14 Best Mary Higgins Clark Books

Best friends Erin and Darcy help a TV producer research personal ads, treating it as a lark until Erin is found murdered, wearing one dancing slipper. Determined to catch the “dancing shoe” killer, Darcy puts herself directly in his sights.

Nancy Harmon, once accused of killing her first two children, has built a new life on Cape Cod with a new family. When her young son and daughter vanish, echoes of the past return and she must race to find them while proving her innocence.

College student Laurie Kenyon is accused of killing her English professor but has no memory of the crime. Kidnapped and abused as a child, she developed multiple personalities, and now her sister and a psychiatrist must uncover what really happened before it’s too late.

Divorced single mother Jenny MacPartland marries charismatic painter Erich Krueger and moves to his isolated Minnesota farm. As his behavior grows possessive and his obsession with his dead mother emerges, Jenny realizes she and her children may not be safe.

Laurie Moran’s show tackles the decades‑old murder of Susan Dempsey, a brilliant student found dead in a Hollywood canyon instead of at the audition she never reached. Reuniting suspects and witnesses on set brings long‑hidden motives and a watching killer to light.

When her glamorous actress sister Leila dies in an apparent suicide at an exclusive spa, Elizabeth Lange refuses to believe she jumped. As she digs into Leila’s last days, jealous colleagues and hidden obsessions emerge, and Elizabeth becomes the next potential victim.

Neeve Kearney, owner of an upscale Manhattan boutique, is stunned when her difficult but influential client, a fashion writer, is found murdered. As Neeve searches for answers among designers and socialites, she uncovers secrets someone is desperate to keep buried.

Two years after his wife’s murder, Steve Peterson supports the death penalty for the convicted killer—until his young son and a TV reporter are abducted by the real murderer and hidden beneath Grand Central Terminal in a deadly countdown.

During a glittering gala at New York’s Met, a wealthy widow falls—or is pushed—from the museum’s rooftop garden. Laurie Moran’s team restages the event for Under Suspicion, uncovering jealous relatives, art‑world rivalries, and a stalker who may strike again.

Widowed TV producer Laurie Moran launches Under Suspicion, a reality show that reenacts cold cases, starting with a socialite’s unsolved “Graduation Gala” murder. As she gathers the original guests on camera, she must also watch for the man who once threatened her own family.

Manhattan real‑estate star Lacey Farrell witnesses a client’s murder and hears the woman’s last plea to protect her dead daughter’s journal. After entering witness protection, Lacey discovers the killer has tracked her down and that the missing pages hold the key to the truth.

Still mourning her young son’s accidental death, Menley Nichols accompanies her lawyer husband and their baby to a rented Cape Cod house called Remember House. Strange events echo an old tragedy and make her fear history is about to repeat itself.

Twin three‑year‑olds Kathy and Kelly are kidnapped for ransom; only Kelly returns, while the kidnappers insist Kathy is dead. When Kelly begins insisting her sister is alive and communicating with her, their mother follows those strange clues in a desperate search.

In the small town of Branscombe, New Hampshire, four coworkers unexpectedly share a winning lottery ticket. As greed, envy, and old secrets flare and people go missing, Alvirah Meehan and Regan Reilly must uncover who is willing to kill for the jackpot.