and they had their graves watched for a week after burial in case the bell rang.

New York photographer Maggie Holloway becomes the target of a serial killer when she discovers a link between the murder of her elderly stepmother and the deaths of several wealthy older women at the Latham Manor retirement center.

While visiting the women's graves, Maggie notices each has a bell buried near the headstone, a macabre gesture by the killer who has an elaborate financial scam underway. As she gets closer to the truth, she unwittingly puts herself in danger of being buried alive.

Reviewed by Vesta Irene

I am a devotee of the mystery genre, but after reading about 5 of MHC's books, I've had it up to here with her formula. Early-30-something beautiful New-York-dwelling successful professional damsel of Irish (always) descent gets into trouble and is rescued by late-30-something handsome dashing New-York-dwelling successful professional white knight of Irish descent, but only after the damsel is almost taken in by the wiles of the bad guy, who is also always another late-30-something handsome (but secretly evil) successful professional of Irish descent. Damsel always indignantly refuses help of the knight until last pivotal moment when he saves her life. Much kissing, cooing, and promises of future protection from evil ensue. That's bad enough, but even worse, in this particular book, there was zero character development as far as why and how Maggie (the damsel) and her White Knight suddenly fell into such burning passionate love. Furthermore, Nuala is found dead, and Maggie's like, "oh bummer, but I'm sure not going to change my vacation over that" and then proceeds to worry most about cleaning out the closets. Hello! Isn't anyone concerned about the killer still being on the loose? What a frustrating read.

This Mary Higgins Clark book is an extremely suspenseful read. I liked this book because of the way Clark decided to let Maggie and Naula meet. It was a wonderful way to start the unpredictable novel. This book is so thrilling that it will have you reading day and night. Taking place in Rhode Island, this book is about Maggie Holloway, a successful fashion photographer. While accompanying Liam Moore, Maggie's good friend, to a Moore-Payne reunion, she is reunited with her once stepmother, Naula Moore. In order to "catch up on things", Naula invites Maggie down from her Massachusetts apartment to come to her home for a week. Upon arriving there, she finds out that a burglar on a random break-in had killed Naula. Desperate to find out whom the murder is; Maggie explores the world of Latham Manor, the wealthy nursing home Naula was supposed to live in, and the cemetery where Naula was buried. This book's ending is so suspenseful; you will be on the edge of your seat, reading until you come to the last page.

My wife convinced me to give her favorite writer a chance since I like a good suspenseful story. I found her pick rather dissappointing. The premise of elderly folks being killed for monetary gain is nothing new in fiction. The fact that it went on so long with no one uncovering the heinous acts ruined the book's believeability. There were no real twists in the story that a reader could not figure out. Also, the heroine is no great catch. She spends a huge part of her time missing obvious clues and growing upset that a certain man she has a romantic interest in (and who is too good for her) can't read her mind. There is a creepy and suspenseful opening to the book that lets you know immediately that the main character is in dire peril, but I'm sad to say that as the story unfolds, and you get to know her better, you find yourself rooting for the heroine's rescuer to show up several minutes too late. I'm sure Mary Higgins Clark is a fine writer, but this book can't be an example of her best work.

This is the second time that I read this book and found it well written and a quick read. Unfortunately, I remembered the identity of the killer halfway through the book but I still enjoyed it. Mary Higgins Clark is an excellant mystery writer and seldom disappoints. It is good enough not to be ready to put into the donation pile.