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| Author | Mary Higgins Clark |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 1989 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-671-55665-7 (first edition hardcover) |
While My Pretty One Sleeps is a 1989 novel by Mary Higgins Clark. It takes place in New York City. It was number 10 in the Publishers Weekly best selling book list that year. It is listed in the OCLC top 1000 works most widely held by libraries.
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