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The Melody Lingers On

By: Mary Higgins Clark
Narrated by: Jan Maxwell
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From the number-one New York Times best-selling "Queen of Suspense" comes a thrilling novel about missing billions, a disgraced financier, and those determined to learn the truth at any cost.

As the sole assistant to a famous upscale interior designer, Lane Harmon, mother to five-year-old Katie, is accustomed to visiting opulent homes around the tristate area. A born optimist, Lane finds the glimpse into these gilded worlds fascinating and loves the reward of exceeding the expectations of their often-demanding owners. When she is called to assist in redecorating a modest townhouse in Bergen County, she knows the job is unusual. Then she learns the home belongs to the wife of a notorious and disgraced financier named Parker Bennett.

Parker Bennett has been missing for two years. He dropped out of sight just before it was discovered that the $5 billion in the fund he had been managing had vanished. Bennett had gone out on his sailboat in the Caribbean. Was it suicide, or had he staged his disappearance? The scandal around his name has not died down. His clients and the federal government all want to trace the money and find Bennett if he is still alive.

Lane is surprised to find herself moved by Mrs. Bennett's calm dignity and apparently sincere belief in her husband's innocence. Gradually Lane finds herself drawn to Eric, the Bennetts' son, who is similarly determined to prove that his father is not guilty. Lane doesn't know that the closer she gets to the Bennetts, the more she puts her life - and her daughter's life - in jeopardy.

With the hair-raising storytelling skill that has made her America's "Queen of Suspense", Mary Higgins Clark combines a headline-making financial scandal and a breathtaking tale of deception and betrayal into one of her finest novels.

©2015 Mary Higgins Clark (P)2015 Simon & Schuster

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Enjoyable topical and great narration!

Fast pacing and good character development
I always enjoy the authors believable
Inside plot and to the characters she writes about.
Well done Audible.

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suspenseful ...true to Mary Higgins Clark!<br /> <br />

This is a must read! Well written & suspenseful as I expected! loved it

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What a mind teaser

I thought I knew good from bad but Clark fooled me. I've loved her books for years. This is my first on audio it's great. On your iPhone you can take it with you everywhere. She had many to choose from. Start listening. 😃

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Good story but kinda predictable

I appreciate the fact that Mary Higgins Clark doesn't find it necessary to use sex and profanity and crudeness to tell a good story She is one of my favorites

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Loved It

Well written. Although it has a predictable ending it was a good story. Well worth reading.

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Slow and Predictable

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

this is not a book that is worth reading. It is slow, more of a cheap harlequin book offers no suspense or mystery. Nothing like the other books I've read from this author.

Has The Melody Lingers On turned you off from other books in this genre?

Only from this author if this is where her books are heading.

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the narrator was fine.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Melody Lingers On?

the entire book

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Wow

Another ace in the hole! Mary Higgins Clark has been a long favorite, and this did not disappoint.

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Loved it

It was a simple story with a predictable ending but I still loved the interplay with the characters.

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I enjoyed the book very much!

Mary Higgins Clark tells a wonderful story. I've always enjoyed all of her books. Jan maxwell excellent job of narrating.

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Mediocre

Predictable storyline. Mary Higgins Clark's heroines seem to have the same MO. Beautiful, perfect personality with some tragedy having befallen her husband. The performance was irritating, a couple of the characters practically whined and sounded almost handicapped. I'm afraid this is my last book by this author.

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