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Overview

In The Lost Years, Mary Higgins Clark, America’s Queen of Suspense, has written her most astonishing novel to date. At its center is a discovery that, if authenticated, may be the most revered document in human history—“the holiest of the holy”—and certainly the most coveted and valuable object in the world.

Biblical scholar Jonathan Lyons believes he has found the rarest of parchments—a letter that may have been written by Jesus Christ. Stolen from the Vatican Library in the 1500s, the letter was assumed to be lost forever.

Now, under the promise of secrecy, Jonathan is able to confirm his findings with several other experts. But he also confides in a family friend his suspicion that someone he once trusted wants to sell the parchment and cash in.

Within days Jonathan is found shot to death in his study. At the same time, his wife, Kathleen, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, is found hiding in the study closet, incoherent and clutching the murder weapon. Even in her dementia, Kathleen has known that her husband was carrying on a long-term affair. Did Kathleen kill her husband in a jealous rage, as the police contend? Or is his death tied to the larger question: Who has possession of the priceless parchment that has now gone missing?

It is up to their daughter, twenty-eight-year-old Mariah, to clear her mother of murder charges and unravel the real mystery behind her father’s death. Mary Higgins Clark’s The Lost Years is at once a breathless murder mystery and a hunt for what may be the most precious religious and archaeological treasure of all time.

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Is Mary Higgins Clark channeling Dan Brown? By any standard, this new tale by the Queen of Suspense taps our fascination with the explosive power of recently rediscovered ancient texts and dark conspiracies. Protagonist Mariah Lyons' introduction to these engulfing mysteries is a letter written by Dr. Richard Callahan, her now deceased biblical scholar father. It contains a translation from a 2,000-year-old papyrus that appears to be a letter from Jesus himself. This monumental discovery leads to other, more personal revelations: Was her father murdered for this invaluable document? Is her own life in danger because of what she now knows? One of Clark's best mysteries in years.

— Sessalee Hensley

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In Clark's tedious new mystery-thriller (after I'll Walk Alone), Biblical scholar Jonathan Lyons discovers a lost manuscript believed to be the only letter written by Jesus Christ. He tries to verify its authenticity with several fellow experts, but is soon found murdered in his study. When the police arrive, they find Jonathan's wife, Kathleen, clutching the murder weapon. Though she suffers from dementia, Kathleen knew of Jonathan's affair with a woman 20 years his junior, Lily. Armed with a motive and damning evidence, the police arrest Kathleen, but authorities soon realize Lily and the manuscript are missing. Jonathan and Kathleen's 28-year-old daughter, Mariah, must now take it upon herself to find her father's real killer and exonerate her confused mother. Though the set-up is intriguing, the mystery falls flat under the weight of dull characters, myriad red herrings, and an excess of unnecessary subplots. Those looking for a fun religious thriller would do better to reread The DaVinci Code. (Apr.)
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Tempers discreetly fray and corpses mount around a parchment that just might be the only surviving letter from Jesus Christ. Even though she has a serious case of Alzheimer's, the Bergen County police are certain that Kathleen Lyons is the person who shot her beloved husband Jonathan, a retired professor, in their home in Mahwah, N.J. After all, she was clearly in the house with him at the time; there was no sign of forced entry; her fingerprints were on the murder weapon; and she had a beaut of a motive, ever since her discovery that Jonathan hadn't waited till she was institutionalized and beyond knowing or caring to divorce her and take up with Prof. Lillian Stewart, the colleague he'd come to love. Unbeknownst to Detectives Simon Benet and Rita Rodriguez, there are at least two other motives for killing Jonathan. He'd just sent Lily on her way with regretful firmness, and he'd hinted around that he was holding a letter from Jesus to Joseph of Arimathea stolen from the Vatican Library years ago. So the suspects include not only the newly spurned Lily but the four amateur archeologists who'd joined Jonathan's last excavations and heard about the letter: biblical scholar Prof. Richard Callahan, irascible Prof. Charles Michaelson, quiet Prof. Albert West and computer-software millionaire Greg Pearson. It's up to Jonathan's old friends Alvirah and Willy Meehan (I'll Walk Alone, 2011, etc.) to help out the Bergen County force before one of this nondescript crew can swoop down on Jonathan's daughter Mariah, a financial officer who's this season's designated victim. Not much nourishment here for fans of The Da Vinci Code, but nothing to trouble Clark's gargantuan fan base either, as long as they don't mind all those felonies, all those criminals and all those coyly conspiratorial phone calls with Mr. Anonymous at the other end.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781451668865
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Publication date: 4/3/2012
  • Pages: 292
  • Sales rank: 763
  • Product dimensions: 6.38 (w) x 9.08 (h) x 1.02 (d)

Meet the Author

Mary Higgins Clark
Mary Higgins Clark

Mary Higgins Clark is the author of thirty suspense novels; three collections of short stories; a historical novel, Mount Vernon Love Story; and a memoir, Kitchen Privileges; she is the coauthor with Carol Higgins Clark of five suspense novels: Dashing through the Snow, Deck the Halls, He Sees You When You’re Sleeping, The Christmas Thief, and Santa Cruise. More than 100 million copies are in print in the United States alone, and her books are worldwide bestsellers.

Biography

The Queen of Suspense, Bronx-born and -bred Mary Higgins Clark has achieved international success against heavy odds. Her father died when she was 11, and her mother struggled to raise and provide for Mary and her two brothers. Clark attended secretarial school after high school and worked for three years in an advertising agency before leaving to become a stewardess for Pan American Airlines. Throughout 1949, she flew international flights to Europe, Africa, and Asia. " I was in a revolution in Syria and on the last flight into Czechoslovakia before the Iron Curtain went down," she recalls. In 1950, she quit her job to marry Warren Clark, a neighbor nine years her senior whom she had known and admired since she was 16.

In the early years of her marriage, Clark began writing short stories, making her first sale in 1956 to Extension Magazine. Between writing and raising a family, the decade flew by. Then, in 1964, Warren Clark suffered a fatal heart attack, leaving his young widow with five children to support. She went to work writing radio scripts; and, around this time, she decided to try her hand at writing books. Inspired by a radio series she was working on, she drafted a biographical novel about George Washington. It was published in 1969 under the title Aspire to the Heavens. (In 2002, it was re-issued as Mount Vernon Love Story.) Her first suspense novel, Where Are the Children?, appeared in print in 1975. It was a huge hit and marked a turning point in her life. Since then, she has developed a loyal fan base, and each of her novels has hit the bestseller lists. She has also co-written stories and novels with her daughter Carol, a successful author in her own right.

In the 1970s, Clark enrolled in Fordham University at Lincoln Center, graduating summa cum laude in 1979. A great supporter of education, she has served as a trustee of her alma mater and Providence College and holds numerous honorary degrees. She remains active in Catholic affairs and has been honored with many awards. Her publisher, Simon & Schuster, funds an annual award in her name to be given to authors of suspense fiction writing in the Mary Higgins Clark tradition.

    1. Hometown:
      Saddle River, New Jersey and New York, New York
    1. Date of Birth:
      December 24, 1929
    2. Place of Birth:
      New York, New York
    1. Education:
      New York University; B.A., Fordham University, 1979
    2. Website:
      http://www.simonsays.com/subs/index.cfm?areaid=12

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 6, 2012

    Would not get to the point

    Had some very intresting twista, but had so many details that it would take too long o get to the point

    6 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted April 5, 2012

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    Awesome! Worth the money

    Awesome! Worth the money

    5 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 1, 2012

    Not really

    This book lacks the good stuff

    5 out of 21 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted April 17, 2012

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    This is one of her best. I had backed off some of her more recen

    This is one of her best. I had backed off some of her more recent books because I thought they were getting a little predictable, but the historical and religious themes in this one interested me. I was not disappointed. This has everything a mystery should have, intrigue, suspense and a good story. Very enjoyable read.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted April 10, 2012

    I thought this book would be about a parchment, which it was, bu

    I thought this book would be about a parchment, which it was, but to me placed as an "after-thought". Save your money on this one. The book was more about the subjects mother having dementia, stolen jewelry, to many characters. After reading the first 3-chapters I put the book down and have donated it to a book-reading club.

    2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted April 3, 2012

    This author is a favorite of mine and invariably turns out great

    This author is a favorite of mine and invariably turns out great mystery stories. I'm sure this book will not be a disappointment. I look forward to reading it.

    2 out of 23 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 22, 2012

    Just started

    I have just started reading and dont want to put it down! Another great mystery by MHC. She is my favorite author. I love all her stories and this one is no exception! It is worth the time and money. I wish I could give it more than 5 stars!!!!!

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 8, 2012

    Great premis but it's just another murder mystery.

    Great premis but it's just another murder mystery.

    1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 24, 2012

    Natasha

    "Allright"

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 24, 2012

    Archer

    Hopped to the top of the fence and helped the others get over. "I have news on my parents location. I'll tell you back at our dorm."

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 24, 2012

    Bernard

    Gotcha*sorry i have to go* *hacks the mainframe allowing archer in.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 24, 2012

    Natasha

    That i can do"she said with a devllish smile diseparing.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 23, 2012

    Imaginative, excb Imaginative, exciting

    Another great mystery from mary.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 22, 2012

    fun

    Fun read but I am glad I am finished reading the book.
    Mary Higgins Clark likes to use long sentence however lacks character development. I read this book for pure relaxation however found it hard to read after reading purely technical books like "Habits" and "Imagine".

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 19, 2012

    Another winner

    Great storyline with history thrown in

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 16, 2012

    Totally Repetitive

    Let's see if you get it. If you don't, you'll only read the same drivel over and over again.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 13, 2012

    Angelflight

    Man i am soo slow but i want 1000 bluebird feathers

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 13, 2012

    Stonesplash

    Ill take two prizes the pick of ur fifteen friends for a mate and the jucies ealei am clanless can i join.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 13, 2012

    From SilverMoon: READ THIS IF YOU WANT TO FIND ALL OF SKYCLAN, THEN POST!!!!

    The FIRST cat here can CHOOSE the prize (or two if you're a clanless warrior, elder, queen, cat skilled in medecine- you don't have to be a real medecine cat, just skilled- or kit)! Here
    are the PRIZES: 1: The plumpest, juciest Eagle (tastes just like a
    mouse, only better), 2: 1,000 feathers from the softest bluebird, or 3: YOUR pick of my 15 friends for the purrrr-fect mate! Which will you choose? I guess I'll find out when I Read your post- put which prize or prizes you want on there! -The SilverMoon

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 10, 2012

    3 stars

    A little dissapointed in this one. She is my favorite fiction author but her novels are getting easier to figure out. Sometimes I wonder if she is the one writing and not her daughter Carol. Good storyline and worth the read but not one of her best.

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