A review by mg_in_md_
Loves Music Loves to Dance by Mary Higgins Clark

4.0

I selected this as my pick for the 2018 Popsugar Ultimate Reading Challenge advanced prompt "a bestseller from the year you graduated high school." Since I had read a lot by this author when I was in high school and college, I thought it would be fun to see how this had stood the test of time. I was pleasantly surprised and thoroughly enjoyed this thriller. It was a fun, fast-paced page-turner and reminded me why I'd so enjoyed the Queen of Suspense.

While some of the details were a little dated (such as the FBI agent asking to borrow telephones to make calls and references to the World Trade Center and PanAm), the story was was engaging and kept me flipping the pages. In some ways, this could be considered historical fiction, but it is definitely not dated. I found the writing crisp and the story's pacing just right. Although I did deduce the killer's identity before the big reveal, I enjoyed the story and how it unfolded. The edition of the book that I read included a Q&A with the author, which I enjoyed and enhanced my reading experience.