My Gal Sunday: Amazon.de: Mary Higgins Clark: Englische Bücher

Taschenbuch: 240 Seiten
Verlag: Pocket Books (6. April 1998)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0671005049
ISBN-13: 978-0671005047
Gr��e und/oder Gewicht: 17,3 x 11,2 x 1,8 cm

Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 2.5 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (22 Kundenrezensionen)

Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.063.863 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)

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The queen of suspense has a new book of short stories and a new set of sleuths. The setting is the nation's capital, and the detective team, a mere ex-president and his congresswoman wife. They find themselves immersed in a number of intrigues, rescuing the well-connected and powerful from scoundrels of all stripes. Although the setup has promise (a sort of "Thin Man Goes to Washington"), the book doesn't deliver the suspense and plot development that has made Mary Higgins Clark a bestseller. Fans of The Lottery Winner may be disappointed--and not only by the absence of the beloved team of Alvirah and Willy. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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Like Dorothy Sayers's memorably subtitled Busman's Honeymoon, Clark's new cycle of four longish tales is best described as ``A Love Story with Detective Interruptions.'' Certainly her newlywed detective team comes with the most impeccable credentials. Sandra (a.k.a. Sunday) O'Brien Britland, 32, is a beautiful congresswoman from New Jersey; her bridegroom, Henry Parker Britland IV, is the handsome former US President who must have been elected hours after he was old enough to run for the office. Between their Gothic Revival country home in suburban New Jersey and their vacation home in the Bahamas, Henry and Sunday, who apparently aren't affiliated with any political party or platform, might seem to lead a charmed life, but there are perils. In ``A Crime of Passion,'' they set out to clear Henry's former secretary of state of a murder charge, and Sunday ends up looking down the barrel of the killer's gun. Then Sunday is kidnapped herself in ``They All Ran After the President's Wife,'' apparently in exchange for a murderous terrorist who'll stop at nothing--custom-made suits, champagne, caviar, an SST escape--in his demands. ``Hail, Columbia!'' asks what really happened to a Latin American prime minister who disappeared from the Britland family yacht 32 years before Henry buys it back for Sunday. And ``Merry Christmas/Joyeux No‰l'' brings back that old Clark standby, the kidnapped child, in a pale seasonal echo of Silent Night (1995). The real interest here, as in Clark's Alvirah and Willy stories (The Lottery Winner, 1994), is in the romance of wealth, coupled this time with the potent fairy-tale mix of power, glamour, gentility, and a certain endearing obtuseness (``Neither my husband nor I believe in ostentation or in conspicuous consumption,'' Sunday tells her kidnapper). Clark's army of fans won't find any unseemly surprises here- -and will know better than to expect much in the way of mystery or suspense in this gentle, upscale epithalamion. (First printing of 800,000; Literary Guild main selection) -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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Great! 25. Mai 2000

Von "bluesvixen123"

Format:Taschenbuch

I totally disagree with some of the reviews. Mary Higgins Clark has created perfect plots and a little added romance to her short stories. The two main charectors are perfectly created. They show emotions and compassion and brawn and brilliance. They are not too smart or lovey-dovey, but they are not dumb or cold. The stories comply with whay happens in the world today. The author has made a story of the real world.

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A very interesting suspense book. 27. April 2000

Von Stacy Banks

I enjoyed reading the book My Gal Sunday By Mary Higgins Clark. Since I have been reading her books I have come to figure that this is one of the most changable books that she has wrote. The middle of the book was probably my favorit. Because he struggled so hard to figure out where Sunday was. He went to great lengths to get here back. I think in this book you can say that Henry loves Sunday because he is always by her side and he is always finding a way to help her. No matter what drastic measures he has to go through.

What a waste of tape 22. M�rz 2000

Von Manola Sommerfeld

I have never read anything by this author, but the radio in my car is dying and i picked up the audiotape version of this book at the library. Thank God it was abridged! "Barbie and Ken play detective" should be the subtitle. Never in the history of literature has there been a more affected set of characters. I wanted to kill that butler! I think i would rather listen to static on my radio than play any of her books again.

Mary, did you really write this book?

I must say I was a wee-bit disappointed in My Gal Sunday. No offense to Mary Higgins Clark but I felt as though her editor and publisher were desperate for her to write another... Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 20. M�rz 2000 von Tammy

Watching a wheel go round is more fun that reading this!

Having read a few of Mary Higgins Clark's books I could not believe that this book was written by the same person. Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 3. November 1999 ver�ffentlicht

Barbie and Ken go Sleuthing!

Give me a break! Although I do like mHC's work I found this to be a bore. mHC is a good writer and when she wants can really draw a reader in but one irritating quality she has... Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 26. Juli 1999 von "feeler"

It's just too much!

I didn't like this book since everything is just too good to be true, a fantastic expresident, a beutiful, talented congresswoman. Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 14. Juli 1999 ver�ffentlicht

One of Mary's best!

When I first picked up this book I didn't expect much. I never cared for The Lottery Winner. However, as soon as I opened the cover, I found myself wrapped up in the tales of Henry... Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 15. Mai 1998 ver�ffentlicht

Great book. Keeps me looking for much, much more.

I loved the book. To have a retired president and a congresswoman marry was pure brilliance. I loved it when Sunday (Sandra) was always getting her nose into trouble and the... Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 13. November 1997 ver�ffentlicht

Fluff but fun

Ok, so it wasn't a collection of mystery stories to make you think or keep you up at night, but it was a fun, quick read. Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 30. Oktober 1997 von Mary T.

Good, but not as much suspense

Great characters, but it didn't have the suspense to want you to keep reading as much as others. Good for a relaxing quick read, though. I'd definately check it out!

Ver�ffentlicht am 13. Oktober 1997 von alles@mich.com

This was a departure for the author.

Mary Higgins Clark's "My Gal Sunday" was a very readable book but not up to the author's usual standards. Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 30. August 1997 von MuzzyG@aol.com

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