A Cry in the Night

Book Details

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Author(s):

Mary Higgins Clark

First Pub:

1982

Genre(s):

Mystery; Suspense

First Read:

1988

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Subject(s):

Adaptations
Detective and mystery stories, American

Chapters:

See 2

Prologue

39 Chapters

Internal ID:

1312

Series:

No series

Copyright:

Dedication:

In happy memory of
my parents and brothers,
Luke, Nora, Joseph and John Higgins,
who did, indeed, give joy to my youth

First Sentence:

Jenny began looking for the cabin at dawn.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

The joyful awareness that like the earth she too was ready for a new season, a new beginning.

Comments:

No comments on file

Extract not on file

Added: 30-Jun-2006

Last Updated: 14-Mar-2023

01-Oct-1983

Dell Publishing Company

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Oct-1983

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$4.50

Pages*:

317

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 1 Jul 1988 - 1 Jul 1988

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

1375

Publisher:

Dell Publishing Company

ISBN:

0-440-11065-3

ISBN-13:

978-0-440-11065-1

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

"UNRELENTING... THE BEST NEW SUSPENSE NOVEL THAT I HAVE READ IN A DECADE.... A RELENTLESS SENSE OF IMPENDING DOOM GRASPS THE READER BY THE THROAT."
- Bestsellers

IT WAS THE SORT OF THING THAT HAPPENED ONLY IN FAIRY TALES....

One day she was simply Jenny MacPartland - young, charming, divorced, working in a New York art gallery, struggling to support her two little girls - the next, she was a princess, lavishly courted by a handsome artist whose exquisitly peaceful landscapes were making him famous virtually overnight. Within a month, Jenny was married ro Erich Krueger. She had found her prince, the man she could truly love.

UNTIL IT BECAME THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARE

Suddenly weathy, adored, warmly cared for, Jenny knew she'd grow to love living on Erish's Minnesota farm. Until the lonely days and eerie nights strained her nerves to the breaking point... until bizarre incidents led her to doubt her own sanity... until a chain of events revealed the link to a past more terrifying than she dared imagine - a past that threatened her marriage, her children, her life.

"GRIPPING... A STORY TO BE DEVOURED AT A SINGLE SITTING."
- Daily News

"A STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT... COULD BECOME A SUSPENSE CLASSIC."
- Associated Press

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

October 1983
Eleventh printing based on the number line
Canada: $5.95

Read this book while house sitting in '88 after finishing A Stranger is Watching.

01-Oct-1983
Dell Publishing Company
Mass Market Paperback

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Author(s)

Mary Higgins Clark
Birth: 24 Dec 1927 Bronx, New York, USA
Death: 31 Jan 2020 Naples, Florida, USA

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