Mary Higgins Clark: A Critical Companion

by Linda C. Pelzer, Kathleen Gregory Klein, Linda De Roche

Book Overview

Best-selling author Mary Higgins Clark, the Queen of Suspense, uses a popular literary genre, the novel of mystery and suspense, to explore contemporary social issues and the reality of evil in the lives of ordinary people. This first critical study of her work reveals the serious intent of a popular writer of popular fiction. It examines common themes--the consequences of crime on innocent victims, how crime forces its victims to confront their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313294135
• ISBN13: 9780313294136
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"