New Releases by Carol Higgins Clark

Carol Higgins Clark, bestselling author of Fleeced and co-author with Mary Higgins Clark of He Sees You When You''re Sleeping, returns in top form in her new Regan Reilly mystery, blending her talent for intriguing locales, eccentric characters, and fast-paced suspense laced with humor. In Jinxed, smart, saucy sleuth Regan Reilly faces a new challenge—the case of the missing wedding guest. Regan, an L.A.-based private detective, returns to her office after a vacation with her beau, Jack "no relation" Reilly. Their tour of the wineries in Napa Valley and Santa Barbara County is cut short when Jack has to fly back to New York City, where he is the head of the Major Case Squad of the NYPD. Their last stop had been at Altered States, a run-down winery owned by three siblings who are all former hippies—Lilac, Earl, and Leon Weldon. Not knowing how soon it would be put to use, Regan leaves her business card behind. Within minutes of being back to work, Regan gets an excited call from Lilac. The Weldon family has been invited to the wedding of ninety-three-year-old Lucretia Standish, a former silent-screen star. Lucretia''s maid, Phyllis, clues Lilac in on the fact that Lucretia plans to give the Weldons $2 million each—if they all show up at the wedding. The wedding is two days away, and there is only one problem: Lilac''s daughter, Whitney, a.k.a. Freshness, a young actress, has taken off on one of her go-with-the-flow weekends. Whitney is out of touch and goes where the wind blows. If it doesn''t blow her back into town by Sunday morning, the Weldon family will be out $8 million. Regan''s job is to find Whitney. But unbeknownst to Regan, there''s someone else on the hunt. Lucretia''s fiancé, the much younger Edward Fields, has hired an accomplice in crime to locate Whitney and keep her away from the wedding. He wants to say "I do" to Lucretia and her millions before Whitney can protest. When Edward finds out that Regan Reilly has been hired to find the missing Whitney, he gives the order to get rid of her as well.u200b As in her previous novels, Carol Higgins Clark has created a novel that is both exciting and vastly entertaining. As no less a master of suspense than Nelson DeMille has said, "Clark''s writing is elegantly clear and concise, her characters are witty and engaging, and her plots and pacing are perfect." And in Jinxed, she is at her very considerable best.

Un livre écrit par M. Higgins Clark et sa fille, Carol, mettant en scène deux de leurs héroïnes préférées : Alvirah Meehan et Regan Reilly, toujours prêtes à se mettre en danger et au service de causes justes.

A Week in The Hamptons can be Murder Sleuth Regan Reilly is hired as a bodyguard for singer Brigid O''Neill, a rising country star who has been receiving threatening "love notes." Brigid also possesses a "magical" Irish fiddle said to be cursed-whoever takes it out of Ireland will have an accident or face death. Still, Brigid brings it to the Hamptons, where her band will perform at a Fourth of July concert. Chappy Tinka, heir to a thumbtack fortune, and his ditzy wife, Bettina, are their hosts. Regan joins them at "Chappy''s Compound," an oceanfront estate where they encounter Bettina''s guru Peace Man, Chappy''s bumbling sidekick Duke, a feng shui specialist obsessed with rearranging furniture-and a party guest found floating face-down in the pool. Is the curse of the fiddle real? Is there a murderer in the house? As the concert nears, the menace to Brigid grows, and Regan must discover the truth before it''s too late...

Le collant féminin indémaillable, indéchirable ! Richie Blossom n''est pas peu fier de cette invention qui pourrait lui apporter la fortune, et qu''il entend bien présenter au congrès de fabricants de lingerie qui se déroule à Miami Beach. Mais cette nouveauté révolutionnaire suscite, semble-t-il, autant de convoitises que de craintes. Est-ce pour cela que, par deux fois, dans l''hôtel où se tient aussi un congrès d''entrepreneurs de pompes funèbres, on essaie d''attenter à sa vie ? Telle est l''énigme à laquelle va s''attaquer Regan Reilly, la jeune détective privée que connaissent les lecteurs de Par-dessus bord. Et la troisième tentative d''assassinat sera dirigée contre elle... Carol Higgins Clark a de qui tenir, et le suspense dans les veines... Elle y ajoute ici une évidente marque personnelle, faite d''humour, de vivacité et de sens du récit.

Pour cette fois l''adage "Telle mère, telle fille" ne fonctionne pas. Ce roman mondain n''a pas l''attrait et le suspense de ceux de Mary. [SDM].

Snag, Run, Rip...It''s Sheer Murder! Murder at a Miami panty-hose convention? It''s a perfect case for a sleuth with panache and great legs. Coming to trendy South Beach for a wedding, Regan Reilly meets the bride''s favorite relative, the seventy-something Uncle Richie. He''s also headed for a legwear bash with his newest invention: run-less nylons that women-and rival manufacturers-would kill for! After two attempts on Uncle Richie''s life and the discovery of another suspicious death, Regan finds herself in a rollicking Miami hotel filled with suspects of every stripe-and knee-high deep in a caper that could cost her her life...

Regan Reilly, private investigator, returns to Oxford for a college reunion and memories of a room-mate who disappeared ten years ago. As acquaintances are renewed, a skeleton is found on the spot where the girl was last seen, and Regan becomes involved in a ten-year murder enquiry.