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The Cradle Will Fall, Jui 30 2006
Katie DeMaio, a thirty-one-year-old assistant New Jersey county prosecutor and the widow of Judge John DeMaio, who had tragically died a few years before of cancer, has just been in a car accident, and has landed herself in the nearby prestigious Westlake Hospital. Katie dazedly attempts to stop the nurse from giving her a sleeping pill, for she knows it will give her nightmares, but it is no use. And before she knows it, Katie is fast asleep in the eerie darkness and silence of the hospital. Then, in the middle of the night, Katie wakes up and looks to the window. In the light of the moon, she sees a dark figure loading something heavy in a sack into a truck. The figure loses control of the sack, and then Katie sees a woman's dead face sticking out of the sack.
Little did Katie know that the dark figure was Dr. Edgar Highley, Westlake's leading doctor of the Westlake Maternity Concept, who has recently found a "miracle cure" for seemingly infertile women. Dr. Highley had seen the open window that night, and after he has found out that the window was from Katie's room he realizes that he needs to silence the only witness to his crime, forever... The next morning, Katie receives a frantic call from her older sister, Molly Kennedy, who tearfully informs Katie that Molly's neighbor, Vangie Lewis, was found dead in her home last night, having committed suicide by swallowing a glass of cyanide. It is then that the once-vague truth hits Katie: that deathly pale face she had seen last night was Vangie Lewis's face.
Richard Carroll, a handsome medical examiner who is a friend of Molly's husband Bill and who often works with Katie at the prosecutor's office, has found himself falling deeply in love with Katie, though he secretly fears that Katie is still mourning the death of her beloved husband. Soon, Katie's office is put on Vangie Lewis's case, and as they all begin to delve deeper, Vangie's death seems less and less like a suicide, and more like a vicious homicide. Then, when two more people turn up dead, the investigation skyrockets, as Richard finds groundbreaking new evidence that make Dr. Highley a dangerous madman.
But before Richard can warn Katie, she leaves for the weekend, telling no one that she has to return to the Westlake Hospital so Dr. Highley can perform her much-needed surgery and the blood transfusion for her extremely low blood count. But Katie is unaware that by stepping into the Westlake Hospital---one of the fanciest, homiest, and best hospitals around---a place where all the patients should feel safe, she is instead heading right into the face of danger; the belly of the beast, because Dr. Highley cannot let Katie tell anyone that he killed Vangie Lewis, and his murderous experiments with infertile female patients must not be exposed. Dr. Highley will stop at nothing to eliminate Katie. Can Richard save her?
Mary Higgins Clark has written yet another excellent suspense novels, so she is aptly titled "The Queen of Suspense." However, I would probably not list this among my favorite novels by Mary Higgins Clark. Though suspenseful in its own individual ways, I did not feel that passionately burning desire to finish the story immediately and never stop, unlike her other novels. I did not feel as motivated to finish this as some of her others did. Perhaps it was because you knew Dr. Highley was the killer from the initial start of the novel. Still, this is quite an interesting read, and the horrifying revelations about Dr. Highley's "experiments" seem much more medically modern and realistically futuristic for a story first written in 1980.
Highly recommended!
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Very good, but not my favorite, Avril 13 2004
This book was the first book I read by Mary Higgins Clark, and I immediately wanted to read more. Her writing is so easy to read, and you are hooked by almost the first chapter. The characters are developed thorougly, and it's hard to put down. Though it is exciting, I will admit I was more intrigued by "Let Me Call You Sweetheart." You should check that one out before "The Cradle Will Fall" because I think the plot is a bit sneakier, and there's a major twist at the end. You know who the killer is the whole time in "cradle". Overall though, a great read.
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Review of The Cradle Will Fall, Oct. 17 2003
Mary Higgins Clark published a chilling and inquiring novel, The Cradle Will Fall. Kathleen DeMaio, an assistant prosecutor, and Richard Carroll, a medical examiner are called to investigate a recent crime scene in which a pregnant woman seems to have committed suicide. They work together to put the pieces of the suicide together, as well as form a loving a sincere relationship. They analyze and question several suspects and crime scenes in the case. Through these investigations, Richard realizes that the last person to have come in contact with the deceased woman was Dr. Highly, the victim's doctor. Was the crime suicide, or planned murder? Now, Katie, not knowing Richard's conclusions about Dr. Highly, finds herself in the hospital for minor surgery. By coincidence, the surgeon is Dr. Highly. What will become of Katie?
Mary Higgins Clark is an excellent mystery writer. Her plot is complicated, yet well planned out and suddenly comes together at the end. The story begins a little slow but soon becomes fast-paced and intriguing. You will soon wonder if the detectives will ever crack the case and you will also start to solve the mystery yourself. Her character's personalities are unique and each one comes to life. She makes you feel as if you know each one personally. I enjoyed the personal relationships that develop throughout the novel as well as their feelings and emotions. Overall, the novel was full of suspense and terror. Mary Higgins Clark makes you feel as if you are in the operating room the whole time. There were many late nights in which I couldn't put this book down. I would suggest this book to all teenage or adult mystery lovers.
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