I found this Mary Higgins Clark novel in my local Cancer Research charity shop. I have enjoyed all of her previous novels so I had to buy it.

The premise of this story is that 10 years ago a 21 year old student called Charles MacKenzie Jr (Mack) vanished without a trace, he had everything going for him he was due to graduate and about to take a place at Duke University Law School. However throughout these 10 years he makes a phone call to his mother every Mother's Day. Every time he assures her he is fine but refuses to answer her questions about his whereabouts, then he promptly ends the telephone call. Even when his father is killed in the 9/11 attacks he never turns up for the funeral and the same pattern continues with his one annual phone call.

His sister Carolyn is now 26 and is a law school graduate, she has just finished a clerkship for a judge in Manhattan. Carolyn decides to take a break before looking for a new job, she desperately needs some closure on her brothers disappearance. After his phone call on Mother's Day she interrupts the call and says that she will track him down, no matter what. At church her uncle Monsignor Devon Mackenzie has just finished Mass when he is presented with a bit of paper which was left in the collection basket. It says "Uncle Devon, tell Carolyn she must not look for me"

Both her mother and Elliott Wallace who was her father's best friend believe that she should resign herself to the fact that Mack doesn't want to be found and they beg Carolyn to stop. She decides to carry on secretly looking for her brother to spare her mother's feelings. When a young girl then disappears she begins to suspect a connection to her brother. Once she delves into the disappearance she finds more unanswered questions and also puts herself in grave danger.

Where Are You Now? to be totally honest isn't my favourite of Mary Higgins Clark's novels the only reason being that the ending was a little on the predictable side. Never the less I did enjoy the story as it progressed and it was very entertaining. In most of her novels the police are always very helpful and provide good resources to the protagonist however in this story they are not the most helpful. It shows that if they think the person doesn't want to be found they don't get involved. The character of Carolyn is quite a likeable one you can understand why she is desperately searching for her brother. Even if finding out the truth will be devastating she needs to know to bring some closure to the situation.

It has plenty of twists and turns along the way, which I have come to fully expect from Mary Higgins Clark who has the nickname Queen of Suspense.

This story is perfect for a holiday read and whilst maybe not one her best it is still worth a try. It does flow quite well and does reach a dramatic conclusion all be it one that was slightly predictable.