Novel Analysis Deceiving is the first word that comes to mind when thinking about this novel. Throughout this novel, many things and many people are very deceiving. Mary Higgins Clark, who is a very talented author who resides in Saddle River, New Jersey, wrote “A Cry In The Night”. She is described as the Queen of suspense, which fits her very well; this novel was filled with suspense from beginning to end. “A Cry In …showed first 75 words of 3104 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3104 total…heaven, but nothing was further from the truth. The Erich Jenny fell in love with was just a persona that Erich produced, not really “perfect” at all. She was yet another victim of Erich’s life of deceit. Consequently, Jenny MacPartland’s marriage was like a long tumultuous journey through hell, but she prevailed and survived with only the loss of one tiny soul, which may have been saved, if she had only escaped earlier.