Nighttime Is My Time: A Novel

by Mary Higgins Clark

Book Overview

From the "Queen of Suspense," Mary Higgins Clark, comes a riveting tale of suspense, secrets and revenge. Historian Jean Sheridan returns to Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, excited about her twenty-year... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074341263X
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.1" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

The Best Mystery I've Ever Read!!!

Nighttime is my Time by Mary Higgins Clark is an awesome book. It sat around here for so long because the size scared me, but then I remembered that it's large print. It didn't take me too long to read. This is the second book I've read by MHC, the first being Mt. Vernon Love Story. I enjoyed that one, but I enjoyed this one much more. The book focuses on a class reunion. It seems that the students from a certian lunch table have died in the same order in which they sat. Two still remain alive. Should they be worried? Everyone is a suspect! Nighttime is My Time kept me in awe until I finished it. And the first thing I did when I finished was to go purchase another MHC book. I give this book 5 stars.I think it is my favorite book of all time. I recommend it to anyone who can read: I loved it that much:)

Nighttime is definitely my time.

Once you get into this book, it's most likely you can't put it down. It's very easy to read all through the night with this one. Actually, it's easy to do that with all of MHC's novels. I rated this book as a 5 only beacuse I love how MHC can keep all of her characters straight, especially in this one because there were so many to keep track of at the beginning of the book. Unfortunately, I somehow knew who the killer was at the very beginning, after all were introduced. I came to the thought that her books which give the thoughts of all her characters are easier to figure out. I noticed that in her previous two suspense novels, when they were in first person, it was much harder to know exactly what who was doing and whom you could trust. As long as she doesn't completely do away with the third person/thoughts of everyone type story, I think I enjoy her first person novels a lot better.

Page Turner

This book is one of Mary Higgins Clark's best. I couldn't put it down. She is a true master storyteller. I highly recommend this book!

Loved this one; use a matrix to follow the suspects

I've been in a dry spell in the past month trying to get involved in a book and this one cured me - I found it extremely gripping, fun and impossible to put down. When I started, my attempt to keep track of the main characters (and in particular the five male suspects) was just impossible. I finally took out a piece of paper and started taking notes in a matrix form - on everything including height, appearance, occupation, place of residence, nicknames, etc. This made the book much more fun to read. And the author really pulls no punches - she provided no inauthentic or inconsistent information meaning that you can ultimately deduce the identity of the killer. Without this matrix of suspects, however, I know I would have been lost and probably would have found it impossible to follow and thus difficult to enjoy.

Excellent thriller

She would prefer to ignore the invitation to return to Stonecraft Academy for her class' twentieth anniversary reunion, but renowned historian Jean Sheridan is one of six recipients being honored at the gala for their accomplishments. Still the award would not have propelled Jean to return to the academy, but posthumously honoring another winner is the reason for the author to drive to Croton on the Hudson to attend the festivities.At the hotel, Jean receives a fax that follows up on a package sent to her that contains evidence that someone kidnapped her teenage child, who she gave up for adoption at birth. She is further stunned when attendee Laura Wilcox followed by Robby Brent vanish. When Laura calls to confess that she sent the fax and wants to meet Jean, the historian has no idea the danger she will be stepping into. The serial killer the Owl has made a home at Stonecraft Academy and Jean would be a prize addition to the victim list of at least five from the class of two decades ago.Though the plot seems anemic in spite of a serial killer and the abduction, the suspense is at its usual stratospheric levels as expected from a Mary Higgins Clark thriller. The story line focuses on the Professor dealing with two crises that interconnect with her. Readers will appreciate the heroism of the reluctant female champion as she grits her teeth and goes forth to do battle against an unknown enemy who might be abetted by a peer betrayer. Ms. Clark shows why she is amongst the top echelon of psychological suspense authors with this taut tale.Harriet Klausner