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1) Mass Market Paperback Book The Cradle Will Fall by Pocket. This cliff-hanging story is about a widow, named Katie DeMaio, who ends up getting in a car accident on her way home from work one day. When she is in the hospital recovering she looks out the window and sees a man placing a body into the trunk of a car. She cannot tell if she is glancing at an illusion, or if this really happened. When she returns to her daily life, Katie begins her job again. Quickly she starts investigating a suicide, that in her eyes did not seem possible. A man named Richard Carroll, who helps Katy with her investigations, seemed to see a mystery behind the doctor who "cures" infertile women. These women included the woman who apparently killed herself. Before Richard can tell Katie about his discovery she was going to have surgery by that exact same doctor, Doctor Edgar Highley.
These twisted events end up all fitting together, just as a puzzle. The nightmare of a plot tends to make you take a glance behind you to make sure no one is staring you down. If you pick this book up, someone will have to rip it from your hands to get you to stop reading it because you get pulled into it instantly. This is now one of my favorite books, and authors, because Clark lets you see the mystery from all points of view including the murderer. I greatly recommend that you choose this book to read, for Mary Higgins Clark was simply genius while constructing it!
¤ 2) Mass Market Paperback Book The Cradle Will Fall by Pocket. This is one of the most thrilling books I have ever read in my life. I felt like I was actually in the story.¤ 3) Mass Market Paperback Book The Cradle Will Fall by Pocket. "The Cradle Will Fall" by Mary Higgins Clark is by far the best of her first three books. I loved the subject matter and somehow knowing the killer´s identity made the book more gripping than in "Where Are the Children?" (when I had a good idea of the killer´s identity early in the book)and "A Stranger is Watching."
Vangie Lewis is a spoiled, barren woman who goes to a Dr. Edgar Highley--a brilliant OB/GYN--to try and have a baby. Within a few visits, Vangie becomes pregnant. Vangie is never alive in the actual book, though, but is dead by the very beginning. Dr. Highley has just killed her and is taking her to her home to make her death look like a suicide.
We soon meet Vangie´s husband, Dr. Highley´s secretary and a young, widowed woman named Katie deMaio among others. They are all searching for answers. Investigators quickly realize that Vangie did not kill herself, rather someone killed her. Their suspect is Chris Lewis, Vangie´s husband. Katie has a feeling that Chris is not the true killer, and her feelings turn out to be right--but not before two other people are killed by Dr. Highley and we learn of more murders that the clever doctor has gotten away with.
You will not be disappointed with this excellent book!¤ 4) Mass Market Paperback Book The Cradle Will Fall by Pocket. THE CRADLE WILL FALL is every woman´s worst nightmare! Mary Higgins Clark has taken this frightening idea and woven a tale around a young woman and a villain who creates the most deplorable of acts. This story escalates until the final climax which will leave your heart racing and have you wondering just how much of this tale can actually come true!
Some may be asking what could I possibly mean by "every woman´s worst nightmare", well let me give you a few hints without telling the entire story because you really should read this one!
The villain in THE CRADLE WILL FALL is an obstetrician-gynecologist who entices women into his care by his track record on fertility. Women come to him with the hopes of fulfilling their dreams to have children. What they don´t know is that he is conducting horrific experiments with them. His game begins to unravel when an Oriental child is born to a Caucasian couple. And then the truth becomes public knowledge. Women will empathize with the horror more than men, but I´m sure everyone will cringe at the truth when it is uncovered.
THE CRADLE WILL FALL is definitely not one for younger readers and those who are faint of heart. The most ardent mystery lovers will enjoy this book because of it´s terrifyingly real content. This is the first Mary Higgins Clark book that I ever read, and I was hooked from the first page. When I finished THE CRADLE WILL FALL, I went the very next morning to get another of her books. It is definitely unexpected, and completely absorbing. A+ material.
¤ 5) Mass Market Paperback Book The Cradle Will Fall by Pocket. The Cradle Will Fall, a novel by Mary Higgins Clark, is a suspenseful work of fiction about an assistant prosecutor, Katie DeMaio, who uncovers a doctor´s evil plot to harm the lives of pregnant women. Clark uses an element of suspense, foreshadowing, and great characterization to pull the reader into her novel. She also uses dialogue to establish a personal relationship between the reader and the characters.
Mary Higgins Clark uses the element of suspense to write an exceptional mystery. The reader watches the case unfold and experiences different twists and turns along the way. The reader feels as if he is involved in solving the mystery. Each time Katie and Richard discover a new clue, the reader remains on the edge. The plot is very complex. She leaves the reader confused in the beginning by only telling little pieces of the story but in the end it all comes together. In the end, she gives more information the reader expects. In the beginning, the novel is hard to get into because the plot is a little dawdling. It picks up soon and the reader is unable to put it down. Her suspenseful writing techniques captivate and intrigue the reader. This novel is a classic mystery but unlike other novels by Clark the reader knows who the murder is in the beginning. Clark still manages to surprise the reader with the details of the case. She allows the reader to know all the details of the characters´ lives. She writes each chapter from a different character´s perspective. The reader feels as if he knows the characters personally. Clark makes the characters ordinary people so it is easier for the reader to relate to them. The reader enjoys Katie and Richard´s blossoming relationship and in the end is excited that they begin a romantic bond. She also uses foreshadowing as a major device in this novel. In the beginning, the reader knows that doctor will murder again and at any cost. She uses foreshadowing to show the reader that Dr. Highly wants to kill Katie because of the risk of her finding out that he killed the pregnant woman. The foreshadowing keep the reader on the edge of his seat to find out what comes next.
The Cradle Will Fall was very captivating and keeps the reader waiting in suspense. It exemplifies the perfect characteristics of a classic mystery novel written by one of the greatest mystery writers of all time. Mary Higgins Clark was successful in employing the devices of suspense, foreshadowing, and characterization to create a classic that will be read for many years to come.
¤ 6) Mass Market Paperback Book The Cradle Will Fall by Pocket. A minor road accident landed county prosecutor Katie DeMaio in Westlake Hospital. That night, from her window, she thought she saw a man load a woman´s body into the trunk of a car...or was it just a sleeping pill induced nightmare? At work the next day, Katie began investigating a suicide that looked more like murder. Initial evidence pointed elsewhere, but medical examiner Richard Carroll saw a trail leading to Dr. Edgar Highley. He suspected that the famous doctor´s work "curing" infertile women was more than controversial -- that it was deceitful, depraved, and often deadly. But before Richard could tell Katie his fears, she left the office for the weekend and an appointment for routine surgery...in Dr. Highley´s operating room. ¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 1-Dec-2008, 06717411959780671741198, 890-880-950-090-560-650-791-8 
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