Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories
(Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)
Description
In 1974, master storyteller Mary Higgins Clark began writing a novella inspired by the dark side of the New York City fashion world. She then put the unfinished manuscript aside to write Where Are the Children?, the novel that would launch her career. Forty years later, Clark returned to that novella and wrote its ending. Now—for the first time ever—Death Wears a Beauty Mask is available for readers along with a stunning array of short fiction that spans her remarkable career.
From Clark's first-ever published story (1956's "Stowaway"), to classic tales featuring some of her most memorable characters, Death Wears A Beauty Mask And Other Stories is a jewel of a collection brimming over with the chills and heart-pounding drama we've come to expect from the Queen of Suspense. Death Wears A Beauty Mask And Other Stories is a spine-tingling read and a special glimpse into the evolution of a world-class writing career.
Formats
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
More Copies In LINK+
More Details
Reviews from GoodReads
Citations
Mary Higgins Clark. (2015). Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Mary Higgins Clark. 2015. Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Mary Higgins Clark, Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories. Simon & Schuster, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Mary Higgins Clark. Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories. Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Copy Details
| Library | Owned | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Shared Digital Collection | 1 | 0 |
Staff View
QR Code
API Extraction Dates
OverDrive Product Record
- sortTitle
- Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories
- crossRefId
- 2140222
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0439-1/{BB82D28B-2A60-47B2-9884-34D47394FD89}Img100.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0439-1/{BB82D28B-2A60-47B2-9884-34D47394FD89}Img200.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0439-1/BB8/2D2/8B/{BB82D28B-2A60-47B2-9884-34D47394FD89}Img150.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0439-1/BB8/2D2/8B/{BB82D28B-2A60-47B2-9884-34D47394FD89}Img400.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- formats
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781501111013
- name: Adobe EPUB eBook
- id: ebook-epub-adobe
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: ASIN
- value: B00P42WN90
- name: Kindle Book
- id: ebook-kindle
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781501111013
- name: OverDrive Read
- id: ebook-overdrive
- identifiers:
- mediaType
- eBook
- primaryCreator
- role: Author
- name: Mary Higgins Clark
- id
- bb82d28b-2a60-47b2-9884-34d47394fd89
- title
- Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories
- starRating
- 3.6
- dateAdded
- 2015-05-21T12:20:00-04:00
- contentDetails
- href: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=141&titleID=2140222
- type: text/html
- account:
- name: Sacramento Public Library (CA)
- id: 1151
OverDrive MetaData
- isPublicDomain
- False
- formats
- fileName: DeathWearsaBeautyMas_9781501111013_2140222
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 7129755
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781501111013
- rights:
- type: Copying
- value: 0
- type: Printing
- value: 0
- type: Lending
- value: 0
- type: ReadAloud
- value: 0
- type: ExpirationRights
- value: 0
- name: Adobe EPUB eBook
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-epub-adobe
- onSaleDate: 4/28/2015
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/death-wears-a-bb82d2?.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- fileName: DeathWearsaBeautyMas_2140222
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 0
- identifiers:
- type: ASIN
- value: B00P42WN90
- name: Kindle Book
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-kindle
- onSaleDate: 4/28/2015
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/death-wears-a-bb82d2?.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- fileName: DeathWearsaBeautyMas_9781501111013_2140222
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 3343965
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781501111013
- name: OverDrive Read
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-overdrive
- onSaleDate: 4/28/2015
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/death-wears-a-bb82d2?.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- keywords
- value: bestselling author
- value: crime
- value: short story collections
- value: suspense
- value: Short Stories
- value: mystery
- value: Novella
- value: new york city
- value: murder mystery
- value: Stowaway
- value: Mary Higgins Clark
- value: new york times bestselling author
- value: when the bough breaks
- value: crime short stories
- value: bestselling mystery
- value: suspense novellas
- value: Queen of Suspense
- value: beauty mask
- value: under suspicion series
- value: a crime of passion
- value: alvirah and willy
- value: alvirah burke
- value: definitely
- value: haven't we met before?
- value: i've got you under my skin
- value: mary higgins clark novellas
- value: mary higgins clark short stories
- value: my gal sunday
- value: the cape cod masquerade
- value: the cinderella murder
- value: the funniest thing has been happening lately
- value: the man next door
- value: the tell-tale purr
- value: voices in the coalbin
- creators
- role: Author
- fileAs: Higgins Clark, Mary
- bioText: The #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark wrote over forty suspense novels, four collections of short stories, a historical novel, a memoir, and two children's books. With bestselling author Alafair Burke she wrote the Under Suspicion series including The Cinderella Murder, All Dressed in White, The Sleeping Beauty Killer, Every Breath You Take, You Don't Own Me, and Piece of My Heart. With her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, she coauthored five suspense novels. More than one hundred million copies of her books are in print in the United States alone. Her books are international bestsellers.
- name: Mary Higgins Clark
- publishDate
- 2015-04-28T00:00:00-04:00
- isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories
- fullDescription
- A one-of-a-kind mystery collection that showcases the immense storytelling talent #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark has honed over her tremendous career—including a bone-chilling, previously unpublished short story forty years in the making.
In 1974, master storyteller Mary Higgins Clark began writing a novella inspired by the dark side of the New York City fashion world. She then put the unfinished manuscript aside to write Where Are the Children?, the novel that would launch her career. Forty years later, Clark returned to that novella and wrote its ending. Now—for the first time ever—Death Wears a Beauty Mask is available for readers along with a stunning array of short fiction that spans her remarkable career.
From Clark's first-ever published story (1956's "Stowaway"), to classic tales featuring some of her most memorable characters, Death Wears A Beauty Mask And Other Stories is a jewel of a collection brimming over with the chills and heart-pounding drama we've come to expect from the Queen of Suspense. Death Wears A Beauty Mask And Other Stories is a spine-tingling read and a special glimpse into the evolution of a world-class writing career. - reviews
- premium: True
- source:
- content:
April 27, 2015
MWA Grand Master Clark assembles a selection of nine previously published tales, including her first published story (1958's "Stowaway") and one long original taleâbegun in 1972 but only finished recentlyâthat lends its name to the volume. Blending Clark's trademark mystery, suspense, and romance, "Death Wears a Beauty Mask" focuses on famous model Alexandra Saunders. When Alexandra disappears, her lookalike sister, Janice, and Janice's new husband, Michael Broad, try to find her. Since three sinister men are also on Alexandra's trail and one is a killer, Janice and Michael must get to her first. Clark's sleuths range from lottery-rich oldsters Alvirah and Willy Meehan in "The Cape Cod Masquerade" to former U.S. president Henry Parker Britland IV and his wife, Sandra, who use his still potent influence to rescue his former secretary of state, Thomas Shipman, from a murder charge in "Definitely, A Crime of Passion." This collection nicely illustrates Clark's range and superlative storytelling talent.
- premium: True
- source:
- content:
July 27, 2015
Tony Award–nominated actress Maxwell, the narrator of many of bestseller Clark’s audiobooks, reads the author’s informative introduction and seven of the eight short stories in this collection, as well as the title novella. All of the shorts are entertaining and well performed, but a few of them stand out. In “Stowaway,” first published in 1958, a stewardess on a flight from an occupied (and only vaguely identified) country hides a young member of the underground from a brutal police commissioner, and Maxwell presents her with a teeth-clenched, nerves-of-steel delivery while portraying the commissioner, in all his unpleasantness, with a snarling Russian accent. “A Crime of Passion” features former U.S. president Henry Parker Britland IV and his wife, Sandra, who give off a Nick and Nora vibe as they try to defend his secretary of state from a murder charge. As for the one entry not read by Maxwell, “The Tell-Tale Purr” is a goof on the famous Poe short story. Petkoff does a splendid job of giving voice to the effete, homicidal narrator, but the story and its final joke are about as thin as, well, a cat’s whisker. A Simon & Schuster hardcover.
- premium: True
- source:
- content:
February 1, 2015
Forty years ago, Higgins Clark put aside this book's title novella to write Where Are the Children, which made her career. Now she gives the novella a fresh look while also digging up stories that start with her first publication ever, 1956's "Stowaway."
Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
- popularity
- 1144
- links
- self:
- href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BWwAAAA2I/products/bb82d28b-2a60-47b2-9884-34d47394fd89/metadata
- type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
- shareInLibby:
- href: https://link.overdrive.com/share?q=PqggAMShdiw
- type: text/HTML
- self:
- id
- bb82d28b-2a60-47b2-9884-34d47394fd89
- starRating
- 3.7
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0439-1/{BB82D28B-2A60-47B2-9884-34D47394FD89}Img100.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0439-1/{BB82D28B-2A60-47B2-9884-34D47394FD89}Img200.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0439-1/BB8/2D2/8B/{BB82D28B-2A60-47B2-9884-34D47394FD89}Img150.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0439-1/BB8/2D2/8B/{BB82D28B-2A60-47B2-9884-34D47394FD89}Img400.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- isPublicPerformanceAllowed
- False
- languages
- code: en
- name: English
- subjects
- value: Fiction
- value: Mystery
- value: Short Stories
- publishDateText
- 04/28/2015
- otherFormatIdentifiers
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781501111006
- mediaType
- eBook
- shortDescription
- A one-of-a-kind mystery collection that showcases the immense storytelling talent #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark has honed over her tremendous career—including a bone-chilling, previously unpublished short story forty years in the making.
In 1974, master storyteller Mary Higgins Clark began writing a novella inspired by the dark side of the New York City fashion world. She then put the unfinished manuscript aside to write Where Are the Children?, the novel that would launch her career. Forty years later, Clark returned to that novella and wrote its ending. Now—for the first time ever—Death Wears a Beauty Mask is available for readers along with a stunning array of short fiction that spans her remarkable career.
From Clark's first-ever published story (1956's "Stowaway"), to classic tales featuring some of her most memorable characters, Death Wears A Beauty Mask And Other Stories is a jewel of... - sortTitle
- Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories
- crossRefId
- 2140222
- awards
- source: The New York Times
- value: The New York Times Best Seller List
- publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- bisacCodes
- code: FIC022000
- description: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
- code: FIC029000
- description: Fiction / Short Stories (single author)
- code: FIC050000
- description: Fiction / Crime