On the Street Where you Live
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Authors: Mary Higgins Clark
Acclaim for the
Queen of Suspense
MARY HIGGINS CLARK
ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE
“Is a reincarnated serial killer at work in a New Jersey resort town more than a century after he first drew blood? That's the catchy premise that supports Clark's 24th book. . . . This is a plot-driven novel, with Clark's story mechanics at their peak of complexity, clever and tricky.”
âPublishers Weekly
“Like all of Clark's novels, this one is a suspenseful page-turner that will delight her many fans.”
âBooklist
“The cleverly complex plot gallops along at a great clip, the little background details are
au courant,
and the identities of both murderers come as an enjoyable surprise.
ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE
just may be Clark's best in years.”
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Amazon.com
BEFORE I SAY GOOD-BYE
“Mary Higgins Clark knows what she's doing. . . . This savvy author always comes up with something unexpected. . . . A hold-your-breath ending.”
âThe New York Times Book Review
“Romantic suspense has no more reliable champion than Mary Higgins Clark. Her characters are . . . breezy and fun, and so is this confection of a book.”
âPublishers Weekly
“For someone who loves plot, Mary Higgins Clark's
Before I Say Good-Bye
should be like manna from heaven. . . . [The] âQueen of Suspense' clearly knows what her readers want. Here she provides it, in spades.”
âLos Angeles Times
“A smooth and easy read.”
âNew York Post
“The storytelling skills of the newest grandmaster of mystery writing have never been better.”
âThe Hartford Courant
(CT)
“Clark holds the reins the whole way through this tale of mischief and secrets, allowing us to unwind her labyrinth of hidden clues only as she wants them to unfold.”
âThe Christian Science Monitor
“Characters so interesting the reader can identify with them in an instant.”
âLexington Herald-Leader
(KY)
WE'LL MEET AGAIN
“Everyone knows about the monster in the closet and the bogeyman under the bed, but Mary Higgins Clark is shrewd enough to spot another universal fearâthat our doctors are quacks and our hospitals are death mills.”
âThe New York Times Book Review
“The bestselling author returns with a knuckle-biting mystery about murder, suicide, revenge, and other low deeds among the swells of Greenwich, Connecticut.”
âPeople
“Mary Higgins Clark does not traffic in mundane murders. Her victims tend to be dispatched with imagination and dramatic flair. . . . The author may surprise even those who fancy themselves amateur sleuths.”
âMinneapolis
Star-Tribune
“A fast, fun read. . . . You'll be reading late into the night as you have with previous Mary Higgins Clark bestsellers.”
âThe Florida Times-Union
“When it comes to suspense, there's no writer today more capable of keeping the reader completely absorbed than Mary Higgins Clark. She does it again in
We'll Meet Again.”
âAbilene Reporter-News
(TX)
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For my nearest and dearestâ
John Conheeney
âSpouse Extraordinaire
The Clark offspringâ
Marilyn, Warren and Sharon, David, Carol
and
Pat
The Clark grandchildrenâ
Liz, Andrew, Courtney, David, Justin
and
Jerry
The Conheeney childrenâ
John and Debby, Barbara and Glenn, Trish, Nancy
&
David
The Conheeney grandchildrenâ
Robert, Ashley, Lauren, Megan, David, Kelly, Courtney, Johnny
and
Thomas
You're a grand bunch and I love you all.
Once again it is time to say a thousand thanks to everyone who has been so much a part of the journey of this book.
My gratitude is endless to my longtime editor, Michael Korda. It is hard to believe that twenty-six years have passed since we first started putting our heads together with
Where Are the Children?
It is a joy to work with him and for the last ten years his associate, senior editor, Chuck Adams. They are marvelous friends and advisors along the way.
Lisl Cade, my publicist, is truly my right handâencouraging, perceptive, helpful in ways too numerous to mention. Love you, Lisl.
My gratitude continues to my agents Eugene Winick and Sam Pinkus. Truly friends for all seasons.
Associate Director of Copyediting Gypsy da Silva and I have once again shared an exciting journey. Many, many thanks Gypsy.
Thank you also to copyeditor Carol Catt, scanner Michael Mitchell, and proofreader Steve Friedeman for your careful work.
John Kaye, Prosecutor of Monmouth County, has been kind enough to answer this writer's questions
about the role of the prosecutor's office as this book was being written. I am most grateful, and if any way I have misinterpreted, I plead guilty.
Sgt. Steven Marron and Detective Richard Murphy, Ret., NYPD, New York County District Attorney's Office, have continued to advise me on how the real world investigators respond to the situations depicted within these pages. I am so grateful for all the help.
Again and always thanks and blessings to my assistants and friends Agnes Newton and Nadine Petry and reader-in-progress, my sister-in-law, Irene Clark.
Judith Kelman, author and friend, has always responded instantly when I needed a difficult question answered. She is a master at research and a master at friendship. Bless you, Judith.
My daughter, fellow author Carol Higgins Clark, has been in the throes of writing her book as I write mine. This time our paths are parallel but separate but not our ability to communicate the highs and lows of creativity.
I have studied the writings of specialists in the fields of reincarnation and regression and with gratitude acknowledge the contributions I have gleaned from their writing. They are: Robert G. Jarmon, M.D., Ian Stevenson and Karlis Osis.
For Fr. Stephen Fichter, many thanks for a last minute biblical confirmation.
I close with my thanks to my husband, John, and our wonderful combined families, children and grandchildren, who are named in the dedication.
And now my readers, past, present, and future, thank you for selecting this book. I truly hope you enjoy.
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H
E TURNED ONTO THE BOARDWALK
and felt the full impact of the stinging blast from the ocean. Observing the shifting clouds, he decided it wouldn't be surprising if they had a snow flurry later on, even though tomorrow was the first day of spring. It had been a long winter, and everyone said how much they were looking forward to the warm weather ahead. He wasn't.
He enjoyed Spring Lake best once late autumn set in. By then the summer people had closed their houses, not appearing even for weekends.
He was chagrined, though, that with each passing year more and more people were selling their winter homes and settling here permanently. They had decided it was worth the seventy-mile commute into New York so that they could begin and end the day in this quietly beautiful New Jersey seaside community.
Spring Lake, with its Victorian houses that appeared unchanged from the way they had been in the 1890s, was worth the inconvenience of the trip, they explained.
Spring Lake, with the fresh, bracing scent of the ocean always present, revived the soul, they agreed.
Spring Lake, with its two-mile boardwalk, where one could revel in the silvery magnificence of the Atlantic, was a treasure, they pointed out.