LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART

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Summary: Let me call you sweetheart
Review: Let Me Call You Sweetheart by Mary Higgins Clark

This book was very good. I really enjoyed reading it. Although it starts off slow and out of nowhere, the plot thickens and it is a big surprise at the end. Suzanne Reardon, a wealthy woman, is murdered. Over her body are sweetheart roses, hence the name. Her husband was convicted of the murder. He is in jail for at least 30 years without parole. Ten years later, Kerry Magrath and her daughter are in Dr. Smith's office, for a plastic surgery counseling. Kerry sees a Suzanne Reardon look-alike. She looks into Dr. Smith and finds out he is Suzanne's father. This leads up to a number of other suspects including Jonathan Hoover, Jimmy Weeks and others that may have had interest in Suzanne. It leads up to the end where Dr. Smith is murdered as well. Kerry then finds out who the killer is, but not soon enough. She goes to the killer's house and she and Robin are to be killed until someone who couldn't before helps them. I recommend this book to anyone who is willing to stick with it and loves a good mystery story.

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Summary: A good mystery novel!
Review: Mary Higgins Clark keeps you turning the pages and guessing who the killer is. I reccomend this book...it was great!

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Summary: 10 year old Murder case reopened and New Killer Found
Review: The novel LET ME CALL YOU SWEET HEART, by Mary Higgins Clark, is a thrill seeking, mind boggling murder mystery novel. Kerry McGrath and Geoff Dorso resurface a ten year old murder case of Suzanne Reardon that could cost Kerry her job. It was up to Kerry and Geoff to find the real killer and prove Skip Reardon's innocence. The novel is well thought out and planned including Clarks ability to capture the the true essence of a real murder case brought back to life. A weak point of her writing is the fact that some of the loose eands weren't completed. Such an example is the connection of the death the Dr. Charles Smith and did Frank Green become Governor. In all the novel is outstanding and would be great to be read by anyone who loves murder mysteries.

The main characters are carefully drawn out and are realistic. Kerry McGrath is an assistant prosecutor that found out who the killer of Suzanne is when Kerry and her daughter's lives are threatened by the same man. Clark gives Kerry a wonderful characterization of a single mother who is fighting for a higher position in the law firm. Geoff Dorso helps Kerry solve the mystery by having Jason Arnott say who it actually is. Clark has made Geoff realistic by portraying him as a rugid cop that's out to find answers. He looked for the files on the Reardon case, and he digs up information on each of the suspects in the novel. These are the two main characters in the novel and they are well formed and developed by Mary Higgins Clark.

The plot is well thought out, fluent and emphasizes many complications of real life. Kerry McGrath's daughter, Robin, had an accident due to her ex-husband's carelessness. When Kerry took Robin into the plastic surgeon's office of Dr. Charles Smith, she sees a familiar face but she's not sure where she's seen it. When she realizes that it is the face of Suzanne Reardon, who's been dead for 10 years, it peeks her interest in investigating into the closed case. Kerry, along with Geoff Dorso, put new pieces into the puzzle of who killed Suzanne, to be able to free Skip Reardon. Investigating this case puts Kerry's daughter's life in danger. When Kerry realizes who the real killer actually is, her own life becomes at risk. The story's suspence will have you on the edge of your seat. The surprise ending is so shoking that you hope it doesn't happen to you. The accusations of who done it left me pointing the finger at different people at different times. In all the plot was well formed and keeps you wanting more.

In conclusion, the edge of your seat murder investigation will have you feeling like your the detective. The thought and planning is superbly done by Mary Higgins Clark. What' sbaffling is that Clark doesn't explain who killed Dr. Smith. The motvie is made clear but who did it isn't. In the end Kerry receives her judgeship but nothing is heard about Frank Green's attempt at becoming governor. In all the rest of the plot makes up for it. I would recommend the novel to murder mystery lovers.