While My Pretty One Sleeps

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While My Pretty One Sleeps
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First edition
Author Mary Higgins Clark
LanguageEnglish
Genre Thriller
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Publication date
 1989
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (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. [1] It is listed in the OCLC top 1000 works most widely held by libraries.

Contents

Plot

Neeve Kearney runs a dress shop. One of her popular customers, Ethel Lambston, a writer, is found dead in a small cave. [2]

Inspiration

The character of Bishop Stanton is based on Father Joseph A. O'Hare, president of Fordham University. [2]

In other media

While My Pretty One Sleeps was made into a television film directed by Jorge Montesi, and starring Connie Sellecca, released 12 January 1997 in the US.

References

  1. ↑ Temple, Emily (November 27, 2018). "Here are the Biggest Fiction Bestsellers of the Last 100 Years". Literary Hub. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Raymond A. Schroth (2002). Fordham: A History and Memoir. Loyola Press. pp. 338–339. ISBN   978-0-8294-1676-3.
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