Book Review: Where Are the Children Now?

 

Where Are the Children Now?

by Mary Higgins Clark; Alafair Burke

Pub Date 18 Apr 2023 

 Simon & Schuster 

 General Fiction (Adult)  |  Mystery & Thrillers 

Simon & Schuster and Netgalley provided me with a copy of Where Are the Children Now for review:

The "Queen of Suspense" continues to leave her mark with the highly anticipated sequel to Where Are the Children?, which features Nancy Harmon's children as adults facing peril once again.

Among Mary Higgins Clark's fifty-six bestsellers, Where Are the Children was among the most successful, Where Are the Children was one of Mary Higgins Clark's fifty-six bestsellers, forever transforming the genre of suspense fiction. There was a story in which a young California mother named Nancy Harmon was convicted of murdering hNancy's two children from a second marriage, Mike and Melissa, went missing several years later. Nancy once again became the prime suspect—but this time she was able to confront the secrets buried in her past and rescue her children.

Despite becoming the prime suspect, Nancy was able to confront the secrets buried in her past and save her children.

More than four decades after readers first met Nancy and her children, comes the sequel to the landmark book that set the stage for future generations of psychological suspense novels. Melissa, a lawyer turned successful podcaster, recently married a man whose first wife passed away tragically, leaving him and their young daughter, Riley, behind. Melissa's new stepdaughter goes missing while she and her brother, Mike, assist Nancy in moving from Cape Cod to the equally idyllic Hamptons. In light of the trauma they still experience from their own abduction, Melissa and Mike race to locate Riley in order to prevent her from being subjected to the trauma they are still struggling with.

In the same manner as the original, Where Are the Children Now? This book keeps readers guessing until the very last page and keeps them on the edge of their seats.

I give Where Are the Children Now five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!