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Solving crimes from coast to coast! Alvirah Meehan, the ever-resourceful former cleaning lady who struck it rich in the lottery, won the hearts of millions of readers and listeners when she narrowly survived a stalking killer in the #1 bestseller Weep No More My Lady. Now she returns with her occasionally befuddled mate Willy in this dazzling collection of interconnected stories. From the glittering streets of New York City to the shores of both California and Cape Cod, Alvirah and Willy show more come to the aid of a vacationer accused of murder in "Death on the Cape," assist a fellow lottery winner in distress in "A Clean Sweep," return to the Cypress Point Spa to solve a brutal slaying among the rich and beautiful in "The Lottery 'Winner," and track down a kidnapper at Christmas time in "Bye, Baby Bunting." Written with Mary Higgins Clark's trademark wit, romance, and keen eye for thrilling detection, and presented here in unabridged recordings, these Alvirah and Willy stories are destined to become perennial favorites. show lessTags
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I found this hidden gem at a used bookstore. Since I'm a fan of Mary Higgins Clark, I was excited to find one of her novels that I had not previously read. "The Lottery Winner" consists of six stories based on the lives of Alvirah and her husband Willy. These characters were introduced in the previous Clark novel, "Weep No More, My Lady". Alvirah and Willy are a husband-and-wife team that spent the first part of their lives as a very ordinary couple. Alvirah worked as a domestic, cleaning homes of her wealthy clients. Willy worked as a plumber. One faithful day, they played the "numbers" and won a forty-million-dollar lottery. They spend their time traveling the globe, with a home base in New York City, not far from their previous home show more (which they still own). Alvirah has become known as an amateur sleuth. Their travels always find them solving mysteries along the way. "The Lottery Winner" showcases some of the mysteries that they encounter.
If you are a fan of Agatha Christie and/or Sherlock Holmes, you may find this an enjoyable read. show less
If you are a fan of Agatha Christie and/or Sherlock Holmes, you may find this an enjoyable read. show less
The Lottery Winner is a book of four short stories. Three of the four are nice adventures. The unfortunate part of the stories is that they are unbelievable in the neatness of their conclusions. The fourth story is the most upsetting because of the story itself. The likelihood of a nice tidy ending in real life is probably slim to nil. Because of the horrible premise of the fourth story and the neatness of the conclusion, this book has been awarded only three stars.
I found this hidden gem at a used bookstore. Since I'm a fan of Mary Higgins Clark, I was excited to find one of her novels that I had not previously read. "The Lottery Winner" consists of six stories based on the lives of Alvirah and her husband Willy. These characters were introduced in the previous Clark novel, "Weep No More, My Lady". Alvirah and Willy are a husband-and-wife team that spent the first part of their lives as a very ordinary couple. Alvirah worked as a domestic, cleaning homes of her wealthy clients. Willy worked as a plumber. One faithful day, they played the "numbers" and won a forty-million-dollar lottery. They spend their time traveling the globe, with a home base in New York City, not far from their previous home show more (which they still own). Alvirah has become known as an amateur sleuth. Their travels always find them solving mysteries along the way. "The Lottery Winner" showcases some of the mysteries that they encounter.
If you are a fan of Agatha Christie and/or Sherlock Holmes, you may find this an enjoyable read. show less
If you are a fan of Agatha Christie and/or Sherlock Holmes, you may find this an enjoyable read. show less
Fans of Clark's darker suspense/thrillers may not like Alvirah and Willy, a much more lighthearted look at humanity. These six short stories feature an elderly couple who travel on the proceeds of a lottery win and solve mysteries.
Entertaining short stories about Alvirah and Willy of NYC. Their life changed after they became lottery winners and Alvirah follows her passion for people and solving crimes, usually murder. Very light hearted and funny stories.
Alvirah was a cleaning lady and Willy was a plumber when they won the lottery. Alvirah no longer cleans for a living, but has become somewhat of an amateur detective. She wears a sunburst pin that is actually a tiny recorder and she writes articles about her adventures for a newspaper.
Alvirah + Willy short stories ok — good stories / many of them
Six crime stories featuring Alvirah Meehan, a former cleaning woman using the $40 million won in a lottery to sleuth for justice. Also appearing is her ex-plumber husband, Willie. By the author of Weep No More, My Lady.
Six crime stories featuring Alvirah Meehan, a former cleaning woman using the $40 million won in a lottery to sleuth for justice. Also appearing is her ex-plumber husband, Willie. By the author of Weep No More, My Lady.
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Mary Higgins Clark was born in the Bronx, New York on December 24, 1927. After graduating from high school and before she got married, she worked as a secretary, a copy editor, and an airline stewardess. She supplemented the family's income by writing short stories. After her husband died in 1964, leaving her with five children, she worked for show more many years writing four-minute radio scripts before turning to novels. Her debut novel, Aspire to the Heavens, which is a fictionalized account of the life of George Washington, did not sell well. She decided to focus on writing mystery/suspense novels and in 1975 Where Are the Children? was published. She received a B.A. in philosophy from Fordham University in 1979. Her other works include While My Pretty One Sleeps, Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Moonlight Becomes You, Pretend You Don't See Her, No Place Like Home, The Lost Years, The Melody Lingers On, As Time Goes By and Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry. She is the author of the Alvirah and Willy series, which began with Weep No More, My Lady. She is also the co-author, with her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, of several holiday crossover books including Deck the Halls, He Sees You When You're Sleeping, Santa Cruise, The Christmas Thief, and Dashing Through the Snow. She writes the Under Suspicion series with Alafair Burke. In 2001, Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir was published. She received numerous honors including the Grand Prix de Literature of France in 1980), the Horatio Alger Award in 1997, the Gold Medal of Honor from the American-Irish Historical Society, the Spirit of Achievement Award from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University the first Reader's Digest Author of the Year Award 2002 and the Christopher Life Achievement Award in 2003. Many of her titles have made the best sellers list. Her recent books include All By Myself, Alone, I've Got My Eyes On You, and You Don't Own Me. Bestselling suspense novelist, Mary Higgins Clark died on January 31, 2020 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) Mary Higgins Clark has written nineteen novels & three short story collections since 1975. She has served as president of the Mystery Writers of America & lives in Saddle River, New Jersey. (Publisher Provided) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Lottovoittaja
- Original title
- The Lottery Winner
- Original publication date
- 1994
- People/Characters
- Alvirah Meehan; Willy Meehan
- Important places
- New York, New York, USA; Monterey County, California, USA
- Dedication
- For my siblings-in-law and friends, June M. Clark and in memory of Allan Clark, Ken and Irene Clark, Agnes Partel and in memory of George Partel, Dear companions of my salad days, aren't we all still twenty-two?
- First words
- If Alvirah had known on that July evening what was waiting for her at her fancy new apartment on Central Park South, she would never have gotten off the plane.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"I see what you mean. A miracle."
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