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Pretend You Don't See Her

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Mary Higgins Clark has not failed us with this one. Pretend You Don't See Her is a captavating story that keeps you always wanting to find out what is going to happen next. At the beginning of the story we are introduced to the main character in the story Lacey Farrell. Lacey is a prominent real estate agent in the hustling city of New York. While preparing to sell an apartment in the heart of the city, Lacey witnesses the murder of her client. From their her life was turned upside down. Being forced into the witness protection program Lacey believes she would be safe. But like any good thriller the plot only thickens by her discovery of new evidence that might capture the killer. By staying involved in the case, even though being warned not too, the murderer is close on Lacey tracks to hunt her down and lay to rest anyone who might be able to tie him or her to the murder. Mary Higgins Clark's Pretend You Don't See Her is an exciting book that keeps you wanting to keep turning the page to find out what will happen next. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a good mystery with many twists and turns that keeps the plot interesting.

Pretend You Don't See Her is one of Mary Higgins Clark's best. It starts off with a bang and keeps your adrenalin up through out the entire book. You won't be able to put down this incredibly suspenseful novel. I suggest you read it.

The book is about a woman named Lacey Farrell, a real estate agent. One day, while showing a skyline co-op, Lacey is witness to a murder, and the dying words of the victim. The victim tells Lacey to take her dead daughter's jounal, which Lacey makes a copy for herself, then gives to the police. Lacey is put in the witness protection program and sent to live in Minneapolis. She then discovers that the killer has traced her to Minneapolis. Lacey heads back to New York, determined to find out who's behind the death's of two women, before she herself is killed.

This exciting novel is about a woman named Lacey Farrell, who lives in Manhattan and is a real estate agent. One day she is witness to the murder of Isabelle Waring, whose daughter, Heather, was killed in a car accident. Lacey is placed in the witness protection program, and sent to live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Before Isabelle died, she made Lacey promise to give her daughter's journal to her father, and asked her to read it too. Isabelle was convinced that Heather's death was not an accident. So Lacey takes the journal, gives the original copy to the police, gives a copy to Heather's father, and makes a copy for herself. But then she gets into trouble with the police, because they say that she could be charged with removal of evidence from a crime scene. While Lacey is in Minneapolis, somehow the murderer of Isabelle Waring has managed to track her down. I enjoyed reading this novel, because I liked being kept in suspense and not knowing what would happen next. I recommend this book to people who like to read suspenseful books with unpredictable plots. This novel is so unpredictable, it will keep readers guessing throughout the entire book.

In this suspense tale, Lacey Farrell, a New York realtor, comes face to face with an elderly woman's killer in an apartment she is trying to sell. The woman's daughter recently died in an accident, but she told Lacey she believed it was murder, and gave Lacey the girl's journal to study. The killer now stalks Lacey, who must enter the witness-protection program and begin a new life. Lacey tries to piece together clues about the death of the woman's daughter by reading her cryptic journal.

"Queen of Suspense" Mary Higgins Clark writes about attractive, independent young women who are in peril. I always picture a young Jacqueline Smith playing all of her heroines. This novel is not one of her best. It is full to overflowing with a cast of forgettable characters meant to keep us guessing which one could be the villain. The plot unfolds at a snail's pace and is padded with minute and distracting details that lead nowhere. A new character, introduced in the last chapters, changes the outcome, which feels suddenly rushed and trite. Clark has written many nail-biting thrillers; Pretend You Don't See Her is not among them.

There's something infinitely satisfying about turning the last page of a good mystery novel and sighing in satisfaction. Mary Higgins Clark's PRETEND YOU DON'T SEE HER offers exactly this kind of contentment.

Lacey Farrell has a job she enjoys, selling real estate in her beloved New York City. When the apartment of a singer who had died in a car accident is put on the market, Lacey is glad for the opportunity to sell it. After all, it's in a great part of Manhattan, the asking price is six hundred thousand dollars, and it's sure to earn her a decent commission. She becomes friends with the late singer's mother, and one night as she goes to pay her a visit, she also unwillingly becomes a witness to her murder. Unfortunately, the killer sees Lacey as well, and she's then forced to join the witness protection program, where she struggles to make a new life for herself, constantly watching over her shoulder on the off-chance that the murderer may have finally caught up with her.

PRETEND YOU DON'T SEE HER kept me turning pages well into the night. I finished it quickly, as I found the fast paced writing style enjoyable. The characterization was intriguing. I genuinely liked Lacey, who came across as courageous, caring and altogether realistic. Her genuine feelings for her family and her attraction and unwillingness to lie to a man she met while in the witness protection program made her even more endearing. I found myself wishing that the relationship between her and Tom had been more detailed, but that's what I get for reading a mystery novel rather than a romance!

This was my first experience with one of Mary Higgins Clark's books, and it certainly won't be the last. She's indeed just as talented as her reputation led me to believe, and I look forward to reading more of her work.

Pretend you dont see her by Marry Higgens Clark is about a girl named Lacy Farrell, a Manhattan real estate agent. Lacey befriends an elderly woman, Isabelle Warning, while selling Isabelle's daughter's house, Heather. Heather was killed in a supposed car accident, but Isabelle is determined that it was not. While Lacey is showing the house to a potential buyer, she is a witness to Isabelle's murder. Isabelle had Heather's journal in her hand, signaling that Heather's killer was exposed in it. Lacey copies the journal for Heather's father, as Isabelle instructed, but also made a copy for herself, for she is determined to find out who the killer was. The only problem is Lacey is the only person who can identify Isabelle's killer. Because of the potental of great danger, Lacey is put into the witness protection program. She is sent to Minneapolis, under the name of Alice. While she is there, she meets a radio broadcaster, Tom Lynch. They start to date, but then Lacey breaks it off because she has realized the killer has followed her to Minneapolis. She didn't want to expose him to danger. With the help of the journal, Lacey unravels the mystery of who killed Isabelle and Heather.
Pretend you dnt see her is one of those books that the suspense gets to you. It's like waching a horror movie, you can't stop until the very end. The thing I like most about this book was it was based in Minnesota. It had many places that I had been to, like the International Airport, and Wayzata. I also can really relate to Lacey Farrell. She can't stand being away from her friends and family, and I dont think I could either. She is very courageous after she finds out that the killer has traced her back to Minnesota, and I hope that I can sometimes find the courage that she found within herself. I like Mary HIggens Clark's writing style because it is entertaining, but not confusing. She introduces all of the characters in the book thoroughly, which makes you wonder which one really is the killer. I would definitely recommend this book to everybody who has time to read, because once you start, you won't want to put it down for a second.

"Pretend You Don't See Her" is a typical Mary Higgins Clark novel about a beautiful, well-off young woman from East Coast who suddenly finds herself in a death peril but getting through this ultimately stressful part of her life, she even finds a MR. RIGHT in the process. Clark is easy to read for a non-native speaker like myself and fans of classic ol' stories like those penned by Agatha Christie should like her books, as the plot usually teems with many potential villains. However, the actual killer often hails from a circle close to the heroine (or her family), which at times renders the stories less believable, but more satisfying for mystery lovers.

This time (apart from a story which formally resembles any of Clark's detective novels like an egg resembles another egg), a reader has a chance to find out how such a thing as witness protection program works, in which a person (the heroine, realtor Lacey Farrell from New York) is given a whole new identity from the police in order to be protected from threatening deadly harm.

Despite some false clues Clark deliberately scatters throughout the story, "Pretend You Don't See Her" ranks among her most satisfying detective novels, along with "While My Pretty One Sleeps" and "Remember Me". But my personal favourite by her still remains "A Stranger Is Watching", a tale more psychological than detective, where a murderer is known from the beginning but that does not diminish the suspense. There, Clark got close to the best works of the queen of British psychology-crime fiction, Ruth Rendell.

It feels like Mary Higgins Clark put a lot of herself into Lacey, the main character. She's created a multi-dimensional heroine driven from her beloved Manhattan after witnessing a murder. Lacey is someone I would like and it's easy to get caught up in her fear and frustration.

The side characters provide plenty of suspects as the possible mastermind who hired the hitman. The story deftly slips from Lacey's efforts to figure out why this is all happening and into the thoughts of the hitman as he closes in on her. Additonal dimension is added through the thoughts of her mother, Tom (a romantic prospect), and other key characters. All fit into the puzzle somewhere and the reader struggles to work it out.

This is the best MHC that I've read in recent years. I don't know how I missed it when it came out in 1997 as I try to catch all her books for immediate reading. Pick this up for a good dose of suspense.

Mary Higgins Clark has done it again. In this great novel Lacey Farrell is a rising name in the real estate business. While arranging the sale of a high rise apartment one of her clients is killed. Because Lacey recognizes the murderer she is put in the witness protection plan and forced to change her identity. She moves to the Minneapolis- St. Paul area but when she falls in love with a young radio talk show host she tries to break it off. After all how can she have a relationship with someone when she can't even tell him her real name? Things get more dangerous when the murderer gets closer to Lacey. When Lacey finds out just how close the murderer is she decides to hightail it back to New York. Then Lacey finds someone who can help her solve the murders she finds that the convict is one steep ahead. Her quick thinking buys her enough time for the police to get there and arrest the murderer.

I was 11 and checked this book out from the library getting queer looks from the librarian and my mom! they said oh you'll read that fine when they really didn't think I'd even start reading it. From start to finish it is suspensful about lacey farrel witnessing a murder, placed in the witness protection program and being hunted by a mass murderer. My best friend even grabbed the book from me and started to read it. we both finished it in two weeks and it is I think the best Mary higgens Clark book out there. I haven't yet to see the movie but I want to!