The Christmas Collection: Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark

by Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark

An omnibus edition of the three cracking Christmas novellas from bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark and her daughter, Carol Higgins Clark.

The Christmas Thief
Deck the Halls
He Sees You When You're Sleeping

Genres: Christmas, Mystery, Fiction, Holiday, Suspense

704 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2010

About the author

The #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.

Reviews

[Georgie]

The problem for me with the Mary Higgins Clark/Carol Higgins Clark Christmas crossover books can be summed up in one word. ALVIRAH. I didn't like Alvirah in 'Dashing Through the Snow' but I did want to find out what happened to Flower and Duncan, and Regan had quite a prominent role. In 'Deck the Halls' despite it being Regan's father Luke who is kidnapped, the book might as well be called 'The Alvirah Meehan Christmas Show.' Alvirah is always THERE being an overgrown, smug Nancy Drew who treats the police like her own personal investigative team and sticks her nose in everywhere. She constantly goes on about how awesome she is and how many cases she solved and how she won the lottery. She's loud, arrogant, and obnoxious, and I just couldn't stand to carry on reading.

From now on I'll be sticking purely to Carol Higgins Clark's own books which are just about Regan, her friends, Jack and her family. Unless she writes a book with her mother where someone offs Alvirah the Awful and Regan has to find out who killed her. *That* would be awesome.

[Cathy Graham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book!!

[Meriel Murray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Christmas mystery stories. Quite enjoyable.

[SD Saunders · Rating 5 out of 5]

Totally addicted to this author

[Tim O · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun but not really that interesting

[Ankush Agarwal · Rating 2 out of 5]

None of the stories have any suspense, as expected from the American Queen of suspense. The stories are written to satisfy the mood of readers around the Christmas season and hence the crimes are relatively minor and no gory deaths etc to spoil the feelings. The third story has an interesting emotional plot but the one thing going for the book is that it's an extremely easy read. The 600 odd pages could easily be read within 2 to 3 days.

[Jo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Three mystery novels set around the Christmas period. Nothing special but enjoyable enough.

[Rona]

Nice & light reading with a christmas theme

[Ilham]

I read it and I love it!!!!!

[Cheryl Nissing · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book Highly recommend!

[Alison Barton · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great collection & really enjoyed all three stories.

[M · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mixed
#1 - OK
#2 - Quite good
#3 - Lovely Christmassy story

[Katym521 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the books by Mary Higgins Clark. I know I read this book but don't remember when! Guess it is time to read it again!