Mary Higgins Clark, America's Queen of Suspense, and her daughter, Carol Higgins Clark, have again joined forces to create a suspenseful and humorous holiday tale.
Alvirah Meehan, lottery winner turned amateur sleuth, teams up with private investigator Regan Reilly to solve another Christmas mystery involving a beautiful eighty-foot blue spruce that has been chosen as Rockefeller Center's famous Christmas tree. The folks who picked the tree don't have a clue that attached to one of its branches is a flask chock-full of priceless diamonds that Packy Noonan, a scam artist just released from prison, had hidden there over twelve years ago.
From two of America's beloved storytellers, The Christmas Thief is filled with suspense, comic characters, and holiday cheer, and is sure to delight its readers.
Even as a young girl, growing up in the Bronx, Mary Higgins Clark knew she wanted to be a writer. The gift of storytelling was a part of her Irish ancestry, so it followed naturally that she would use her sharp eye, keen intelligence, and inquisitive nature to create stories.
In this personal memoir, Clark tells the story of her amazing life, from a child of the depression, to the intrigues of family life and her unyeilding struggle to get published. She began writing stories at the kitchen table; finally selling the first one for one hundred dollars, after six years and forty rejections. When asked if she might give up writing for a life of leisure, Marv replied, "Never. To be happy for a year, win the lottery. To be happy for life, do what you love."
