Higgins Clarks get to celebrate Mother's Day as best sellers

LOS ANGELES - Suspense authors Mary Higgins Clark and her daughter Carol Higgins Clark celebrated Mother's Day on Sunday in high literary form - by residing together on the New York Times best sellers list.

Both women released mystery novels on April 13, with the elder Clark's The Shadow of Your Smile, ranking No. 6 on the Times' hardcover fiction best sellers list on May 7. Her daughter's Wrecked, the 13th in her series featuring private investigator Regan Reilly, ranked 28th on the same list.

"We like to release our books on the same day so that we can travel together," said the proud mom, 82, the author of 28 previous suspense novels.