Where Are You Now?

A Novel

By: Mary Higgins Clark

Narrated by: Jan Maxwell

From America’s Queen of Suspense and #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a gripping tale of a young woman trying to unravel the mystery of a family tragedy—a quest with terrifying repercussions.

It has been ten years since twenty-one-year-old Charles MacKenzie Jr. (“Mack”) went missing. A Columbia University senior, about to graduate and already accepted at Duke University Law School, he walked out of his apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side without a word to his college roommates and has never been seen again. However, he does make one ritual phone call to his mother every year: on Mother’s Day. Each time, he assures her he is fine, refuses to answer her frantic questions, then hangs up. Even the death of his father, a corporate lawyer, in the tragedy of 9/11 does not bring him home or break the pattern of his calls.

Mack’s sister, Carolyn, is now twenty-six, a law school graduate, and has just finished her clerkship for a civil court judge in Manhattan. She has endured two family tragedies, yet she realizes that she will never be able to have closure and get on with her life until she finds her brother. She resolves to discover what happened to Mack and why he has found it necessary to hide from them. So this year when Mack makes his annual Mother’s Day call, Carolyn interrupts to announce her intention to track him down, no matter what it takes. The next morning after Mass, her uncle, Monsignor Devon MacKenzie, receives a scrawled message left in the collection basket: “Uncle Devon, tell Carolyn she must not look for me.”
©2008 Mary Higgins Clark; (P)2008 Simon & Schuster Audio

Such a great book!

Totally unexpected ending!!! All loose ends were tied up neatly and well… Great book and great narration!

An overall good mystery

I feel like when you pick up a Mary Higgins Clark novel you know what you are getting. A solid suspense story with some good twists, interesting characters, and a nice story. I won't claim she is for everyone but I do love her works.

Where are You Now? has a great premise and I felt the mystery behind it was delivered well. I do feel MHC laid the clues out well for how everything was happening if not exactly who was doing it. I think she did a great job presenting a wide range of characters with their own motives and setting out who did what while still delivering some surprises. The book has its flaws. The start of it is a little rough on presenting the characters and their motives (telling rather then showing) and the ending felt a little rushed. There are also a lot of characters to keep track of and I won't say that didn't create some difficulties. However, I was entertained for the novel and I enjoyed the narrations of most of the characters.

As usual Jan Maxwell delivered a good audio performance delivering the proper emphasis and voices to the characters. I didnt have trouble telling her voices apart and I think she delivered an entertaining performance. The quality of the recording is excellent.

Could not stop listening!

It met all of my expectations!
I enjoyed the narrator and the different voices that she performed.
Exciting & suspenseful story!

Great read

Great ending. I did not see it coming. Will find more of Mary Higgins Clark books to read.

Nothing Special

This is my first Mary Higgins Clark book. I read the reviews and thought why not? By midway is the book I already knew one of the revelations that would be unfolded at the end. The Who dun it part was a little weak. Great mystery writers give some hint or clue about possible ties or potential suspects. This one kind of drops it at the end with no real build up. You will have to suspend logic at several point sin the story . The main character soon becomes annoying as the story progresses and near the end you’ll roll your eyes. Again not great, but not terrible. I wouldn’t recommend to any serious mystery readers.