Pretend You Don't See Her
Written by Mary Higgins Clark
Narrated by Cecelia Riddett
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
Mary Higgins Clark sends chills down readers’ spines with the story of Lacey Farrell, a rising star on the Manhattan real estate scene. One day, while showing a luxurious skyline co-op, Lacey is witness to a murder—and to the dying words of the victim. The dying woman is convinced that the attacker was after her dead daughter’s journal—which Lacey gives to the police, but not before making a copy for herself. It’s an impulse that later proves nearly fatal.
Placed in the witness protection program and sent to live in the Minneapolis area, Lacey must assume a fake identity, at least until the killer can be brought to trial. There she meets Tom Lynch, a radio talk-show host whom she tentatively begins to date—until the strain of deception makes her break it off. Then she discovers the killer has traced her to Minneapolis. Armed with nothing more than her own courage and clues from the journal, Lacey heads back to New York, determined to uncover who’s behind the deaths of the two women—before she’s the next casualty.
At once seductive and frightening, Pretend You Don’t See Her is the “mistress of high tension” (The New Yorker) at her ingenious best.
Mary Higgins Clark
The #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark wrote over forty 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 including The Cinderella Murder, All Dressed in White, The Sleeping Beauty Killer, Every Breath You Take, You Don’t Own Me, and Piece of My Heart. With her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, she coauthored five suspense novels. More than one hundred million copies of her books are in print in the United States alone. Her books are international bestsellers.
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Reviews for Pretend You Don't See Her
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5It’s really really really slow moving and predictable. I was disappointed.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I've been a fan of Mary Higgins Clark for years. While this isn't my favorite of her books it's still a great book!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When real estate agent, Lacey, witnesses the murder of a woman she is selling a house for, she is in danger. Not only that, the dying woman tasked Lacey with giving her daughter’s journal to her daughter’s father. Her daughter was killed in a car crash a few months previous. However, the journal is now evidence. I liked it, but there were a lot of characters that I had a bit of trouble keeping straight. The author jumps to different perspectives, on occasion, and the reader knows who the killer is (as does Lacey) from the start, but how it all ties together is unknown. Overall, it was “good” for me.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One of my favorites! The ending caught me off guard and I finished the book in one day! I just couldn't put it down and had to keep reading.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5has been good so far.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A typical tale of the damsel in witness protection falling in love and unable to open up to her knight in shining armor by order of her protectors. Not my favorite of Clark's, but not bad either.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What happens when a young woman, having merely been in the wrong place at the wrong time, is accidentally caught up in a dangerous murder investigation?What happens when she is placed under police protection, forced to give up her identity and move to another part of the country, at least until the killer can be positively identified and apprehended?What happens when in her new life she meets the perfect man, only she can't risk falling in love because she can't tell anyone -- even him, especially him -- who she really is?"Pretend You Don't See Her" is Mary Higgins Clark's brilliant and terrifying new novel, her fifteenth, and her most chilling and suspense-filled yet. Set in New York and in Minneapolis-St. Paul, it is the story of Lacey Farrell, a young rising star on Manhattan's high-powered and competitive real estate scene.In the course of selling a luxurious skyline coop, Lacey becomes the witness to a murder and hears the dying words of the victim, a woman who is convinced that her attacker was after a journal kept by her daughter up until the day she died in what everyone but her grieving mother believes to have been a tragic accident. Lacey gives the journal to the police, but not before she makes a copy for herself -- an impetuous act that later proves to be almost fatal.Obliged to give up her family, her job, her very identity, Lacey is placed in the witness protection program and sent to live in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, where she must assume a new life, at least until the killer can be brought to trial. Once there, she meets and quickly finds herself attracted to Tom Lynch, a young radio talk-show host. He likewise is drawn to her -- but Laceybecomes so upset and confused by the life of lies she is forced to live that she tries to break off their burgeoning relationship. How can she commit to him when she can't even tell him her true name?Then one day she discovers that the killer has traced her to Minneapolis and will soon place not only her but everyone around her in dire jeopardy. Realizing that she is no longer safe, she decides to go back to New York, determined to confront the threat to her life head on.Armed with nothing more than her own courage and the ambiguous and mystifying clues found in the journal, Lacey is caught in a fast-paced race against time as she tries to uncover who was behind the deaths of the two women before she, too, is killed -- not realizing that the journal itself is the reason for the murders....Chilling, spine-tingling suspense is the hallmark of Mary Higgins Clark's novels. In "Pretend You Don't See Her," she surpasses herself.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5One of Clark's worst books in my opinion. I made it through, however, my interest in doing household chores took me away a few times. I will still check out her books first BUT this one wasn't a hit it my opinion.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A realtor witnesses a murder, placed into Witness Protection, and spends several months looking over her shoulder. A few close calls. A good read.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I listened to the audio book, read by Mary Pifer. The heroine, Manhattan real estate agent Lacey Ferrell , witnessed a murder and received a journal written by the murdered woman's daughter- who may have also been murdered. Lacey enters into the witness protection program for her safety. When her whereabouts become known and her life threatened once again she returns to New York to solve the case and hopefully resume her old life.The plot was interesting enough, the characters less so, particularly the females. Lacey was so whiny during her Witness Protection time that I truly hoped she'd get shot. This was my second M.H. Clark book and while it was better than "My Gal Sunday" it was far from a good read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very interesting story. An interesting look at the Witness Protection Program.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Enjoyable light mystery reading.