Cursed

Written by Carol Higgins Clark

Narrated by Carol Higgins Clark

PI Regan Reilly moved from Los Angeles to New York City when she married Jack “no relation” Reilly, head of the NYPD Major Case Squad. To help a friend, Regan takes on a case that takes her back to her old stomping grounds. . . .

On a snowy day in New York City, PI Regan Reilly gets an urgent call from her former neighbor, Abigail Feeney. A Hollywood hairdresser, Abigail believes her life has been cursed since the day she was born— Friday the 13th.

Always unlucky in love, Abigail now needs Regan’s help in tracking down an ex-boyfriend who was just spotted in downtown Los Angeles—a “nogood bum” who borrowed $100,000 from her three months ago, then promptly disappeared. Abigail desperately needs to get that money back, money given to her by her grandmother who is heading to L.A. Grandma Feeney, no shrinking violet, has plans to buy an old friend’s condo for Abigail and will need that hard-earned money to make the deal.

With hubby Jack away, the weather in New York miserable, and the guiltprovoking memory that Abigail had brought her chicken soup when she was sick, Regan agrees to hop a plane. Before long, the hunt for Abigail’s ex takes some dangerous turns. . . . But when Abigail becomes a suspect in a murder investigation, Regan begins to wonder if the curse is real—and possibly contagious!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Apr 7, 2009
• ISBN: 9780743579681

Carol Higgins Clark

Carol Higgins Clark (1956–2023) was the bestselling author of the Regan Reilly mysteries. She was the daughter of suspense writer Mary Higgins Clark, with whom she coauthored a bestselling holiday suspense series. Also an actress, Carol Higgins Clark studied at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and recorded several novels. She received AudioFile’s Earphones Award of Excellence for her reading of Jinxed.   

Reviews for Cursed

[carlathelibrarian · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

P.I. Regan Reilly gets a call from a friend in LA to help her find an ex-boyfriend who owes her money. Jack is out of town so Regan accepts and heads off to her old stomping grounds. Abigail insists that because she was born on Friday the 13th she is cursed and it sure seems like bad luck follows her. Once Regan lands in LA she finds out that Abigail is suspected in a murder, she has lost her apartment, there is an earthquake so the two of them have to drive all over checking out the houses she is housesitting and the owner of the house where they are staying has a stalker ex-wife who is released from jail. All this combines to make Regan's job more complicated.

[fernemysteryreader · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Abigail believes she has been cursed since the day she was born on Friday the 13th. Just days before her birthday, Abigail's birthday she calls upon a former neighbor and private investigator friend Regan Reilly to return to California and help her solve her latest dilemmas.

This mystery is a "fun" and delightful read on a grey, misting rain showers Sunday afternoon.

[koalamom_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

You think you've got bad luck. Try being born on a Friday the thirteenth and then have every important event tarnished because something bad happens just before and thwarts you're going to it or doing it!This is what happens to a friend of Regen Reilly's and Regen is off to California to help her friend out. What starts out as a simple case of getting money back turns to murder and a stalker (though not the murderer) as well. And all this takes place in just three days!