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Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark Conheeney (née Higgins; born December 24, 1927), known professionally as Mary Higgins Clark, is an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 51 books has been a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her novels remained in print as of 2015, with her debut suspense novel, Where Are the Children, in its seventy-fifth printing.

Higgins Clark began writing at an early age. After several years working as a secretary and copy editor, she spent a year as a stewardess for Pan-American Airlines before leaving her job to marry and start a family. She supplemented the family's income by writing short stories. After her husband died in 1964, Higgins Clark worked for many years writing four-minute radio scripts until her agent persuaded her to try writing novels. Her debut novel, a fictionalized account of the life of George Washington, did not sell well, and she decided to exploit her love of mystery/suspense novels. Her suspense novels became very popular, and as of 2007 her books had sold more than 80 million copies in the United States alone. Her daughter Carol Higgins Clark and former daughter-in-law Mary Jane Clark, are also writers.

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Da Steve og Margaret ikke kan komme i kontakt med deres babysitter på vej hjem fra byen, bliver de urolige. Og hjemme venter chokket, for der på gulvet finder de hende, bevidstløs og bagbundet. Tvillingerne Kathy og Kelly på tre år er væk, og inde på børnenes værelse ligger en seddel, hvor kidnapperne kræver otte millioner dollars i løsepenge – et fuldstændig astronomisk beløb for det unge par.

Selv om det lykkes dem at skaffe pengene, går der noget galt ved overleveringen af børnene, og det er kun Kathy, der kommer hjem. Kelly er død, hævder kidnapperne, og liget smidt i havet. Forældrene er knuste, men efter mindehøjtideligheden for Kelly sker der noget besynderligt. Da moren putter Kathy, siger pigen: "Mor, Kelly kalder på dig, og hun er bange".

Da ingen andre end Margaret tror på, at Kathy på telepatisk kan høre sin søster og mærke, at hun ikke er død, starter hun, uden hjælp fra politiiet, sin egen desperate søgen efter sin elskede pige... Mary Higgins Clark (f.1927) er amerikansk kriminalromanforfatter. Hun debuterede i 1975 med spændingsromanen "Where are The Children?" og har siden skrevet flere end 50 internationale bestsellers.
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