The Shadow of Your Smile.
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Mary Higgins Clark is not one of the authors I consciously think I can't wait for her next book. However saying this I must admit I have read a lot her books and have become familiar with her work, but I din't like this one. The Shadow of Your Smile is not the best book of Mary Higgins Clark.
Her style of writing keeps the tension up, though. It is similar to a daily soap. You get a relatively small bit of information and then the episode ends with something compelling that makes you want to know more. Her chapters are exactly the same. But then, you have to wait a few chapters because in the next ones, different characters play the main role and new insights into the story are given. In the end of the novel, all pieces of the puzzel fall into places and you can figure it out by yourself.
There’s always an acceptable amount of coincidental use in any book. But in this case it just entwines between ALL the characters that it just doesn’t make sense. The ending was far too predictable. The story is not the best of all times and not extremely new. Only if you feel to be a part of the story, it is a brilliant story and the author was able to grab your attention completely. That did not happen with this book.
A young doctor trying to learn about her heritage while caught up in the midst of a murder investigation with someone coming after her. I don't know why, but something was just a little lacking for me. While I still liked the book, I didn't have that feeling when I got done reading that it was so phenomenal, like several of her others gave me - when they shocked me and I had no idea that the killer was the killer. I'm wondering if part of it is because I've read so many of her books that I can predict who the killer may be? I'm not sure.
I thought the subject matter was confusing, characters dull, and the plot line incredibly implausible and crammed. I've read a lot of MHC books, and while they're not the greatest, they're always fun. I really struggled through this one, though.