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Summary: You Belong to Me: A fast and very entertaining read
Review: Mary Higgins Clark has a talent. From the first page she has captured your interest and the book becomes an instant page-turner. Dr. Susan Chandler of New York City, through her radio show, becomes entangled in the web of a serial killer. Many characters are brought in to the novel including friends, family, investigators, and even some love interests of Susan. The entire mystery is unfolded through the eyes of all of these different people whichs makes for a very interesting read. The killer himself in Mary Higgins Clark books are always one of the characters talked about. The suspense never ends in this novel as you try to put all the clues together. The plot was excellent but the writing style was what really shinned in this book. Every sentence was significant to unsolving the mystery. Clark was able to describe everything in enough detail to make it like a movie in your head while keeping it to the point. If your looking for fast paced, heart racing novel for pure enjoyment, You Belong to Me by Mary Higgins Clark is the way to go!
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Summary: You Belong To Me Review
Review: The book "you Belong To Me" by Mary Higgins Clark, is a suspensful and hair rising novel about a serial killer whose victims are vulnreable women. Psychologist Dr. Susan Chandler uses her call in radio station show, to discuss the issue of women dissapearing and then found dead; proved to be victims of seductive killers. The book is highly recommended for its intense power of keeping you reading. The plot might be similar to other novels but this one is completley unique. "Pamea had closed her hand over the ring, and in one instant a particular change came over her. Her whole body became tense, and the expression on her face was suddenly grave. "Carolyn this ring could have been the cause of your death." she said. "It might still b, whoever gave it to you meant to hurt you". Then as though it were burning in her hand, she dropped the ring in the cofee table. This is only one of the many rising moments in the novel. This book is truly an enternaing novel that will keep you reading and will seriously make you think about real events regarding this issue in real life.
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Summary: You Belong to Me
Review: I'm not the type that usually reads mystery books. In the past I favored fiction and science fiction books. After reading this mystery thriller I have become interested in mystery reading. This book is about a killer who targets lonely women on cruise ships. Dr. Susan Chandler decides to use her daily radio talk show to find out more clues about these strange disappearances of women. Most of these women targeted are lonely and insecure. Dr. Susan Chandler has no idea that she is exposing herself and others around her to the killer who will seek out anyone who is trying to obtain clues of there whereabouts. Dr. Susan Chandler receives a call from a listener who was on the same cruise ship when Regina Clausen was aboard and suddenly disappeared. On her way to meet Dr. Chandler personally she comes to a terrible end that was ruled an accident.
Dr. Susan Chandler finds that she doesn't have much time left. The killer is getting closer.
I recommend this book to people who like mysteries. If you're not a mystery reader like me you should give it a try. This story will grasp you into it and gets you glued to the book.
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Summary: If you haven't read this book, you should!
Review: This book is about a psychologist by the name of Susan Chandler, who has her own call-in radio talk show called "Ask Dr. Susan". While interviewing a psychiatrist named Dr. Donald Richards about his newly written book "Vanishing Women", she brings up the disappearance of a missing woman named Regina Clausen, who vanished while on a luxury cruise ship. An unexpected call-in from a mysterious woman reveals that she may know important information related to the case. As Susan begins investigating, she finds herself hot on the trail of a serial killer who preys on lonely women and she herself becomes one of his targets. I really enjoyed this book! Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. The plot was intriguing, the book was well-written and detailed and the ending was a complete surprise! I would recommend it to anyone!
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Summary: Entertaining but could have been better
Review: This book is vintage Mary Higgins Clark in that it has a fast-moving plotline that makes for effortless reading. What I have trouble with, however, is that the ending seems a bit rushed and that the so-called heroine never had an inklinhg of who the killer was until he came knocking on her door. Also, in trying to set up everyone as a suspect, most of the characters were underdeveloped and the whole book in general less involved than her earlier works. It seems to me that lately, the queen of suspense seems to have found a formula that worked and decided to stick with it. As a result, her previous three novels have been so similar in style and presentation that they were simply, well, forgettable. The fact that I was able to guess accurately who the killer is the moment he was introduced in all three books was another reason why I have stopped buying her books. For those of you who's looking for good/entertaining read, I strongly suggest that you try some of her earlier works such as "A Cry in the Night," "A Cradle Will Fall," and "I'll Be Seeing You." You'll definitely get more out of your money that way.
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Summary: MHC is amazing--one of her best!!!
Review: MHC is an amazing writer--Her ability to create such suspense in each book never ceases to astonish me. I've read every one of her books, and this was one of the best. The ending was a tad predictable, but the plot and premise of this story were excellent. Her best work, I feel, was All Around the Town, but this definitely is right up there.
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Summary: Fast paced and rivoting
Review: Mary Higgins Clark writes a well-crafted novel that succeeds in luring the reader in and keeping them turning those pages. In "You Belong to Me" her highly lucrative formula of alternating chapters focusing on the varying third person perspectives works extremely well to keep the reader from guessing the identity of the murderer until Clark sees fit to reveal it at the very end of her story.
The plot revolves around likeable call-in radio psychologist Susan Chandler who inadvertantly triggers a spree of seemingly unlinked killings when she decides to center a few of her broadcasts on the subject of disappearing women, in particular Regina Clausen, a leading financial analyst who disappeared 4 years earlier without a trace while on a cruise in the Far East. As readers, we get a glimpse into the mind of the murderer as he himself listens to the show and strategizes to keep his overall plan a secret by eliminating people who simply get in his way. We are privy to police investigations, and the ruminations of private eyes and eye witnesses. We walk for a while in the shoes of intended victims and share their horror as the murderer moves along his amoral course without regrets. We uncover facts about Dr Susan, immediately understanding that she is undergoing some personal problems of her own regarding her parent's divorce and her father's subsequent marriage to someone she dislikes; her mother's ensueing depression and her sister's angry betrayals. Most entertaining is guessing which of the three men linked to Dr. Susan personally is our deranged serial killer and what motivation has provoked such a terrible vengenance.
Clark doesn't disappoint, she keeps you interested until the last page. As in her other novels, none of the characters are really developed---there are so many of them---it would be difficult to analyze each of them thoroughly and stay within the 300+ page parameter of the popular novel. Nevertheless, the momentum of the story allows you to overlook the lack of indepth characterization. Indeed the story itself is the strongest character as is the backdrop of New York and its world of traffic, crowds and taxi rides.
Recommended to all lovers of suspense who like a contained story where all loose ends are tied at the climax and denouement in a lovely logical bow.
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Summary: It's great
Review: This was the very first Mary Higgins Clark I ever read and thought it COMPLETELY excellent - the story line is very intriguing. I would recommend it to anyone not yet familiar with Clark's work.
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Summary: Mystery and suspense
Review: When radio psychologist Dr. Susan Chandler interviews the author of a new book about missing women, she recieves a call from a woman who tells her of a like experience she had when she was a passenger on a cruise ship.One woman who went missing from a cruise was well known stock broker, daughter of a prominent New York family. A strange pattern begins to form as it emerges that a number of missing women were each given a turquoise ring by a mysterious suitor. Susan is warned by the police that she could be exposing herself to danger at the hands of s crazed serial killer, but goes right ahead in her search for the truth. Mary Higgins Clark keeps the suspense going right to the end and weaves a tale of mystery with dozens of threads interwaeving until the final pages.One of her best !!
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Summary: A grim reminder
Review: MHC does a wonderful job reminding all of us just how vulnerable we are. Not only are there interesting strangers on the street, but there are also dangerous ones as well! We should be oh-so-careful with the "little things" -- telling personal info over the radio, traveling [obviously] alone, and choosing our company carefully. I know, it is a fictional work, and a very enjoyable one at that. I've read many of her books, and this one ranks right up there at the top!
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