CLOSE TO YOU

"Damn! I can't believe I got to the end and couldn't figure out whodunit. CLOSE TO YOU gave me chills on Chapter One, and the apprehension stayed in the pit of my stomach until the last page. I tried guessing and re-reading, searching for clues, but the ending completely "gobsmacked" me.

This really is "behind the camera" -- Mary Jane Clark gets the details just right. She knows well the journalist's juggling act - the tug-of-war between work and family, between glamour and drudgery, between being friendly to caring viewers while trying to avoid obsessed kooks. I nearly missed my flight, I was so engrossed in CLOSE TO YOU. On a plane, on the beach, on a stakeout - Mary Jane Clark makes the hours fly."
--Vicki Mabrey, News Correspondent, "Sixty Minutes II"

"Mary Jane Clark has brought home the reality that being on television is not always so glamorous: sometimes it can be downright terrifying!"
--CBS News Correspondent, Elizabeth Kaledin

"This book hits home with me. Stalking is a serious issue in the television business. It can mean having to look behind your back every time you step outside. Mary Jane Clark nails it; with every page my heart raced faster."
--CBS News Correspondent, Gretchen Carlson

LET ME WHISPER IN YOUR EAR

"Mary Jane Clark's Let Me Whisper in Your Ear kept me guessing right up until the final jolting betrayal. Here's a suspense-charged, absorbing tale of treachery, troubled psyches, and flawed relationships that leaps beyond romantic suspense into the heart's darkest realms."
-- Perri O'Shaughnessy

"Mary Jane Clark keeps the reader on the edge of her seat in LET ME WHISPER IN YOUR EAR. The combination of mind-dazzling suspense and nostalgia for the glory days of Palisades Park is a heady one. Lovers of great romantic mysteries will surely want to read the other novels of Ms. Clark."   
-- Romantic Times September, 2000

"Pardon the cliché, but once I started reading this book, I literally couldn't put it down. Clark treats readers to a fascinating look into the behind-the-scenes world of broadcasting plus cover-to-cover suspense, as this tale snakes through suspect after suspect. LET ME WHISPER IN YOUR EAR hits the ground running, and from there it is a fast-paced coaster ride that will keep you guessing."
--The Mystery Review Fall, 2000

"Mary Jane Clark, a writer and producer for CBS News, has set LET ME WHISPER IN YOUR EAR against the background she knows best - the world of television news. The result is a fun, entertaining tale filled with intrigue and gossip."
--The Orlando Sentinel October 1, 2000

And for DO YOU PROMISE NOT TO TELL?:

"Clark, who in real life is a writer and producer for CBS News, understands how to hang on to her audience. Her characters are the sorts with whom many readers identify. [DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET's] characters and plots were compelling. But PROMISE is stronger still. The story is tighter. It is a fun read with some nifty twists."
-- USA Today

"Fast, fun and informative, DO YOU PROMISE NOT TO TELL? is a winner from the start. I couldn't put it down."
--Christopher Reich, author of NUMBERED ACCOUNT

"In news, as in life, luck often counts as much as hard work. Clark captures the spirit of an enterprising reporter who relies on both to 'get' the story of her life."
--Deborah Norville

"The suspense never flags, and the killer's identity remains a secret long into the tale."
--Publishers Weekly

"MARY JANE CLARK HAS A GIFT FOR WRITING PAGE TURNERS."
--Mary Higgins Clark

And for DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET?

"A tightly knit whodunit with engaging characters and a suspenseful plot·.Refreshing surprise ending, a very 90s version of 'the butler did it.'"
--Publishers Weekly

"Sound-bite length chapters tell a tale of parental love, infidelity, and ruthless ambition.·an entertaining read, a perfect escape for airplane trips or waiting rooms."
--BookList

"A suspenseful tale of murder, ambition and national politics· much more than a whodunnit."
--Paul D. Colford, Newsday

"A polished page turner with a smart, appealing TV anchorwoman as the main character. Twists, turns and a terrific plot. I loved it."
--Mary Higgins Clark

"Mary Jane Clark cuts from short scene to short scene with the speed of a network newscast."
--Philadelphia Inquirer (from Paul Colford's article)

"Taking the reader inside the high-stakes, back-stabbing world of television, [Clark] introduces an appealing heroine, Eliza Blake."
--Amazon.com

"The secret is out: Mary Jane Clark is one of the most exciting novelists in America today. Her debut thriller takes us on a suspense-filled insider's tour of the corridors of power in politics and journalism, where everybody's got a secret, everybody wants a scoop·and now somebody has murder in mind. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET? is an unabashed edge-of-the-seat, they-don't-write-'em-like-that-anymore, unplug-the-phone-and-disconnect-the-TV, page-turning stunner!"  
--Dan Rather, CBS News

"Secrets...ambition...intrigue...Mary Jane Clark knowingly seduces you in this intensely suspenseful behind-the-media-scenes thriller.
--Joan Rivers

"A brilliantly structured thriller. The secrets and surprises just keep coming, but they make perfect sense in the TV media world that Mary Jane Clark has absolutely nailed."
--Janet Evanovich

"Behind the scenes rivalries of national television news furnish an energetic and interesting background for a thriller that is well-structured and fast paced."
--Claire Ernsberger, Ph.D., Sullivan County Democrat

"Quite a book. I really enjoyed it. It's a thriller!"
--Diane Rehm, National Public Radio

"I read this genre of book a lot, and this one holds up with the masters of the art."
--Rick Jackson, Anchor, CBS Up-to-the-Minute