Simon & Schuster The Sleeping Beauty Killer (An Under Suspicion Novel)

Bon, j'avoue, on voit la fin arriver à plein nez. :-) Mais ça reste bien écrit. Et le personnage suspecté de meurtre est plus complexe que la plupart des personnages féminins de Mary Higgins Clark qui sont souvent juste des grandes gentilles totalement altruistes. En fil rouge, on suit toujours l'histoire sentimentale torturée de Laurie Moran. Bref, ça se lit très bien.

Es el título que quería pero no el tamaño de los otros de Mary Higgins Clark. Es un centímetro menos por cada lado y no viene con el mismo tipo de tapa con lo que ya no me sirve para poner estantería en la colección. Una pena.

Seit langem habe ich jetzt mal wieder ein Buch von MHC gelesen, in dem 1) nicht ausführlichst auf Kleidung, Wohnstil und Essgewohnheiten der Haupthandelnden, die gerne in der "Society" angesiedelt sind, eingegangen wird, 2) in dem nicht nur alle nett zueinander sind, und in dem 3) der (wirkliche) Täter nicht eigentlich schon von Anfang an so gut wie klar ist. Ich habe richtig viel Spaß gehabt beim Lesen und immer-wieder-Umdenken - der "Showdown" war dann ein bisschen "too much", aber darüber kann man genauso gut hinweg sehen wie über den etwas schwer nachzuvollziehenden Umstand, dass die zu befragenden Zeitzeugen überwiegend dem Drang erliegen, ausgerechnet einer TV-Crew die Nach-Recherche eines alten Kriminalfalles zu überlassen, und dabei noch fleißig mitzuwirken - "Was würden denn sonst die Leute denken?". Hintergrund: nach Entlassung aus dem Gefängnis, in dem sie 15 Jahre wegen Totschlages an ihrem Verlobten verbracht hat, zögert Casey nicht, sofort an ihrer Rehabilitierung zu arbeiten - mithilfe einer TV-Doku-Serie.

The Sleeping Beauty Murder is a typical Mary Higgins Clark book, and I mean that as a compliment. It is a fast, fun, very interesting read. Laurie Moran is an intelligent, extremely likable heroine, who is an excellent mother to her son, a good daughter to her retired policeman father, and an excellent television producer of Under Suspicion, a show which looks at famous unsolved crimes and has an outstanding track record. But she cannot commit to her former program host Alex Buckley yet, although she loves him and he loves her. Casey Carter, who has just been released from prison after serving 15 years for manslaughter for the death of her fiance, a crime she has always denied committing, has come to Laurie, asking her to reopen her case, which the press has dubbed The Sleeping Beauty Murder, calling her Crazy Casey. Although Casey's mother is dead set against it, and her new host, Ryan Nichols is as well, Laurie decides to go ahead with a list of possible killers Casey has provided. Each one, it seems, has a secret to protect. My one problem with the book, and this has happened in several of Mary Higgins Clark's latest books, is that I knew who the killer was early into the book. I read it the way I watched movies like The Sixth Sense and The Usual Suspects the second time, knowing the big twist. The clues were very fair. I look forward to the next Under Suspicion novel and to the new book coming out in April as well. I am disappointed that she has not brought out a Christmas mystery for several years and has not written a book in conjunction with her daughter Carol Higgins Clark as well. Maybe next year.

i could predict the ending halfway through the book but maybe it's because i've read too many of these mystery novels. but still a wonderful read especially who are getting introduced t serious format of this genre.