Let Me Whisper in Your Ear (Mass Market Paperback)

by Mary Jane Clark (Author) "WHEN I THINK of you, I think of death..." (more)
Key Phrases: Gwyneth Gilpatric, Palisades Park, Central Park (more...)

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Amazon.com Review
Laura Walsh, a KEY News reporter, shares a professional background similar to Mary Jane Clark's. Both Clark and the heroine of her new romantic thriller spent time writing obituaries of celebrities who aren't dead yet, a ghoulish job that seems to be a steppingstone to greater responsibility. In Laura's case, it is correspondent for Hourglass, a 60 Minutes type of show whose star, Gwyneth Gilpatric, has taken a very personal interest in her. When Laura pitches a story on the now-defunct Palisades Amusement Park, where the remains of a 12-year-old boy who disappeared from the park over 30 years ago have just been found, she has no idea how close to home her investigation will lead. And when Gwyneth (a Diane Sawyer look-alike) plunges to her death from her terrace during her annual New Year's Eve party, Laura is still in the dark about the star's connection with the park, the missing boy, and her own father, whose ties to that murky past unravel as more killings occur. In fact, Laura's not particularly quick on the uptake, although she's certainly young, attractive, and blow-dried enough to play the-woman-in-danger role in this somewhat tepid story. More interesting by far is her best friend Francheska, whose married lover, a plastic surgeon trying to keep his Parkinson's disease a secret from his patients (particularly Gwyneth), tips Laura off whenever someone rich and famous enough to have an obituary prewritten goes on life support. Francheska's role in the plot is slowly revealed in a not very surprising finale that wraps up everything quite tidily. Not Clark's best effort, this novel will nonetheless please fans of the genre who are more interested in the romance than the thrills. --Jane Adams --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"Mary Jane Clark is one of the most exciting novelists in America today."-- Dan Rather

"A suspense-charged, absorbing tale of treachery, troubled psyches, and flawed relationships that leaps beyond romantic suspense into the heart's darkest realms...Kept me guessing right up until the final jolting betrayal."-- Perri O'Shaughnessy, author of Move to Strike

"Mary Jane Clark has a gift for writing page-turners."-- Mary Higgins Clark
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; 1st edition (July 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312977433
• ISBN-13: 978-0312977436
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #74,412 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars She did again and this time its even better, August 11, 2000

By	"frenchy78" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let Me Whisper in Your Ear (Hardcover)

Oh my God, Mary Jane Clark did it again, and this time its better than before. Her latest novel "Let Me Whisper In Your Ear" is true to its media thriller genre. Mary Jane Clark had me hooked from the first page to the last. She is so good with the whodunit's that she had me guessing all the way to end, and even then I was shocked to find out who it was. Her writing is so clear and easy to read, you get hooked on the characters and you get to know what goes on behind the scenes of the television world. She has got the media world down packed. You have got to get this book its too good not to. Also read her two prior books, "Do You Want To Know A Secret" and "Do You Promise Not to Tell," for more info on them check out her website www.MaryJaneClark.com, that's how I found out about them or just read what the other amazon customers have written about them. I really think she is definitely the Next Big Thing...

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best Mary Jane Clark book yet., October 19, 2000

By	Moe811 (New York USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Let Me Whisper in Your Ear (Hardcover)

The Clark family has a real feel for the suspense novel. This member has set her mysteries around a television network's news division in NYC. Her main character is an up and coming producer of a 60 Minutes-like news program. She is working on a story of the diappearance of a young boy from the old Palisades Amusement Park, not knowing that both she and her superiors at work have ties to the incident. The plot twists and turns are engrossing and I had a hard time putting this one down.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better and Better, August 4, 2001

By A Customer

As someone old enough to have actually visited Palisades Amusement Park, Mary Jane Clark's latest thriller was a wonderful trip down Memory Lane. Even more fascinating is Clark's masterful tale of murder past and present. For those of us who have marveled when TV News anchors can present a whole videography of a famous person's life just minutes after they die, replete with music and voice-over, Clark gives a behind-the-scenes view of "obit" writers and, in Laura Walsh, Whisper's attractive heroine, we get an inkling of what producing such video obituaries can do to someone's self-identity and reputation. Clark also paints a vivid picture of an evening "news magazine" show like "60 Minutes" and all the egos that are at stake with every segment that airs. This is a full-tilt-boogie psychological thriller and, with Let Me Whisper in Your Ear, Mary Jane Clark is getting better and better!