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Pretend You Don't See Her
Pretend You Don't See Her
Author: Mary Higgins Clark
ISBN-13: 9780684810393
ISBN-10: 0684810395
Publication Date: 4/28/1997
Pages: 320
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 211 ratings
Publisher: Simon Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 4
This book comes with a warning. Start in the evening you'll be up very late reading. BUT IT WILL WORTH THE LOSS OF SLEEP
blucanary avatar reviewed Pretend You Don't See Her on + 15 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This one is probably my favorite MHC book. Most of her stuff I find a little simplistic, and this was really no different, but the mixture of the writing style and the plot really added something this time around.
bigshirl55 avatar reviewed Pretend You Don't See Her on + 197 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
One of Mary Higgins Clark's best. I truly enjoyed it.
Bernelli avatar reviewed Pretend You Don't See Her on + 266 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This was a good suspence/mystery storyâa real page turner.
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Helpful Score: 2
I am going through reading all of MHC books and this is one of my favorite! I had a hard time putting this one down. Full of suspense.
darkcoffeeclouds avatar reviewed Pretend You Don't See Her on + 114 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This was a great book that I couldn't put down. The whole story was brilliant and all the characters were well developed. I especially loved the way it didn't really unravel until the very end and there were several suprises. Even though I had a feeling of who the "bad guy" would turn out to be, there weren't really any clues. I only wish there was a little more to read about the main couple in the end. This book leaves you wanting to know more about the characters AFTER the mystery was over. It was a great read!
FitMommyOf2 avatar reviewed Pretend You Don't See Her on + 85 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Great book like all of MHC's books! Keeps you guessing til the end!
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Helpful Score: 1
Lacey Farrell, the heroine of Mary Higgins Clark's 15th novel, is having a bit of an identity crisis. While working as a real estate agent in New York, Lacey witnessed a client's murder, and now she's in hiding with a new name and a new life. But changing her identity doesn't completely remove Lacey from the web of danger and deceit that surrounds the crime; new clues keep popping up that suggest some kind of link between Lacey's family and the murder. Meanwhile, a new man comes into the heroine's life, further complicating an already murky situation. As any fan will tell you, Mary Higgins Clark never fails to deliver plot twists and turns that are as unexpected as they are thrilling.
xmascarol avatar reviewed Pretend You Don't See Her on + 261 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
One of the better of the author's books.
budsmama avatar reviewed Pretend You Don't See Her on + 11 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Very good read...could not put it down!
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Helpful Score: 1
Great story
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Helpful Score: 1
I could not put this book down!!!! The story was gripping and I started reading it on friday night and finished it early saturday morning. Such a great story!
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Helpful Score: 1
Love book. Very intriquing and captivating.
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Helpful Score: 1
Another good book from Mary Higgins Clark. One of my favorite Authors.
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Helpful Score: 1
Scary! Tense drama thriller.
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Helpful Score: 1
"In the course of selling a luxurious skyline co-op, Lacey becomes the witness toa murder and hears the dying words of the victim, a woman who is convinced that her attacker was after a journal ...."
-from the jacket
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Helpful Score: 1
Mary Higgins Clark sends chills down readers' spines with the story of Lacey Farrell, a rising star on the Manhattan real estate scene. One day, while showing a luxurious skyline co-op, Lacey is witness to a murder -- and to the dying words of the victim.... The dying woman is convinced that the attacker was after her dead daughter's journal -- which Lacey gives to the police, but not before making a copy for herself. It's an impulse that later proves nearly fatal.
Placed in the witness protection program and sent to live in the Minneapolis area, Lacey must assume a fake identity, at least until the killer can be brought to trial. There she meets Tom Lynch, a radio talk-show host whom she tentatively begins to date -- until the strain of deception makes her break it off. Then she discovers the killer has traced her to Minneapolis. Armed with nothing more than her own courage and clues from the journal, Lacey heads back to New York, determined to uncover who's behind the deaths of the two women -- before she's the next casualty.

At once seductive and frightening, Pretend You Don't See Her is the "mistress of high tension" (The New Yorker) at her ingenious best.
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Helpful Score: 1
Another great novel by Mary!
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Helpful Score: 1
This is a page turner for sure. If you love Mary Higgins Clark you'll definitely want to get this one.It's about a young woman who was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. She she's a man leaving the apartment of a murder victim. She is put in the witness protection program until the killer is caught.
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Helpful Score: 1
Lacey Farrell, the heroine of Mary Higgins Clark's 15th novel, is having a bit of an identity crisis. While working as a real estate agent in New York, Lacey witnessed a client's murder, and now she's in hiding with a new name and a new life. But changing her identity doesn't completely remove Lacey from the web of danger and deceit that surrounds the crime; new clues keep popping up that suggest some kind of link between Lacey's family and the murder. Meanwhile, a new man comes into the heroine's life, further complicating an already murky situation. As any fan will tell you, Mary Higgins Clark never fails to deliver plot twists and turns that are as unexpected as they are thrilling.
bookdeejay avatar reviewed Pretend You Don't See Her on + 132 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A real-estate agent can identify a murderer, so is put in a program designed to keep her identity secret thus keep her alive to testify. It seems she is the only person who can solve this crime so she can go back to her real life. Interesting.
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Helpful Score: 1
Excellant read! Suspensefull to the last page.
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Helpful Score: 1
Could not put this one down. So many possible suspects! Keeps you guessing!
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Could not put this book down! very good reading.
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Helpful Score: 1
Classic Mary Higgins Clark. A good, suspenseful, easy read with plenty of exciting moments.
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Helpful Score: 1
If you like Mary Higgins Clark, or are a mystery fan, or both, you'll like this book. She gives you lots of clues that lead you in lots of different directions, only to surprise you at the end. Good author, good read.
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Great suspense. Page turner.
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Placed in the witness protection program,she must assume a fake identity - at least until the killer can be brought to trial.
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"Pretend You Don't See Her" was a well researched book with interesting insight into the witness protection program. Unlike a lot of thrillers, this novel was easy to follow. However, the characters did not leap off the page and many of the scenarios seemed implausible. If I'd related better to Lacey, the protagonist, I might have gotten more chills on her behalf. Having said all that, this is still a good book to take on a plane or to the doctor's waiting room.
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THIS ONE'S A REAL PAGE TURNER!
tigers9494 avatar reviewed Pretend You Don't See Her on + 49 more book reviews
Really good!
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a great read!
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Could not put this book down, great beach read.
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A young woman is accidentally caught up in a dangerous murder investigation. She is forced to give up her identity and move to another part of the country. She meets the perfect man, only she can't risk falling in love with him because she can't tell anyone, especially him, who she really is.
goldilocks2005 avatar reviewed Pretend You Don't See Her on + 104 more book reviews
Excellent story!!
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If you haven't read this book, you should. I couldn't put it down.
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Good book. Believe it or not...no torrid love scenes! Strong storyline instead...
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From the publisher:
Set in NY and Minnepolis-St. Paul, this is the story of Lacey Farrell, a young rising star on Manhattan's high-powered and competitive real estate scene.
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Love all her books.
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Higgans Clark always a good read...
romeo avatar reviewed Pretend You Don't See Her on + 334 more book reviews
what happens when a young woman, having been in the wrong place at the wrong time, is accidently caught up in a dangerous investigation? What happens when she is placed under police protection, forced to give up her identity and move to another part of the country, at least until the killer can be positively identified and apprehended? What happens when in her new life she meets the perfect man, only she can't risk falling in love because she can't tell anyone-even him, especially him-who she really is?
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Higgins-Clark is the best for a good mystery
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Great reading
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Again, a great MHC book; about the witness protection program.
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Full of suspense
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Gripping, edge of seat mystery!
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Exciting book.
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Lacey Farrell is a rising star on the NY real estate scene. Until the day that she is a witness to murder while showing a luxurious skyline co-op. The last words of the victim are to save her dead daughters dairy to give to the police. Placed in the witness protection program, Lacymust fake an identity, at least until the killer can be caught.
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it was a good read
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Story of the trials and tribulations of someone in the Witness Protection Program
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This book provides a few tense moments though some of it is a little bit predictable. The ending has a few good twists.
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Great book - can't put it down once you start reading it!
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Another excellent offering from Mary Higgins Clark. Good suspense and enough twists to get you through the night.
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I couldn't put this one down, I just had to know what was going to happen next.
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Lacey is a witness to a murder-and to the dying words of the victim...The dying woman is convinced that the attacker was after her dead daughter's journal-which Lacey gives to the police, but not before making a copy for herself. It's an impulse that later proves nearly fatal.
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page turner. i couldn't put it down
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Story Line: Real Estate agent witnesses a murder and is placed in Witness Protection Program.
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keeps you guessing to the end.
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This book keeps you wanting to read more.
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PRETEND YOU DON'T SEE HER should come w/ a warning.Start it in the evening & you'll be reading way late into the night...This one is well worth the lost sleep.
Filled w/ suspense.Lacey is a fabulous working-class heroine who seems always to rise to the occasion.The federal witness protection program is brilliantly spelled out within the context of the tale.
norm avatar reviewed Pretend You Don't See Her on + 19 more book reviews
You know who the bad guy is... or do you? Not just a suspense story but a love story too.
cranbery avatar reviewed Pretend You Don't See Her on + 530 more book reviews
This is one of the "finish in one night" books!
As usual, a wonderful read!
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Mary Higgins Clark is such a powerful writer.
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GREAT READ!!!!
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Another great from Mary Higgins Clark !!!!
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The Queen of Suspense continues her glorious reign with her 13th novel, certain to become another jewel in her crown of bestsellers. A young woman assigned to the federal witness protection program realizes that once she has unexpectedly fallen in love she can no longer live a lie. Before she can marry, however, she must go back and reclaim her identity, despite whatever perils may await her. LG Main Selection.
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I don't really read her stuff. But, I figure a lot of folks do. So. Here it is!
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Lacey Farrell is showing a house and is a witness to a murder and the victim's dying words. Lacey goes into the witness protection program. But the killer finds her and she goes on the hunt.
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Lacey Farrell was showing an apartment in New York when she witnessed a murder and heard the dying words of the victim. She is placed in the witness protection program in Minneapolis until trial where she meets Tom Lynch and starts dating him. Then she discovers the killer has traced her to Minneapolis. She heads back to New York to find out who the killler is before she is the next victim.
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Good one! Lacey Farrell, a rising young realtor in Manhattan is witness to a murder and the dying words of the victim. She tells Lacey that the murderer was looking for her dead daughter's journal. Lacey turns the journal over to the police. That decision later proves nearly fatal.
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Lacey witnesses a murder, accepts journal of dying woman's daughter, from dying woman. Is chased by mob, placed in Witness Protection. Is found, and exciting mystery unfolds. Of course, Lacey survives and falls in love. Exciting, scary, suspensful. Excellent Mary Higgins Clark.
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New York Real estate agentLacey Farrel sees a killer fleeing the apartment she is showing, only to discover the dying victim who entrusts her with her daughter's journal. The victim's daughter died under questionable circumstances that the journal may hold clues to. Placed in the witness protection program until the killer is caught, Lacey attempts to discover who is behind the two deaths. When the killer traces her to her hiding place, time begins to run out.

Good book. Chapters a bit longer than some of her earlier ones, but you still want to read it right through.
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When New York real estate agent Lacey Farrell witnesses a murder, she is placed in the federal witness protection program until the killer can be apprehended. But Lacey does something dangerous while she is undercover. She falls in love. How can Lacey marry while living a lie? Resolving to reclaim her identity no matter what the cost, she returns to face her past. As an added bonus to her already gripping suspense, Clark packs the novel with intriguing information about the witness protection program.
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Excellent condition!!!
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Pretend you don't see her show come with a warning. Start it in the evening and you'll be reading way late into the night.... This one is well worth the lost sleep.