Author Mary Higgins Clark, Known as the ‘Queen of Suspense,’ Dies at 92
Mary Higgins Clark, the prolific author known as the “Queen of Suspense” for her dozens of best-selling suspenseful novels, died Friday in Naples, Fla.
She was 92.
Publisher Simon & Schuster said Clark died peacefully and surrounded by family.“It is with deep sadness we say goodbye to the ‘Queen of Suspense’ Mary Higgins Clark, author of over 40 bestselling suspense titles,” the company tweeted.The writer spent more than four decades as a staple on bestseller lists, and her books sold more than 100 million copies in the U.S.
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Many of Clark’s novels in her lengthy portfolio were developed