Where Are the Children?
- 266
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Mary Higgins Clark’s first suspense novel, “Where Are the Children?”, is tense and gripping from its opening pages. A peaceful family life shatters when two children vanish and their mother’s past is dragged back into the light, as if an old pattern were repeating. Some readers find it dated, especially in how it portrays its women, yet are still absorbed by it. It sits closer to the thriller than to the gentle village mystery.
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About the book
First published Talmy Franklin, 1975. The setting is peaceful, the children are enchanting, the parents a delightful couple... then the agony begins. The children disappear, their mother's past is raked up, and the terrible pattern seems to begin again
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 54 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 27% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 9.3 | 6 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 48 | 89% |
Frequently asked
How long is Where Are the Children??
It has 266 pages — shorter than 88% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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