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lydiapopthof's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
quinnster's review against another edition
4.0
I like that it takes place in Monterey County because I always like books where places are familiar to me :D. It was a tense, quick read.
jamread2021's review against another edition
3.0
I read this book just because it belonged to my mom. While the story was ok (I figured out the killer early on), the enjoyment was visualizing my mom reading the story and liking it. (She had other MHC also.)
nicklesticks's review
5.0
I really enjoyed this book - it stands out in my memory and might be the first MHC book I read years ago. I love the character Alvirah and I’m looking forward to reading more with her in them.
bold_booknerd's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
amekatz's review against another edition
5.0
Very enjoyable, easy fun read, typical great Mary Higgins Clark. Though I've read several of her books, I think this is the first time I've read one of the Alvirah and Willy series. Definitely looking toward reading the rest.
donnaj71's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this story even though I knew who the murderer was from page 48. MHC attempted to make all the main people seem guilty at different times but I always went back to the same person. The whole time I hoped I´d be wrong but no. It was still an interesting story and I´m glad I finally read it.
Leila, a famous actress is found dead after she had begun to unravel and had been drinking heavily. Everyone knew something was wrong and her last performance in a play was very bad. Many people believed she could have committed suicide by intentionally falling off the balcony of her apartment until a witness claimed to have seen her fiance push her. Her sister, Elizabeth was shocked and didn´t want to believe it but she heard him yelling at her sister over the phone just before she died. The witness said she saw him push her over 1 minute after her sister hung up the call. One week before the trial was to begin Elizabeth got an invitation to the spa owned by their friend. She didn´t want to go but decided to go so she could talk to her sister´s secretary who had something important to tell her. After her sister died her secretary went to work at the spa and she thought she knew why Leila was so upset just before she died. Shortly after she arrived at the spa Elizabeth realized it was a mistake to go and she better watch her back.
Leila, a famous actress is found dead after she had begun to unravel and had been drinking heavily. Everyone knew something was wrong and her last performance in a play was very bad. Many people believed she could have committed suicide by intentionally falling off the balcony of her apartment until a witness claimed to have seen her fiance push her. Her sister, Elizabeth was shocked and didn´t want to believe it but she heard him yelling at her sister over the phone just before she died. The witness said she saw him push her over 1 minute after her sister hung up the call. One week before the trial was to begin Elizabeth got an invitation to the spa owned by their friend. She didn´t want to go but decided to go so she could talk to her sister´s secretary who had something important to tell her. After her sister died her secretary went to work at the spa and she thought she knew why Leila was so upset just before she died. Shortly after she arrived at the spa Elizabeth realized it was a mistake to go and she better watch her back.
leighannsherwin's review against another edition
4.0
Despite my ever growing to be read pile, with the passing of my old favourite author Mary Higgins Clark earlier this year I decided to revisit my favourite books of hers. As I looked through my shelf the pile of favourites grew until it came out to about 2-3 books a month for the rest of the year. Since I have her 9 of her books bound into 3 volumes of 3 books I started with those. Now into the second month of my rereading I come to volume two which I remember loving as a teen. At least this book and the last one A Cry in the Night, the middle boom Stillwatch I'll soon find out. But I read them over and over, and yet somehow I still forgot who the killer was in this book. Go figure. So onto the book. Weep No More My Lady revolves around two sisters. Big sister Leila who mothered and protected much younger sister Elizabeth. They grew up in a broken home, their mother was often drunk and had poor taste in men. When one of those men tries to get too close to 8 year old Elizabeth, Leila packs them both up and heads for New York where she will rise to stardom on stage and screen. Then Leila's career begins a downward spiral. She's getting older, she accepts a role in a play with disastrous results, plus she's started to drink like her mother. Then Leila is found dead shoved off a balcony, and her recently rejected fiance Ted, is charged with her murder, with Elizabeth set to be the star witness against him. Despite warnings from the District Attorney Elizabeth accepts an invitation from family friend Minna and her husband Helmut to stay at their spa. Unknown to her Min has also invited Ted and many other friends and acquaintances of her and her late sister, one of whom is planning to end Elizabeth's life. It's still a good book. It didn't hold up as well as I remember but I still enjoyed it. This is the introduction to Alvirah the lottery winner and her infamous sunburst pin. She was fun in this story and not nearly as annoying as she got in later books and stories about her. The spa is described as relaxing and luxurious but sounded like a nightmare to me. You're on vacation, but you have to follow a strict schedule of exercise and treatments? You get lectured for being caught reading or simply lounging by the pool? Everyone up at 7-8 in the morning? Aw hell no I don't care how wonderful it is. If I wanted exercise and schedules I would've skipped the vacation and kept working. Aside from that this is the classic Mary Higgins Clark mystery. Lots of characters with shady secret motives that at first don't seem connected but come together in the end, a body count that begins to rise the closer we get to figuring out who did it and that same element of suspense as always. I did forget who the killer was so that helped add to the suspense as who I thought I remembered being the killer was not even close. Oh well. Now to try and remember what Stillwatch is all about.
carosbcher's review against another edition
2.0
Cypress Point Spa scheint ein Traum zu sein...direkt an der Pazifikküste, den Tag vollgepackt mit leckerem Essen, Fitness- und Wellnesseinheiten. Welche Frau wäre nicht glücklich, eine Woche dort zu verbringen?
Neben diesen schicken Elementen gibt es aber auch genügen Intrigen, Mord und Totschlag...da scheint ein Aufenthalt im Spa doch nicht mehr so verlockend, oder? Denn die Chancen liegen für alle Beteiligten recht hoch, Opfer zu werden ;)
Der Krimi war anfangs recht langatmig, dann jedoch spannend, zum Ende hin driftete er meiner Meinung nach aber in ziemlichen Kitsch ab und so bin ich ein bisschen enttäuscht von Mary Higgins Clark. Trotzdem: Ich hatte lange Zeit jemand andres verdächtigt und die Auflösung war spannend und hat Spaß gemacht.
Neben diesen schicken Elementen gibt es aber auch genügen Intrigen, Mord und Totschlag...da scheint ein Aufenthalt im Spa doch nicht mehr so verlockend, oder? Denn die Chancen liegen für alle Beteiligten recht hoch, Opfer zu werden ;)
Der Krimi war anfangs recht langatmig, dann jedoch spannend, zum Ende hin driftete er meiner Meinung nach aber in ziemlichen Kitsch ab und so bin ich ein bisschen enttäuscht von Mary Higgins Clark. Trotzdem: Ich hatte lange Zeit jemand andres verdächtigt und die Auflösung war spannend und hat Spaß gemacht.