Let Me Call You Sweetheart - Mary Higgins Clark

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Title: Let Me Call You Sweetheart Author: Mary Higgins Clark Genre: Suspense Rating: 7/10 # pages: 268 Date read: July, 2008

Summary: Kerry McGrath had only begun to work in the county prosecutor's office at the time of the infamous "Sweetheart Murder Case" -- the bizarre slaying years ago of strikingly beautiful Suzanne Reardon. Now, ten years later, Kerry has gained a reputation as a smart and relentless prosecutor -- so much so that her name has been given to the governor as a candidate for a new judgeship -- and her new life and career are in full swing.

But Kerry's plans are turned upside down when her daughter Robin is injured in a car accident, requiring treatment from a well-known plastic surgeon. It is in his office that Kerry first encounters a beautiful face she remembers from her past but can't quite place -- until she realizes that this angelic face is a troubling link to the "Sweetheart" case. When she starts asking questions, she soon discovers that everyone involved wants the case to remain closed...and will stop at nothing to keep it that way.

Review: So far I've enjoyed all the books I've read by Mary Higgins Clark and fortunately this was no exception. I was somewhat disappointed by the ending though. Ms. Clark had set up a very elaborate and well-thought out plot but then, 15 pages from the end suddenly threw a completely unsuspected and unnecessary twist at the reader. There was no need for that twist and thus it came out as both superfluous and unbelievable. A shame, as the rest of the book had been so promising.

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