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A Cry In The Night

A Cry In The Night

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Creepy!
Review: Easily one of the creepiest MHC books I've read. It doesn't use her predictable formula and is lacking a lot of twists and turns, but it is still very riveting, a great and enjoyable read.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Mary has done it again!
Review: Jenny MacPartland is a divorced women who is left alone with her two young children named Beth and Tina. Unfortunately, her ex-husband is no help at all and does not bother to loan some money to Jenny and her kids. Instead he pushes and threatens her to give him some money. The determined Jenny keeps on working extra hours to make more money until she met the man of her dreams...

While working in a New York art gallery she sees an artistic picture of a woman who has a very similar resemblance to her. Coincidentally, she meets the artist of the odd picture and falls in love with him. After 2 weeks of dating Erich Kruegar (the artist) asks Jenny to marry him. Stunned by the question she automatically says yes.

Once both happily married, Jenny and Erich move to a massive Minnesota farm beside a mansion. As the days go by Erich becomes very superstitious due to the fact that he is constantly talking about his mother (who resembles to Jenny) who died 25 years ago. Alas, Erich is always gone to a hidden bungalow in the forest where he is able to concentrate on his art pieces.

The days get lonely and Jenny is left alone to take care of her children. She is forbidden to take the car and is forbidden to talk to other people other than Erich. Jenny had made another marriage mistake. However, she had promised Erich that she would never leave him no matter what. Does she dare break the promise she made?

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Disappointing
Review: If you have never before read a May Higgins Clark novel, I can see raving about this book. However, as a big Mary Higgin Clark fan, I found 'A Cry in the Night' disappointing. Personally, I am used to the books of MHC usually having plots twists and endings that are complete surprises. While this book did have one twist, the ending seemed obvious, and I grew anoyed with Jennie, the novel's protagonist. She was not the typical proactive heroine of a Higgins Clark book, who you cheer on as they unearth the truth.
If this is your first May Higgins Clark book, enjoy- you probably will find it eerie and riveting- but if it's not I wouldn't bother.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Clark's Best!
Review: I enjoy Mary Higgins Clark no matter what she writes but now months after having read Cry in the Night I still get the shivers thinking about the suspenseful story. It is about a woman who believes all her dreams have come true but the truth is she is entering into a nightmare! No need to tell you more...you MUST read this one!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Exciting and Suspenseful Book
Review: I bought this book because it was on my school's summer reading list, so I didn't really expect much... boy, was I wrong! This book is an wonderful combination of mystery, suspense, and romance. Not being able to figure out the murderer until the last few pages, it will keep you on the edge of your seat and never want to put it down. I loved it so much that I went out and bought another book by Mary Higgens Clark. I strongly recomend this book to everyone. My best friend read it and also loved it.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Circumstances are not always what you believe...
Review: Jenny MacPartland is a divorced mother of two who gets swept away by a brilliant artist, Erich Krueger and before she knows it is married and settled into his Montana life. Suddenly, things spiral out of control. Erich is not the man that she thought that he was. Jenny's ex-husband is murdered and she is the accused. Will she figure everything out before it is to late for herself and her childeren?

This book is very suspenseful, a great quality of MHC. It is a little darker than most of her books, but still a thrill!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: AWESOME!!!!!!!
Review: THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE MARY HIGGINS CLARK NOVELS.IT KEEPS YOU ON EDGE UNTIL THE VERY LAST PAGE.JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE IT FIGURED OUT---YOU DON'T? I WOULD OF GIVEN THIS BOOK SIX STARS IF I COULD...JUST A GREAT THRILLER>..

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: How well do you know your husband?
Review: What more could a woman want? A handsome, talented, famous, wealthy man swoops into your lonely and hectic life, where you are doing everything you can to keep your career and your life as a single mother on an even keel, and saves you from the babysitters and the walks home in the snow and the busses and the unforgiving bosses. This man comes into your life, and adores you, and loves your children as if they were his own, and asks you to marry him. Any woman who spent a night as a girl tucked under the covers having fairy tales read to her would hardly be able to believe that maybe, just maybe, fairy tales do come true.

This was, indeed, the case for Jenny MacPartland, single mother of two struggling to make ends meet in New York. Just when things were looking their bleakest, Erich Krueger comes into her life. Handsome and charming, and up-and-coming name in the art world, Erich sweeps Jenny and her small family from their cozy existance in New York and takes them to the vast beauty of his family's home in Montana.

And then, things start going horribly wrong. Jenny starts to realize that maybe she was hasty, marrying this man so quickly. How much does she really know about him? About his past? And can she ever help this man that she loves exorcize the demons that have been following him for years? Or will they, in turn, come to haunt her - and her children - as well?

Mary Higgins Clark once again presents a solid piece of suspense that will leave you checking over your shoulder and making sure all the windows are locked.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: OUTSTANDING. . . . . Thrilled till the very last page
Review: I couldn't believe when I first read Mary Higgins Clark for a school project I would be so drawn into her works. A Cry in the Night is by far one of the best she has ever written. This is one novel, where the reader will not be bored. I couldn't put it down. The characters are so well described, especially Jenny. Kept you wondering till the last minute. The beauty yet mystery of the Minnesota farm was so exquisitly written. Hope the readers will enjoy reading it as much as i have.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Disappointing
Review: I am one of MHC's biggest fans and have read just about every novel she has ever written. This is the only one, however, that I cannot endorse. Jenny, recently divorced to loser husband, Kevin, meets rich and handsome artist, Erich, while working in a NYC art gallery. A product of old money, Erich hails from Minnesota where he also breeds prize cattle on his farm and heads up a successful family business. Erich lures Jenny and her 2 small children from NYC to the wilds of Minnesota farm country after he convinces her (without any arm twisting) to marry him. He turns out to be a 'silent' nut case and the rest of the story drags on and on and on...it is so unbelievably frustrating and unrealistic. However, to MHC's credit, although the plot lacks merit, her descriptive text and dialogue is excellent as usual. This novel was written in 1982 earlier in her writing career. Since then she has written countless dynamite novels. Accolades to MHC for getting better and better as the years go by.


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