Loves Music, Loves to Dance

Although supposedly the “queen of suspense,” Mary Higgins Clark is an amateurish, uninteresting writer to anyone used to meatier books. She writes like a B-grade romance novelist and is sometimes so lazy that she doesn’t even complete her sentences. Her characters are two-dimensional paper cutouts, her plots hold no surprises but plenty of unbelievable coincidences, and everyone falls in love at the end. Unless you're a fan of dime-store romances and want to read one with a serial killer (but no sex, unfortunately), I’d recommend that you avoid this novel and everything else in Clark’s too-considerable oeuvre.

“Funny, when you finally faced reality, it was amazing how clearly you could see things.”
― Mary Higgins Clark, Loves Music, Loves to Dance

Anyone remember newspaper personal adds?

Yeah they are all but gone now as the internet continues to take over our lives. but once upon a time, they did exist and in "Loves Music, Loves to dance" there's a serial killer lose preying on women who use personal adds.

What a mystery! While some may find it dated, I still love this book and read it every so often. It revolves around two best friends, Darcy and Erin who are involved in a research project requiring them to meet men doing these personal adds. When one of the ladies is murdered, the other finds her death is linked to the experiment and she show more must find out which "admirer" is the murderer.

This is just a genuine good mystery that features alot of suspects! It's fast paced and involving and I enjoyed it greatly even though I was wrong about who done it.

There are many possible choices, a huge pool of suspects and it really is difficult to figure out!

I have read other books by Higgins Clark but I think this one is my favorite.

This is an "oldie but goodie" Highly recommended to mystery lovers. show less

Pretty good, better than some of the stuff I’ve been reading lately...a lot of characters to keep track of, I found myself getting confused with The Who’s who a couple times. The red herrings also got me, not sure if they were planted well, or I wasn’t paying close enough attention. Not a bad read, I’ll keep it on the shelf.

It's the first Mary Higgins Clark book I've read, but definitely not the last. What a great book! I have to tell you, I figured out "whodunnit" early on, but was shocked to find out that I misread the clues.

This was a reread. I had previously read it many years ago and found it in on my camper bookshelf. I don't often reread books, but didn't have anything new. Unfortunately, it was not nearly as enjoyable the second time around, but overall not bad. I guess you also have to take into consideration that the book is also 21 years old now and felt dated to me.

A chilling tale about a murderer that loves to dance and take his victims with him. Once he picks his victims, he puts them in dancing shoes so they can't run away, then keeps one of the shoes a souvenir. I started this book in junior high right before the end of school so didn't get to finish it until years later. I'm glad I finally did because it was an excellent read.

I believe this is Mary Higgins Clark's best book. It draws you in and you can't let go. You'll stay up all night reading it and then have a hard time sleeping. A man was shunned as a teenager by a girl who loved to dance and then becomes a serial killer. A personal ad that says loves music, loves to dance is a draw for his victims. A young woman named Darcy investigates the personals and why people do them, pulling her into the range of this murderer.