Mary Higgins Clark Books in Order – Complete List

New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark, who passed away on January 31, 2020, at the age of 92, was a world-known crime, mystery, and thriller author. With over 50 suspense novels written to date, many readers and critics consider her the ‘queen of suspense’.

Here are the Mary Higgins Clark books in order for her book series and non-series novels to date.

Latest Mary Higgins Clark Books

Where Are The Children? Books in Publication Order

• Where Are The Children?, 1975
• Where Are The Children Now?, 2023 (with Alafair Burke)

Alvirah And Willy Books in Publication Order

1. Weep No More, My Lady), 1987
2. The Lottery Winner, 1994
3. All Through the Night, 1998
4. Deck the Halls, 2001
5. The Christmas Thief, 2005
6. Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea , 2006
7. Dashing Through the Snow, 2008
8. I’ll Walk Alone , 2011
9. The Lost Years, 2012
10. As Time Goes By, 2016
11. All By Myself, Alone, 2017

Regan Reilly Series in Order of Publication

co-authored with Carol Higgins Clark

1. Deck the Halls, 2001
2. Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea, 2006
3. The Christmas Thief, 2006
4. Dashing Through the Snow, 2008

Under Suspicion Series in Order of Publication

co-authored with Alafair Burke except for I’ve Got You Under My Skin

1. I’ve Got You Under My Skin, 2014
2. The Cinderella Murder, 2014
3. All Dressed in White, 2015
4. The Sleeping Beauty Killer, 2016
5. Every Breath You Take, 2017
6. You Don’t Own Me, 2018
7. Piece of My Heart, 2020
8. It Had to Be You, 2024

Short Story Collections in Order of Publication

• The Anastasia Syndrome, 1989
• That’s the Ticket / Voices in the Coal Bin, 1990, with Carol Higgins Clark
• Stowaway and Milk Run, 1993
• Death on the Cape, 1993
• My Gal Sunday, 1996
• Death Wears a Beauty Mask, 2015

Short Stories in Order of Publication

• Death at the Cape, 1989
• Lucky Day, 1989
• Terror Stalks the Class Reunion, 1990
• The Lost Angel, 1990
• The Body in the Closet, 1995
• Double Vision, 1998

Malice Domestic Series in Order of Publication

• Malice Domestic 1, 1992, with Elizabeth Peters
• Malice Domestic 2, 1993
• More Malice Domestic, 1997, with Elizabeth Peters

Anthologies in Order of Publication

• Murder on the Aisle, 1987
• Caribbean Blues, 1988
• Women of Mystery, 1992, with Faye Kellerman and Cynthia Manson
• Bad Behavior, 1995
• Murder for Love, 1996
• The Plot Thickens, 1997
• The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories, 1998
• The Night Awakens, 1998 (in the Mystery Writers of America Presents series)
• Great Mystery Series, 2000, with Lawrence Block and Ralph McInerny
• Manhattan Mayhem, 2015 (in the Mystery Writers of America Presents series)

Standalone Novels in Order of Publication

• Aspire to the Heavens, 1968 (aka Mount Vernon Love Story)
• A Stranger Is Watching, 1978
• The Cradle Will Fall, 1980
• A Cry in the Night, 1982
• Stillwatch, 1984
• While My Pretty One Sleeps, 1989
• Loves Music, Loves to Dance, 1991
• All Around the Town, 1992
• I’ll Be Seeing You, 1993
• Remember Me, 1994
• Pretend You Don’t See Her, 1995
• Let Me Call You Sweetheart, 1995
• Silent Night, 1995
• Moonlight Becomes You, 1996
• You Belong to Me, 1998
• We’ll Meet Again, 1998
• Before I Say Good-Bye, 2000
• On the Street Where You Live, 2000
• He Sees You When You’re Sleeping, 2001, with Carol Higgins Clark
• Daddy’s Little Girl, 2002
• The Second Time Around, 2003
• Nighttime Is My Time, 2004
• No Place Like Home, 2005
• Two Little Girls in Blue, 2006
• I Heard That Song Before, 2007
• Where Are You Now?, 2008
• Just Take My Heart, 2009
• The Shadow of Your Smile, 2010
• Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting, 2013
• Inherit the Dead, 2013
• The Melody Lingers on, 2015
• I’ve Got My Eyes on You, 2018
• Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry, 2019

Non-Fiction Books in Order of Publication

• Mother, 1996, with Maya Angelou and Amy Tan
• Kitchen Privileges, 2002

Mary Higgins Clark Biography

Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark (1927-2020) was an American who was born in the Bronx, New York, to Irish immigrant parents.

After graduating from Saint Francis Xavier Grammar School, Mary received a scholarship for the Villa_Maria_Academy so she could continue her studies. She attended a secretarial school and later worked as a flight attendant for Pan Am, a job that allowed her to travel the world and get inspiration for her writing.

She grew up in the times of the Great Depression and while initially her family was not affected, eventually poverty hit them as well when customers of their Irish pub could no longer pay their tabs. After her father died, her mother could not find employment, so they had to rent out Mary’s room to rent boarders, forcing Mary to move out of the home so the family could survive.

While attending the Villa_Maria_Academy, Mary’s teachers encouraged her to start writing because they saw talent in her. At the age of 16, she sent her first stories to a magazine, but they were rejected. She had bills to pay, so she got a job as a switchboard operator at the Shelton Hotel.

Around the time her brother died in the army after contracting spinal meningitis, Mary graduated from high-school and enrolled on a partial scholarship to Wood Secretarial School. After a year she took a job as a secretary at  Remington-Rand, while studying advertising and promotion in evening classes.

In 1949 she switched careers and became a flight attendant (stewardess), and worked for Pan Am for one year traveling to numerous countries around the globe.

At the end of 1949, she married Warren Clark and resigned from her job. Now that she had time on her hands, she enrolled in several writing courses at NYU.

When her husband became sick and died of a heart attack in 1959, Mary had to go back to work. She initially worked as a radio scriptwriter, while writing her first book, Aspire to the Heavens.

In 1971 she enrolled at Fordham University at Lincoln Center, from where she graduated summa cum laude in 1979, with a BA in philosophy.

Her first published novel, Aspire to the Heavens, was a fictionalized biography of George Washington. She published it in 1968 under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, which was a name she borrowed from Agatha Christie.

After publication, the book became a bestseller, cementing Mary’s resolve to become a published well-known author. Mary Higgins Clark received several awards for her suspense novels, which have been translated into many languages selling millions of copies all around the world. Reading her books in order means catching up to her two popular series, Alvirah & Willy and Under Suspicion, the first which includes 11 books and the second five books.

Throughout her career, Mary Higgins Clark wrote more than 50 novels, many of which were adapted for film and television. She also co-authored novels with other authors, including her daughter, Carol Higgins Clark, and authors like Alafair Burke. She was also known for her philanthropy, supporting causes such as literacy and education. In 2000, she established the Mary Higgins Clark Award, an annual award given to mystery writers.

Mary Higgins Clark passed away on January 31, 2020, at the age of 92.