A Stranger is Watching

I read this book this year and I couldn't put it down! I'm in seventh grade. This book isn't a good book for people that get nervous or scared easily. But it's great for people that love Scary Mysteries! This book is a true Scary Mystery classic. This book has romance, which leads to a huge mystery that has people's lives at stake.

I absolutely loved this book! It is a total page turner. The author writes books that keep people on their toes and with this book she definately suceeded. The book is about a young woman named Sharon Martin who is dating a widower named Steve. Steve's wife was murdered about a year ago. His son Neil has not yet gotten over his mother's death and refuses to be friendly with Sharon. Things get complicated when Shaton and Neil get kidnapped by a psycho who is planning to blow them up. I found it very hard to put this book down, especially near the end. I got so sucked into the book that I just had to find out if Neil and Sharon were rescued. The author has a knack for making her characters seem so incredibly real that you actually start to really hate the bad guy and get attached to the heroine. This book was meant to keep people on the edge of their seat and that's exactly what it does. This is definately one of the best books I've read by this author.

If you are interested in reading an intense novel that keeps you from wanting to put the book down, then "A Stranger is Watching" by Mary Higgens Clark is the book to read. This novel is full of intense situations which makes the reader see things in a completely different perspective. Kidnapping is a devastating situation which occurs in everyday life. In "A Stranger is Watching", it shows the viewpoint from which one is kidnapped. The novel gave a horrifying insight on what, the character that had been kidnapped, had to go through. It gave great detail on the emotional distress that the character felt, it made the reader feel as if he/she were the ones going through the terrifying tragedy. It also showed the viewpoint from the police officers and the investigators, and the stress they had to go through as the victems lives depended on them. It's truely amazing what a difference one person can make and how many lives they effect. Many people were effected by this tragedy and many people put in 110% effort to help save the victems lives and to obtain justice. The novel shows the reader what the many people that are effected have to go through in real life situations. I recommend this novel to anyone who loves intense reading.

I pesonally would have to say this book was one of the best I've ever read. The view point of this book was very unique in that they relayed the events from each persons view. I tend to avoid reading, but I couldn't put this book down. The killer and his plan were so methodic and technical, yet you couldn't connect all the clues till the end. There wee so many twists that kept grabbing your attention. The ending was awesome. I'd definitely recommend this book.

This was my first Mary Higgins Clark book. It was requested reading on my ninth grade reading list for the summer. At first when I saw the cover, it looked boring, but when I started the book, I couldn't put it down. I felt like I needed to be a detective in the book and tell Hugh and Steve where Sheron and Neil were hidden. I give this book 5 stars and request that it be read by many others.