Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark
It is not very often that I get to read pulp. But sometimes it is just nice to turn the brain off and whip through a bit of nonsense for a couple hours. Earlier this week I was on a train for a couple hours, so I dragged this off my shelf of ’someday’ books.
This book is very much ‘classic’ Mary Higgins Clark. Parents go out to dinner, while they are away their children are abducted and the rest of the book is spent with the authorities working out who-dun-it and why. The reader has guessed by half way through, but you have to keep reading to find out how long it takes for the cops to figure it out.
In this case the list of suspects is long. Bosses, neighbors and even brothers are included. And I think Clark does everyone an injustice by making everyone on the list guilty of something. OK so they didn’t kidnap the kids, but they were a drug runner. Or maybe a wife killer…
My other problem with the book is the amazing psychic link between the two twins. The whole idea that when one is pinched the other one bruises doesn’t sit well. And the fact that they can talk to each other when separated by three states is also beyond belief.
Sorry, it was a pleasant way to fill a couple hours, but I won’t be rushing out to buy any more Mary Higgins Clark.
