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Kiss the girls and make them cry
The newest thriller from “Queen of Suspense” Mary Higgins Clark!
When investigative journalist Gina Kane receives an email from a “CRyan” describing her “terrible experience” while working at REL, a high-profile television news network, Gina knows she has to pursue the story. But when Ryan goes silent, Gina is shocked to discover the young woman has died tragically in a jet ski accident while on holiday.
Meanwhile, REL counsel Michael Carter finds himself in a tricky spot as several more female employees have come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct. Carter approaches the CEO, offering to persuade the victims to accept settlements in exchange for their silence. It’s a risky endeavor, but it could well make him rich.
As more allegations emerge, Carter’s attempts to keep the story from making headlines are matched only by Gina Kane’s determination to uncover the truth. Was Ryan’s death truly an accident? And when another accuser turns up dead, Gina realizes someone—or some people—will go to depraved lengths to keep the story from seeing the light.
When investigative journalist Gina Kane receives an email from a “CRyan” describing her “terrible experience” while working at REL, a high-profile television news network, Gina knows she has to pursue the story. But when Ryan goes silent, Gina is shocked to discover the young woman has died tragically in a jet ski accident while on holiday.
Meanwhile, REL counsel Michael Carter finds himself in a tricky spot as several more female employees have come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct. Carter approaches the CEO, offering to persuade the victims to accept settlements in exchange for their silence. It’s a risky endeavor, but it could well make him rich.
As more allegations emerge, Carter’s attempts to keep the story from making headlines are matched only by Gina Kane’s determination to uncover the truth. Was Ryan’s death truly an accident? And when another accuser turns up dead, Gina realizes someone—or some people—will go to depraved lengths to keep the story from seeing the light.
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First published November 5, 2019
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Mary Higgins Clark
630 books13.5k followersThe #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark has written thirty-eight suspense novels, four collections of short stories, a historical novel, a memoir, and two children’s books. With bestselling author Alafair Burke she wrote the Under Suspicion series. With her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, she has coauthored five more suspense novels. Her sister-in-law is the also author Mary Jane Clark.
Clark’s books have sold more than 100 million copies in the United States alone. Her books are beloved around the world and made her an international bestseller many times over.
Clark’s books have sold more than 100 million copies in the United States alone. Her books are beloved around the world and made her an international bestseller many times over.
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August 12, 2020
Kiss the Girls and Make them Cry by Mary Higgins Clark is a 2019 Simon & Schuster publication.
Gina Kane, an investigative reporter, is onto to a good story- she feels it in her bones. After being contacted by a woman who claims she had a terrible experience while working for REL, a TV news network and suggests she wasn’t the only one, Gina begins to follow up on the story. But she learns the woman who sent her the email has died in a terrible jet ski accident while on vacation.
REL counsel, Mike Carter, finds himself in an awkward position. When he confronts the CEO about sexual allegations made against him by several female employees, he is told to buy them off. If he does what he is told, it will make him a rich man.
As Michael struggles to put out more fires than he bargained for, Gina is hot on his trail as evidence mounts of a cover up and maybe even murder....
This is a descent enough novel of suspense, with a relevant theme, centered around the #MeToo movement. The story moves a little slowly, and is not terribly exciting, to be honest, but there were some surprise twists along the way, especially in the last quarter of the book, when things really started to come together.
As most mystery fans know by now, Mary Higgins Clark passed away this past January at the age of 92, just a few short months after the release of this book. These musings are not a review of the book, so you are welcome to skip my pulpit pounding.
For the record- I've fudged the rating on this book a notch. I wrestled with my conscience a little because in all honesty, the book is okay and I liked it- a solid 3 star effort, but because this could be the last solo release for Clark, I went with 3.5 and rounded it up because frankly, if I make it to ninety years of age, I hope I'm as lucid as MHC and she deserves a little more credit than was given her.
I realize that many people have remarked upon the quality of Ms. Clark’s novels over the past few years and may have thought it was well past time for her to retire. I can’t lie and say I had not noticed the slippage, but despite the simpler plot lines and lack of cohesiveness, her stories were still entertaining enough, and I enjoyed them for what they were. I didn’t go in with great expectations, and usually still found myself involved in the story and considered the books well worth the time I invested in them.
I also wonder if it is fair to compare Clark's more recent releases with her older novels. How many ninety year olds do you know who are still working? Do you hold them to the same standard of quality and productivity you would for someone in their thirties and forties?
I have also been told, on occasion, from fellow mystery lovers that Mary Higgins Clark was a favorite author back in their youth, which of course is a time when clean reads with limited language, graphic violence, and sexual content is encouraged.
I read Clark’s work well past that period in my life and found her stories more complex than she was given credit for, but I too reached a point when I lost track of Clark, and went through a phase where the darker and more twisted a book was, the better.
However, in recent years, I rediscovered Clark, mainly through her collaboration with Alafair Burke. I found my reviews for Clark’s books often received comments that suggested her work was too simplistic or formulaic for more advanced readers- which also suggested I, too was 'limited' and not too sophisticated. But, that's fine. I'm happy and that's all that matters.
For some reason, no matter how good the story is, if the book is not crammed with colorful metaphors, erotic passages, and lurid violence and gore, society deems it unimportant and of no value.
Don’t get me wrong, I read my fair share of dark, twisted novels, but a book doesn’t lose it’s worth or become juvenile simply because it is clean, nor do books with gratuitous content pass for highbrow literature, in my opinion- and I get a little tired of having to defend what I read sometimes.
In Clark’s defense, I am glad she continued writing, even if she did so past her prime. She did a pretty darn good job for a woman in her nineties and she had every right to continue to do what she loved, no matter what her age, or what other people thought. Clark was true to her audience, by keeping her books clean, and they returned the favor with their loyalty. For that, she earns even more of my respect.
I have not read every one of Clark’s novels, but I’ve read enough to know she was fine writer of over fifty books, all of them bestsellers- and she kept me entertained for many hours. I for one am thankful for her many contributions to the mystery/thriller genre! RIP Mary Higgins Clark and thanks for all the great stories!!
Gina Kane, an investigative reporter, is onto to a good story- she feels it in her bones. After being contacted by a woman who claims she had a terrible experience while working for REL, a TV news network and suggests she wasn’t the only one, Gina begins to follow up on the story. But she learns the woman who sent her the email has died in a terrible jet ski accident while on vacation.
REL counsel, Mike Carter, finds himself in an awkward position. When he confronts the CEO about sexual allegations made against him by several female employees, he is told to buy them off. If he does what he is told, it will make him a rich man.
As Michael struggles to put out more fires than he bargained for, Gina is hot on his trail as evidence mounts of a cover up and maybe even murder....
This is a descent enough novel of suspense, with a relevant theme, centered around the #MeToo movement. The story moves a little slowly, and is not terribly exciting, to be honest, but there were some surprise twists along the way, especially in the last quarter of the book, when things really started to come together.
As most mystery fans know by now, Mary Higgins Clark passed away this past January at the age of 92, just a few short months after the release of this book. These musings are not a review of the book, so you are welcome to skip my pulpit pounding.
For the record- I've fudged the rating on this book a notch. I wrestled with my conscience a little because in all honesty, the book is okay and I liked it- a solid 3 star effort, but because this could be the last solo release for Clark, I went with 3.5 and rounded it up because frankly, if I make it to ninety years of age, I hope I'm as lucid as MHC and she deserves a little more credit than was given her.
I realize that many people have remarked upon the quality of Ms. Clark’s novels over the past few years and may have thought it was well past time for her to retire. I can’t lie and say I had not noticed the slippage, but despite the simpler plot lines and lack of cohesiveness, her stories were still entertaining enough, and I enjoyed them for what they were. I didn’t go in with great expectations, and usually still found myself involved in the story and considered the books well worth the time I invested in them.
I also wonder if it is fair to compare Clark's more recent releases with her older novels. How many ninety year olds do you know who are still working? Do you hold them to the same standard of quality and productivity you would for someone in their thirties and forties?
I have also been told, on occasion, from fellow mystery lovers that Mary Higgins Clark was a favorite author back in their youth, which of course is a time when clean reads with limited language, graphic violence, and sexual content is encouraged.
I read Clark’s work well past that period in my life and found her stories more complex than she was given credit for, but I too reached a point when I lost track of Clark, and went through a phase where the darker and more twisted a book was, the better.
However, in recent years, I rediscovered Clark, mainly through her collaboration with Alafair Burke. I found my reviews for Clark’s books often received comments that suggested her work was too simplistic or formulaic for more advanced readers- which also suggested I, too was 'limited' and not too sophisticated. But, that's fine. I'm happy and that's all that matters.
For some reason, no matter how good the story is, if the book is not crammed with colorful metaphors, erotic passages, and lurid violence and gore, society deems it unimportant and of no value.
Don’t get me wrong, I read my fair share of dark, twisted novels, but a book doesn’t lose it’s worth or become juvenile simply because it is clean, nor do books with gratuitous content pass for highbrow literature, in my opinion- and I get a little tired of having to defend what I read sometimes.
In Clark’s defense, I am glad she continued writing, even if she did so past her prime. She did a pretty darn good job for a woman in her nineties and she had every right to continue to do what she loved, no matter what her age, or what other people thought. Clark was true to her audience, by keeping her books clean, and they returned the favor with their loyalty. For that, she earns even more of my respect.
I have not read every one of Clark’s novels, but I’ve read enough to know she was fine writer of over fifty books, all of them bestsellers- and she kept me entertained for many hours. I for one am thankful for her many contributions to the mystery/thriller genre! RIP Mary Higgins Clark and thanks for all the great stories!!
November 9, 2019
Great book but the ending felt rushed. I would have enjoyed a little more detail about what happened.
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November 22, 2019
I made it 85 pages kids.
85 dull as dirt, utterly boring, plodding, pointless pages in which nothing happened. Reading those 85 pages felt like when I was seventeen and trying to slog my way through Heart of Darkness (incidentally the one and only time I resorted to Cliff's Notes for a school assignment).
Some woman who was about to expose some guy for sexually harassing her is maybe murdered (she was murdered) before she can expose him. Some really, really terrible freelance journalist thinks its fishy and goes to Aruba to engage in the most dry, banal, and as it turns out pointless (she learns nothing) investigation. I gave up as she sat down with her editor to discuss how much she didn't find out.
I don't think I can read these anymore. Which is kind of depressing but these have just become so painful. There's none of the campy drama or elaborate set decoration or gorgeous heroines in peril or crazy murderers. Its just dry, coma inducing words, words, words.
I can't handle how out of touch her writing has become. Its like she kept seeing the phrase "Me Too" in the news and just ran with it without actually finding out what it was. I can kind of picture her sitting with an editor and going "well its something about harassment right?"
There's a totally insane conversation that takes up like five pages between journalist and her editor and her editor's replacement where they discuss a new story and MHC actually has the EDITOR make this very weird, long ass speech about how "in my experience" paid informants aren't a good source because they tend to embellish the story for publicity. Again as though MHC has just found out that this is a thing that happens and no one else is aware of this being a mainstay of modern media. Its just so bizarre and pointless.
There's also this absurd thing with technology that happens over and over again. Like MHC is still just so excited by things like smartphones that she can't stop herself from explaining them over and over. Journalist keeps "swiping her finger across the screen to wake it up" like no one has ever seen an iPhone before. The journalist spends an insane amount of time checking her email like its some new fangled form of the telegraph MHC is just delighted by!
I'm bummed to have to give these up and sorry as hell that this is how MHC's really rather brilliant career is going to go out. I love her early books and I STILL read them. If you haven't already please go and read The Anastasia Syndrome which is a cracking good collection of short stories and books like Where Are the Children?, All Around the Town, and A Stranger Is Watching are seriously fun reads.
But something happened a few books back. The fire's gone out and I don't think its gonna get relit.
And that's a genuine pity.
85 dull as dirt, utterly boring, plodding, pointless pages in which nothing happened. Reading those 85 pages felt like when I was seventeen and trying to slog my way through Heart of Darkness (incidentally the one and only time I resorted to Cliff's Notes for a school assignment).
Some woman who was about to expose some guy for sexually harassing her is maybe murdered (she was murdered) before she can expose him. Some really, really terrible freelance journalist thinks its fishy and goes to Aruba to engage in the most dry, banal, and as it turns out pointless (she learns nothing) investigation. I gave up as she sat down with her editor to discuss how much she didn't find out.
I don't think I can read these anymore. Which is kind of depressing but these have just become so painful. There's none of the campy drama or elaborate set decoration or gorgeous heroines in peril or crazy murderers. Its just dry, coma inducing words, words, words.
I can't handle how out of touch her writing has become. Its like she kept seeing the phrase "Me Too" in the news and just ran with it without actually finding out what it was. I can kind of picture her sitting with an editor and going "well its something about harassment right?"
There's a totally insane conversation that takes up like five pages between journalist and her editor and her editor's replacement where they discuss a new story and MHC actually has the EDITOR make this very weird, long ass speech about how "in my experience" paid informants aren't a good source because they tend to embellish the story for publicity. Again as though MHC has just found out that this is a thing that happens and no one else is aware of this being a mainstay of modern media. Its just so bizarre and pointless.
There's also this absurd thing with technology that happens over and over again. Like MHC is still just so excited by things like smartphones that she can't stop herself from explaining them over and over. Journalist keeps "swiping her finger across the screen to wake it up" like no one has ever seen an iPhone before. The journalist spends an insane amount of time checking her email like its some new fangled form of the telegraph MHC is just delighted by!
I'm bummed to have to give these up and sorry as hell that this is how MHC's really rather brilliant career is going to go out. I love her early books and I STILL read them. If you haven't already please go and read The Anastasia Syndrome which is a cracking good collection of short stories and books like Where Are the Children?, All Around the Town, and A Stranger Is Watching are seriously fun reads.
But something happened a few books back. The fire's gone out and I don't think its gonna get relit.
And that's a genuine pity.
September 11, 2022
I believe this is the last book written by this author before she passed away. In this one we follow a reporter's look into a company that is covering up one of its most important employee and his sexual misconduct with female associates.
I picked up this book without reading the blurb and what it was about. In a weird form of kismet the previous book I read was She Said which was about Harvey Weinstein and the ensuing investigation. I believe reading the non-fiction book before reading this book actually helped my enjoyment of this book. I think I would have enjoyed this book without reading the previous book but I was already in that place of mind and it made it easier for me to sympathize with the characters. Obviously the two books were different but there are similarities. As for this book I was interested throughout. The details of the investigation were interesting as it wasn't totally easy and required work from our main character. There was also a subplot for our main character that at first I didn't care about but by the end I was interested in to see if it would all work out. And it wouldn't be a Mary Higgins Clark novel if there wasn't a twist at the end. I should have seen it coming but I did not it. It was a nice little surprise.
This wasn't the most suspenseful novel as the story line was more a look into the investigation of what we knew to be wrongdoings. That being said I liked the story progression and how it all came to an end. I would classify this book as a beach read. It was likeable and doesn't require much thought and depth.
I picked up this book without reading the blurb and what it was about. In a weird form of kismet the previous book I read was She Said which was about Harvey Weinstein and the ensuing investigation. I believe reading the non-fiction book before reading this book actually helped my enjoyment of this book. I think I would have enjoyed this book without reading the previous book but I was already in that place of mind and it made it easier for me to sympathize with the characters. Obviously the two books were different but there are similarities. As for this book I was interested throughout. The details of the investigation were interesting as it wasn't totally easy and required work from our main character. There was also a subplot for our main character that at first I didn't care about but by the end I was interested in to see if it would all work out. And it wouldn't be a Mary Higgins Clark novel if there wasn't a twist at the end. I should have seen it coming but I did not it. It was a nice little surprise.
This wasn't the most suspenseful novel as the story line was more a look into the investigation of what we knew to be wrongdoings. That being said I liked the story progression and how it all came to an end. I would classify this book as a beach read. It was likeable and doesn't require much thought and depth.
January 5, 2025
Bueno, bueno, vaya enganche con esta novela. Me la ventilado en nada. El título es bastante malo, pues no da una idea del tipo de novela que es. Romántica no es.
Gina Kane es una exitosa freelance especializada en periodismo de investigación y actualmente trabaja en exclusividad para la revista Empire Review, en Nueva York.
A raíz de un correo electrónico recibido de una mujer que quiere denunciar las presiones que tuvo en su trabajo como periodista en una conocida cadena de televisión, decide investigar el asunto, pero esta persona no contesta ni vuelve a contactar. Gina consigue averiguar que ha muerto en un accidente.
En Empire apoyan que investigue este asunto. Gina empieza a descubrir no pocas cosas sobre mujeres que trabajaron en la cadena Rel News y que dejaron su puesto tras ser víctimas de abusos sexuales. Pero es difícil llegar al fondo del asunto. Además, sorprendentemente, hay un punto en el que esta historia puede perjudicar a su pareja.
Al mismo tiempo que vamos avanzando en la investigación de Gina, vamos conociendo los tejemanejes dentro de la corporación Rel News, para tapar cualquier noticia que pueda perjudicar su inminente salida a bolsa, algo clave para su proyecto de expansión
internacional.
En un momento dado, Empire se desentiende de Gina, no quieren que continue investigando. ¿Por qué? Ella decide seguir por su cuenta.
Las cosas se complican bastante, pues hay mas muertes sospechosas y Gina empieza a tener miedo de verdad. Lo que se cuece dentro de Rel News es muy grave.
Una lectura perfecta para desconectar y pasárselo bien 👍 👌 😉
Gina Kane es una exitosa freelance especializada en periodismo de investigación y actualmente trabaja en exclusividad para la revista Empire Review, en Nueva York.
A raíz de un correo electrónico recibido de una mujer que quiere denunciar las presiones que tuvo en su trabajo como periodista en una conocida cadena de televisión, decide investigar el asunto, pero esta persona no contesta ni vuelve a contactar. Gina consigue averiguar que ha muerto en un accidente.
En Empire apoyan que investigue este asunto. Gina empieza a descubrir no pocas cosas sobre mujeres que trabajaron en la cadena Rel News y que dejaron su puesto tras ser víctimas de abusos sexuales. Pero es difícil llegar al fondo del asunto. Además, sorprendentemente, hay un punto en el que esta historia puede perjudicar a su pareja.
Al mismo tiempo que vamos avanzando en la investigación de Gina, vamos conociendo los tejemanejes dentro de la corporación Rel News, para tapar cualquier noticia que pueda perjudicar su inminente salida a bolsa, algo clave para su proyecto de expansión
internacional.
En un momento dado, Empire se desentiende de Gina, no quieren que continue investigando. ¿Por qué? Ella decide seguir por su cuenta.
Las cosas se complican bastante, pues hay mas muertes sospechosas y Gina empieza a tener miedo de verdad. Lo que se cuece dentro de Rel News es muy grave.
Una lectura perfecta para desconectar y pasárselo bien 👍 👌 😉
November 24, 2019
Where was the suspense? Why was there so much product placement? Why were all the secondary storylines just opportunities for Clark to express her opinions on modern society? And don’t get me started on the resolution 🙄
January 6, 2020
I am becoming very fond of Mary Higgins Clark. This book is her foray into the #MeToo generation. And a well crafted book it is too.
I was following the plot from twist to twist and wondering where certain threads would lead. I did pretty much figure out whodunnit, but it was an enjoyable journey.
I was following the plot from twist to twist and wondering where certain threads would lead. I did pretty much figure out whodunnit, but it was an enjoyable journey.
October 8, 2020
Una obra que muestra cuánto puede hacer el dinero por acallar la verdad, sin importar qué o quién deba ser destruido o amenazado. Bueno hasta que una periodista se interpone y se aferra a una historia que no termina como las notas oficiales dicen que sucedió.
November 17, 2019
I never have high expectations from MHC because her books are cream cheese frosting laden cupcakes to me. Delicious, but not nearly substantive enough. Clearly, she’s lost her touch in writing a decent suspense novel. As a fan of hers for the past 30 years and someone who has literally read everything she’s ever written, this book was a huge letdown.
All of her novels are pretty classic suspense storylines, but she tried far too hard to bring relevance by setting this one up as a #MeToo narrative. Not only does this not have staying power like her other books, but she introduced far too many characters, many of whom she never bothered to tie up the loose ends with (the South American makeup artist, the hesitant victim who ultimately turns, the victim who originally started all the payouts, the CEO who was cluelessly taking the blame for mishandling the whole thing, the perpetrator...I could go on).
I have to wonder if she’s getting a stipend for product placement because there were so many brand mentions throughout the book, it felt like flipping through an airplane magazine. It iPhone was Mercedes truly Verizon painful.
There were plenty of places where useless details were mentioned (why does it matter that the HR lawyer had always liked dinosaurs, when it wasn’t relevant at all to the story line?), or seemingly important details were brought in and left completely unresolved (she never tells you who the South African victim is, but mentions her three times; she mentions that CRyan’s brother continues to press Gina for resolution on what actually happened to his sister and he never gets it), and there are so many ancillary story lines that remain unconnected to anything, or loosely connected to something tangential to the main story (the new love interest of her widowed father).
As usual, the climax of the drama happens within the last 20 pages, where the heroine’s life is at risk and something happens to save her, just in the nick of time. After she narrowly avoids death, the resolution is tied up in four neat little pages, where everyone lives happily ever after. Called it. Yawn.
Probably the MOST disappointing of all is that just like in real life, the true victims in her book never got the justice they so rightly deserved. If you’re going to write a book that honors the pain that victims of sexual harassment and abuse endure, give them an ending that shows you give a damn, and not one that sweeps their experience under the rug, to be forgotten until the next story breaks, like it happens in real life. Would have loved to see Brad Matthews hauled off in handcuffs and his victims buy controlling interest of REL with the settlement money each of them got. Now THAT would have been a happy ending.
All of her novels are pretty classic suspense storylines, but she tried far too hard to bring relevance by setting this one up as a #MeToo narrative. Not only does this not have staying power like her other books, but she introduced far too many characters, many of whom she never bothered to tie up the loose ends with (the South American makeup artist, the hesitant victim who ultimately turns, the victim who originally started all the payouts, the CEO who was cluelessly taking the blame for mishandling the whole thing, the perpetrator...I could go on).
I have to wonder if she’s getting a stipend for product placement because there were so many brand mentions throughout the book, it felt like flipping through an airplane magazine. It iPhone was Mercedes truly Verizon painful.
There were plenty of places where useless details were mentioned (why does it matter that the HR lawyer had always liked dinosaurs, when it wasn’t relevant at all to the story line?), or seemingly important details were brought in and left completely unresolved (she never tells you who the South African victim is, but mentions her three times; she mentions that CRyan’s brother continues to press Gina for resolution on what actually happened to his sister and he never gets it), and there are so many ancillary story lines that remain unconnected to anything, or loosely connected to something tangential to the main story (the new love interest of her widowed father).
As usual, the climax of the drama happens within the last 20 pages, where the heroine’s life is at risk and something happens to save her, just in the nick of time. After she narrowly avoids death, the resolution is tied up in four neat little pages, where everyone lives happily ever after. Called it. Yawn.
Probably the MOST disappointing of all is that just like in real life, the true victims in her book never got the justice they so rightly deserved. If you’re going to write a book that honors the pain that victims of sexual harassment and abuse endure, give them an ending that shows you give a damn, and not one that sweeps their experience under the rug, to be forgotten until the next story breaks, like it happens in real life. Would have loved to see Brad Matthews hauled off in handcuffs and his victims buy controlling interest of REL with the settlement money each of them got. Now THAT would have been a happy ending.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 3, 2020
My first time reading any work by Mary Higgins Clark, and I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed this one. I will definitely try more of her books. Let me know if anyone has any recommendations on what I should check out next.
September 26, 2021
So much respect for the talent of the late Mary Higgins Clark.
Personally, I didn’t feel this was her most exciting, suspenseful or mysterious work she had ever put out, but it was still good.
The audio book narrator, January LaVoy, is amazing.
Personally, I didn’t feel this was her most exciting, suspenseful or mysterious work she had ever put out, but it was still good.
The audio book narrator, January LaVoy, is amazing.
November 17, 2019
I have loved all of Mary Higgins Clark's other books but this one just wasn't the same. I still like that she doesn't use bad words or include any sex scenes, that is something I have appreciated in all her other books. This one just seemed to lack excitement and the slower parts seemed bogged down with the details that weren't that interesting or that important. I was very excited to read this book but it was just okay... which is disappointing because her other books are great. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this book - there are others out there that are much better.
January 31, 2020
This latest title from the queen of suspense is right in sync with the #MeToo movement. Women are reporting sexual harassment/abuse from a famous television news personality. As Gina Kane begins to investigate, she also finds her leads are literally dying. Part 1 of the book is from Gina's POV as she begins her investigation. Part II details the events that began two years earlier and then we catch up to real time for Part III. Both of the latter two sections of the book are from a multitude of viewpoints as the action accelerates to a dangerous climax for our heroine. Mary Higgins Clark can still deliver -- although some of the dialogue seems a bit dated. Still an entertaining ride. I will be watching for her next bestseller so I can get an early spot on the Holds list at my local library.
January 1, 2020
2.5 🌟. This was a very hard book to get into, with bland writing and such a simplistic writing style I almost dnf it. The concepts this book talked about were very hard to read about and I think that it’s important that the metoo movement and sexual assault need to be talked about, I wish that it was written in a better way. The final 80 pages of the book picked up and moved the book from two to three stars. I don’t think I’ll be reading anything else by this author and I’m disappointed this was my first book of the year but oh well. Onto better things.
January 16, 2020
2.5 Stars
The "queen of suspense" wrote a novel without any real suspense! This was one of MHC's most boring books. I did get through it, but it was hard. Give me detailed murders and chaos any day...this was none of that!
The "queen of suspense" wrote a novel without any real suspense! This was one of MHC's most boring books. I did get through it, but it was hard. Give me detailed murders and chaos any day...this was none of that!
November 8, 2019
Okay, the truth is I haven’t read it yet. I’m trying so hard to save it for my Christmas vacation but it’s been sitting there since Tuesday (I preordered it LAST November bc well it’s MHC!) and it’s just taunting me. Like, you know you want to read me...Who needs a clean house? Why would you wait another month when I’m here now? Look, I’m already unwrapped. Ughhh MHC you’re messing with my mind! Lol.
I know it’ll be five stars. It’s always 5 stars. I’ve been reading her since 1989. I’ve read the new ones each year and I’ve gone back and read the ones published before I started reading her. I reread the Christmas ones every year. I also reread some of the others bc I’m getting older and it’s pretty much like reading them for the first time now. Score one for memory loss.
I hope she’s also working on a new Under Suspicion book. I would really like it to continue or at least to wrap up nicely.
Did y’all know she’s in her 90s? I feel like her books now (as good as ever) are a precious gift to us. She could stop writing and enjoy the time she has left doing other things but she’s still writing. FOR US! And that just about makes me cry.
I guess that’s why I’m trying to wait on this book. I want to savor it in a magical setting. It might be the last one and I want to cherish it.
(MHC, I’m not trying to send you off to an early demise! You keep writing as long as you want to!! At least let Laurie and Alex get married. And maybe check in with Willie and Alvirah. Thankfully, you were talked out of HER early demise!!)
I know it’ll be five stars. It’s always 5 stars. I’ve been reading her since 1989. I’ve read the new ones each year and I’ve gone back and read the ones published before I started reading her. I reread the Christmas ones every year. I also reread some of the others bc I’m getting older and it’s pretty much like reading them for the first time now. Score one for memory loss.
I hope she’s also working on a new Under Suspicion book. I would really like it to continue or at least to wrap up nicely.
Did y’all know she’s in her 90s? I feel like her books now (as good as ever) are a precious gift to us. She could stop writing and enjoy the time she has left doing other things but she’s still writing. FOR US! And that just about makes me cry.
I guess that’s why I’m trying to wait on this book. I want to savor it in a magical setting. It might be the last one and I want to cherish it.
(MHC, I’m not trying to send you off to an early demise! You keep writing as long as you want to!! At least let Laurie and Alex get married. And maybe check in with Willie and Alvirah. Thankfully, you were talked out of HER early demise!!)
April 1, 2020
RATING: 3 STARS
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry is an okay mystery novel. I still read Mary Higgins Clark out of loyalty and nostalgia. I have read her since my early teens. They are light mystery reads, and this one is pretty much the same.
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry is an okay mystery novel. I still read Mary Higgins Clark out of loyalty and nostalgia. I have read her since my early teens. They are light mystery reads, and this one is pretty much the same.
December 22, 2019
For a stand-alone MHC book this is one of the better ones I’ve read. I like how the #metoo movement is incorporated into the plot but in an unexpected way and always with a lead female character.
This took a while to read because I was reading so much else at the same time. MHC will always be the author who got me really into reading.
This took a while to read because I was reading so much else at the same time. MHC will always be the author who got me really into reading.
November 7, 2019
Love Mary Higgins Clark! She never disappoints and I have been reading her since her first book.
November 22, 2019
Mary Higgins Clark is one of only a few authors whose work I will read without ever looking at the synopsis. She never lets me down.
March 27, 2020
I wouldn't necessarily consider this an 'electrifying' new thriller like the description says, but it was a quick enough read. I'd actually never read anything by Mary Higgins Clark, but I've seen her name around enough to know she's a prolific writer.
Within the first few pages, I could tell by the language that this was written by someone who wasn't all too familiar with technology, apps, etc. despite trying to write from the lens of the 32-year-old protagonist. I figured the author was somewhere in her 60s or so. Then... I Google her - only to find out that... guys, Mary Higgins Clark was in her NINETIES when she wrote this! 92!!! This was actually the last book she wrote before passing away earlier in 2020. Crazy.
Anyway! After picking my jaw up off the floor when finding THAT out, I kept on reading. The storyline was interesting enough (related to Me Too, etc.) and I will say that it was a quick, simple read. I don't necessarily think I'll need to read another book by this author again though.
92...
Within the first few pages, I could tell by the language that this was written by someone who wasn't all too familiar with technology, apps, etc. despite trying to write from the lens of the 32-year-old protagonist. I figured the author was somewhere in her 60s or so. Then... I Google her - only to find out that... guys, Mary Higgins Clark was in her NINETIES when she wrote this! 92!!! This was actually the last book she wrote before passing away earlier in 2020. Crazy.
Anyway! After picking my jaw up off the floor when finding THAT out, I kept on reading. The storyline was interesting enough (related to Me Too, etc.) and I will say that it was a quick, simple read. I don't necessarily think I'll need to read another book by this author again though.
92...
January 10, 2020
The story was about several women who were sexually abused while working at REL news network. There's a huge cover-up but there are extenuating circumstances. The plot unfolds with lots of twists and turns. The characters are well drawn as only Mary can do. I have never understood the "Me To" movement but now there is a much better picture, and even more sympathy for those women. Thank you once again Mary Higgins Clark for a novel without sex and swear words--you don't need them for fine writing.
May 2, 2020
Esta novela ha sido algo diferente a lo que estoy acostumbrada a leer de la autora porque la trama no se ha centrado tanto en la resolución de los casos de asesinato, sino que es más un thriller “social”. Lo importante de “No llores por un beso” es el eje central de toda la historia, el movimiento “Me too”. Aunque como digo, no ha sido la lectura a la que la autora me tiene acostumbrada, me ha gustado mucho. Este es un tema muy importante que debería de protagonizar más novelas para darle la visibilidad que merece y en mi opinión Higgins ha sabido tratarlo muy bien, y su aporte a la causa es de apreciar.
El libro se divide en tres partes, la primera protagonizada principalmente por Gina (gran personaje), una periodista que recibe de manera anónima una pista sobre un posible caso de acoso sexual en uno de los medios de comunicación más importantes del país. La segunda parte en cambio, está protagonizada por los culpables del caso, y de verdad que me ha resultado muy dura de leer. Esos hombres inmorales, despreciables en su forma de pensar y actuar, esos auténticos villanos que nada tienen que envidiar a los que han protagonizado otras novelas de la autora. Leer toda esta parte narrada por ellos se me ha hecho bastante difícil, aunque es fundamental para tratar el tema del movimiento “Me too”, así que aplaudo a la autora porque sin duda el trabajo de meterse en la piel de estos susodichos es más que loable. La tercera y última parte mezcla varios narradores y es donde uno de los grandes misterios que arrastre la trama durante todo el libro se destapa.
Siempre disfruto leyendo a Higgins, no por nada se le dio el título de “la reina del suspense”, y este otro registro que he podido descubrir de ella ha sido muy grato. No he podido evitar, eso sí, pensar con mucha pena mientras leía que esta es la última novela que publicó la autora en vida. Pero fue una autora tan prolífica que nunca me faltarán libros de ella por leer y releer ¡Gracias por todo lo que nos diste, Mary!
El libro se divide en tres partes, la primera protagonizada principalmente por Gina (gran personaje), una periodista que recibe de manera anónima una pista sobre un posible caso de acoso sexual en uno de los medios de comunicación más importantes del país. La segunda parte en cambio, está protagonizada por los culpables del caso, y de verdad que me ha resultado muy dura de leer. Esos hombres inmorales, despreciables en su forma de pensar y actuar, esos auténticos villanos que nada tienen que envidiar a los que han protagonizado otras novelas de la autora. Leer toda esta parte narrada por ellos se me ha hecho bastante difícil, aunque es fundamental para tratar el tema del movimiento “Me too”, así que aplaudo a la autora porque sin duda el trabajo de meterse en la piel de estos susodichos es más que loable. La tercera y última parte mezcla varios narradores y es donde uno de los grandes misterios que arrastre la trama durante todo el libro se destapa.
Siempre disfruto leyendo a Higgins, no por nada se le dio el título de “la reina del suspense”, y este otro registro que he podido descubrir de ella ha sido muy grato. No he podido evitar, eso sí, pensar con mucha pena mientras leía que esta es la última novela que publicó la autora en vida. Pero fue una autora tan prolífica que nunca me faltarán libros de ella por leer y releer ¡Gracias por todo lo que nos diste, Mary!
December 21, 2025
Detektyvas, puiki istorija Me too tema.. aiškiai parodoma hierarchija ir baimė.. ir kas bus, jei prabilsi.. pasaulį valdo pinigai, kol ateina žmogus, kuriam svarbu tiesa... bet kiek reikia paaukoti už tiesą.. ?
December 11, 2020
Tämä oli paras dekkari, jonka Mary Higgins Clarcilta olen lukenut. Aiheena oli seksuaalinen ahdistelu ja yritykset peitellä sitä viimeiseen asti. Päähenkilö Gina on nuori toimittaja joka yrittää selvittää totuutta vaikeista asioista.
November 12, 2019
3.5 stars.
In New York, Gina Kane is an investigative journalist. In Part 1, she received an email from a woman who wanted to tell of her horrible experience at work. After trying with no luck to reach the emailer, Gina learns that the woman died in the last few days in a jet ski accident in Aruba. Gina travels to Aruba to investigate. She's being watched and doesn't know it.
Part II deals with 2 years prior to this death. An attorney found out about sexual misconduct in a corporation and sets himself up to the deal with the allegations. In Part III, we're back to Gina and her investigation.
Another book with the plot stolen from the headlines. I've read most of Ms Clark's books and this one didn't hold my interest as much as her others, perhaps because I've read so many books lately with the same topic. I was again reminded of the situations with Roger Ailes, Matt Lauer, and Charlie Rose. But the author's style still comes forth with her clean mystery.
In New York, Gina Kane is an investigative journalist. In Part 1, she received an email from a woman who wanted to tell of her horrible experience at work. After trying with no luck to reach the emailer, Gina learns that the woman died in the last few days in a jet ski accident in Aruba. Gina travels to Aruba to investigate. She's being watched and doesn't know it.
Part II deals with 2 years prior to this death. An attorney found out about sexual misconduct in a corporation and sets himself up to the deal with the allegations. In Part III, we're back to Gina and her investigation.
Another book with the plot stolen from the headlines. I've read most of Ms Clark's books and this one didn't hold my interest as much as her others, perhaps because I've read so many books lately with the same topic. I was again reminded of the situations with Roger Ailes, Matt Lauer, and Charlie Rose. But the author's style still comes forth with her clean mystery.
November 11, 2019
3.75 star
This was an entertaining and timely mystery circling around the Me Too movement and the corruption and unbridled greed often found within the workplace. The story has well-vetted, flawed characters who were fleshed out with satisfying detail and a layered mystery full of complexities.
I find Ms. Clark’s stories to not necessarily be anything particularly outstanding or highly unusual, but still well-written and interestingly plotted, and though the conclusion is not surprising, it is satisfying. You encounter the crime, unravel the layers of lies, deceit and wrong-doing, discover the reveal and then justice is served. Somewhat formulaic, but enjoyable regardless, if you are an avid mystery reader.
This was an entertaining and timely mystery circling around the Me Too movement and the corruption and unbridled greed often found within the workplace. The story has well-vetted, flawed characters who were fleshed out with satisfying detail and a layered mystery full of complexities.
I find Ms. Clark’s stories to not necessarily be anything particularly outstanding or highly unusual, but still well-written and interestingly plotted, and though the conclusion is not surprising, it is satisfying. You encounter the crime, unravel the layers of lies, deceit and wrong-doing, discover the reveal and then justice is served. Somewhat formulaic, but enjoyable regardless, if you are an avid mystery reader.
November 7, 2019
This was a very enjoyable story. The attention to detail is what draws me to this author's books. The background of the victims made their story more personal. There's abusive behavior, cover ups, murder, greed. Gina is an investigative writer that doesn't give up til she has the whole truth. It's sad to wonder just how many times this actually happens in real life. The author did a great job of shedding light on an ongoing problem while making it such an interesting story.
My only problem is I didn't want the story to end. Hopefully we'll see more of Gina in a future book.
My only problem is I didn't want the story to end. Hopefully we'll see more of Gina in a future book.
January 9, 2020
Wow, what a slog. So many pointless side plots, characters that went nowhere, events that did not contribute to the narrative... it felt like Mary was trying to hit a word count with her descriptions of how to use technology or how hotel late check out policies work. Didn't care about a single character.
Oh, and the title is super gross for a book about sexual assault. Feels like she is making light of the issue (even if that is not actually the case).
Oh, and the title is super gross for a book about sexual assault. Feels like she is making light of the issue (even if that is not actually the case).
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