Alvirah and Willy are two characters created by American author Mary Higgins Clark, with some novels co-authored by her daughter Carol Higgins Clark. They appear in various suspense novels as main and secondary characters. Alvirah Meehan has won a $40 million dollar lottery and her husband Willy is a plumber.
Alvirah and Willy made their debut in the novel Weep No More, My Lady as secondary characters. The novel was published in 1987. It wouldn’t be until 1994 until they got their own book with the short story collection The Lottery Winner. Below is a list of Mary Higgins Clark’s Alvirah and Willy books in order of when they were originally published (which is also their chronological order):
Publication Order of Alvirah and Willy Books
(By: Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark)
Weep No More, My Lady | (1987) | |
The Lottery Winner | (1994) | |
All Through the Night | (1998) | |
Deck the Halls | (2000) | |
The Christmas Thief | (2004) | |
Santa Cruise | (2006) | |
Dashing Through the Snow | (2008) | |
I’ll Walk Alone | (2011) | |
The Lost Years | (2012) | |
As Time Goes by | (2016) | |
All By Myself, Alone | (2017) |
Note: Deck the Halls, The Christmas Thief, Santa Cruise and Dashing Through the Snow are co-authored by Carol Higgins Clark.