On The Street Where You Live: Summary and book reviews of On The Street Where You Live by Mary Higgins Clark, plus links to an excerpt from On The Street Where You Live and a biography of Mary Higgins Clark.

In the gripping new novel from America's Queen of Suspense, a young woman is haunted by two murders that are closely linked -- despite the one hundred and ten years that separate them. Following the acrimonious breakup of her marriage and the searing experience of being pursued by an obsessed stalker, criminal defense attorney Emily Graham accepts an offer to leave Albany and work in a major law firm in Manhattan. Feeling a need for roots, she buys her ancestral home, a restored Victorian house in the historic New Jersey seaside resort town of Spring Lake. Her family had sold the house in 1892, after one of Emily's forebears, Madeline Shapley, then still a young girl, disappeared. Now, more than a century later, as the house is being renovated and the backyard excavated for a pool, the skeleton of a young woman is found. She is identified as Martha Lawrence, who had disappeared from Spring Lake over four year ago. Within her skeletal hand is the finger bone of another woman with a ring still on it -- a Shapley family heirloom. In seeking to find the link between her family's past and the recent murder, Emily becomes a threat to a devious and seductive killer, who has chosen her as the next victim.

Media Reviews

Publisher's Weekly Is a reincarnated serial killer at work in a New Jersey resort town more than a century after he first drew blood? That's the catchy premise that supports Clark's 24th book.... This is a plot-driven novel, with Clark's story mechanics at their peak of complexity, clever and tricky.... Clark's prose ambles as usual, but it takes readers where they want to go deep into an old-fashioned tale of a damsel in delicious distress.

Recent Reader Reviews

Rated of 5 by Brandon M
Suspensful, but a bit lacking in the ending
This is the second book I've read by Mary Higgins Clark and I was expecting it to be as good as the first I read (Pretend You Don't See Her). I liked this book, although some parts were a bit confusing to me. I would have never guessed the...   Read More

Rated of 5 by Umbri
Alright
It was an alright book, but bored me in a few places. I was almost disappointed at the ending. Seemed too simple and predictable, I kept guessing things you'd think no one would guess, but in the end it was who everyone thought it would be. *sighs*

Rated of 5 by Carlee
Two Thumbs Up!
This book was awesome! My favorite book ever! I would definitely recomend this book!

Rated of 5 by missy
Are you kidding?
I thought this was an excellent book, but the end left me furious. What DID happen to .... [remainder of review deleted due to plot spoiler].

Rated of 5 by Klara
I love to read books by Mary Higgins Clark and I would like to say that this novel will become one of my favourites.

Rated of 5 by Hannah
Had you on the edge of your seat every second and kept you guessing until the very end.

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