Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
All Through the Night
Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Mary Higgins Clark
Class/Genre: Mystery Psychological Suspense
Simon & Schuster, Oct 1998, $17.00
Trade Paperback
It is a month before Christmas, but not everyone in the Big Apple is as happy as Willy and Alvirah Meehan, winners of a forty million-dollar lottery drawing a few years ago. The former plumber and ex-cleaning lady are disturbed when the tenants of their dead friend Bessie claim that their former landlord made out a will leaving them the brownstone. As far as everyone is concerned, the house was supposed to be left to Bessie's sister, who intended to turn ownership over to the Home Safe Program, run by Willy's sibling, Sister Cordelia.
Alvirah believes that there is something phony about the tenants and the new will. She intends to do some snooping to prove it. Alvirah also takes on another case, locating Sondra's daughter who she abandoned seven years ago in the doorway of the church rectory (Alvirah and Willy are a part of the congregation). She had expected the Monsignor to find the baby a home, but instead a thief abducted the child as a cover when he tripped the church alarm. The felon escaped and gave the girl to his aunt to raise.
Mary Higgins Clark is a recognized talent, who deserves all the accolades that comes her way. ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT is a beautiful Christmas tale that demonstrates miracles can occur while maintaining the author's trademark level of suspense. Fans of Ms. Clark, mystery lovers and anyone believing in the holiday spirit will enjoy this novel immensely.
Harriet Klausner
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