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The Cradle Will Fall

The Cradle Will Fall

by Mary Higgins Clark

1980Open Library Staff PicksGenetic engineeringFictionDetective and mystery storiesMedical ethics
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First lines

If her mind had not been on the case she had won, Katie might not have taken the curve so fast, but the intense satisfaction of the guilty verdict was still absorbing her.

Themes & subjects

Open Library Staff PicksGenetic engineeringFictionDetective and mystery storiesMedical ethicsHuman experimentation in medicine
First published 1980

Setting

New Jersey

About the author

Mary Higgins Clark
Mary Higgins Clark

24 December 1927 – 31 January 2020

The #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark has written thirty-eight suspense novels, four collections of short stories, a his­torical novel, a memoir, and two children’s books. With bestselling author Alafair Burke she writes the Under Suspicion series including The Cinderella Murder, All Dressed in White, The Sleeping Beauty Killer, Every Breath You Take, and You Don’t Own Me. With her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, she has coauthored five more suspense novels. More than one hundred million copies of her books are in print in the United States alone. Her books are international bestsellers.

Author

Mary Higgins Clark

First published

1980

Pages

314

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

32

Languages

English, German, und

Publisher

Pocket Books

ISBN

9781416511779

Where to buy

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