In English - Mary Higgins Clark - A cry in the night

   I would like to share with you a typical holiday book. OK, I know the holidays are over... but let's make them last a little with this article about a mystery novel.

Title: A cry in the night

Author: Mary Higgins Clark

Genre: mystery novel

Year: 1982

Country: USA

Summary

   Jenny Mc Partland is a divorced mother of two little girls. Her struggle with poverty brutally comes to an end as she falls in love with Erich Krueger, a rich painter who is passionately in love with her too, marries her and adopts the children. Jenny follows him and stays in his gigantic farm in Minnesota. But Erich becomes extremely possessive, doesn't allow her to go outside the property, and Jenny feels suffocated in this strange atmosphere, haunted by Erich's dead beloved mother. Moreover, Jenny's ex-husband is prowling around the place. The fairy tale will turn into nightmare as Jenny becomes more and more paranoid.

My opinion

    First, the atmosphere of the novel is fascinating. This strange house, full of the memory of a dead person, is really sinister and creepy. The really fast passage from hapiness to fear is remarkable. The characters are excellent too: the happy Jenny, who turns out to be so nervous, and the dark Erich and his morbid fascination for his dead mother.

    What's also crucial in a mystery novel, the suspense is extremely big. Itis litterally impossible to put the book down. The mystery remains until the very end of the novel, which is, of course, stunning.

    I really like in this novel this psychological aspect about paranoia, amnesia, and other psychological pathologies presented in the book. It is always extremely interesting.

    I really loved this novel and would warmly recommand it to anyone who likes chills ! But don't read it alone in the house at night as I did...

To conclude

   5/5, frightening

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