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It's a minor accident that brings prosecutor Kerry McGrath to the plastic surgeon's office with her beloved daughter, Robin. But even as the doctor assures Kerry that her daughter's scars will heal, she spies a familiar-looking beautiful woman in the waiting room and is seized by an overpowering sense of deja vu. When, on a return visit, she sees the same haunting face -- on another woman -- she has an intense flash of recognition: it's the face of Suzanne Reardon, the "Sweetheart Murder" victim, killed more than ten years ago! The case resulted in a guilty verdict and life sentence for Suzanne's husband, Skip. But for what possible reason would Dr. Smith be giving his patients the face of a dead woman?

As Kerry immerses herself in a fresh investigation, she is catapulted into the strange and ominous territory of those so obsessed with beauty they'll kill for it. Each new piece of evidence she unearths reveals a disturbing cache of questions. Not only does everyone involved want to keep the case closed, it's clear somebody will stop at nothing to keep it sealed forever. As she delves deeper she finds she's wrestling with a force so sinister that her own life -- and her daughter's -- is threatened with increasing peril....

Interweaving fascinating characters with deeply daring, staggeringly unpredictable plot twists, Mary Higgins Clark reminds us that she is, indeed, America's Queen of Suspense.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #254648 in Books
• Published on: 1996-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 320 pages

From Publishers Weekly
The latest from the Clark suspense factory has a spunky New Jersey prosecutor, Kerry McGrath, as its heroine in danger. Kerry has taken an interest in a 10-year-old murder case, in which Skip Reardon had been found guilty of slaying his beautiful wife, Suzanne, and has since been pleading his innocence from his jail cell. When Kerry's small daughter, Robin, goes to a New York plastic surgeon after a car crash, it is apparent that Dr. Smith, who was Suzanne's father, is weird. He seems to be fashioning the faces of young women to resemble his dead daughter?and it was his testimony that sent Skip to jail. Kerry's interest in the case (and her parallel interest in Skip's good-guy lawyer) may harm her chances of a judgeship, and it also draws the ominous attention of another possible suspect, James Weeks, a wealthy real-estate magnate with rumored mob connections. Then there's elegant, tasteful art burglar Jason Arnott, who had also known Suzanne.... As usual, Clark's plot, unfolded in dozens of short chapters, is convoluted, full of red herrings and finally wrapped up with a villain out of left field. The writing is crisp but colorless, characterization minimal, atmosphere nonexistent; but the cozy evocation of a deserving damsel in distress who attains a happy ending seems never to disappoint her legions of fans. One million first printing; major ad/promo; Literary Guild selection; author tour.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
YA?Kerry McGrath, a young attorney on her way to a judgeship, seeks the medical assistance of plastic surgeon Dr. Charles Smith when her daughter is injured in a car accident. While waiting for Robin in the doctor's office, Kerry is amazed to see two women sharing the same face. She is further confused to discover that the face is that of Dr. Smith's own daughter, Suzanne Reardon, murdered 10 years earlier. Skip, Suzanne's husband, is serving a life sentence for her death. His attorney soon gets Kerry's interest in appealing Skip's conviction as well as attracting her romantically. The cast of characters includes Kerry's boss; her benefactors and great friends, State Senator Jonathan Hoover and his invalid wife; and her former husband, who is defending a Mafia client. All of their paths cross as Kerry must choose between her professional future and her belief in Skip Reardon's innocence. A suspenseful novel that's sure to please Clark's fans and create some new ones.?Katherine Fitch, Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke, VA
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal
Prosecutor and aspiring judge Kerry McGrath can kiss the judgeship goodbye if she snoops into the murder of the beautiful Suzanne Reardon. Ten years earlier, the seemingly open-and-shut case propelled political careers and doomed the husband, Skip Reardon, to a 30-year sentence despite his desperate pleas of innocence. While sitting in the waiting room of a plastic surgeon, Dr. Smith, Kerry sees a patient who looks exactly like Suzanne Reardon. Kerry's shock is surpassed days later when she sees another. Questioning Dr. Smith wildly ruffles his feathers, and when Kerry learns that the doctor's testimony helped convict Skip Reardon, she teams up with Reardon's attorney and scours the world of gem thiefs, murderers, child stalkers, the Irish Mafia, and more to solve the mystery. This latest by the popular author of The Lottery Winner (S. & S., 1994) should do well in public libraries.
-?Cynthia Ann Cordes, Onondaga Cty. P.L., Syracuse, N.Y.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Let Me Call You Sweetheart, by Mary Higgins Clark, was well written, but was not her best book. I found myself getting confused by the continuous scene changes. I enjoyed the book, but I have read better. This mystery had a good plot and Clark was very descriptive. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes mysteries, but before reading this I would try one of Clark's other books.

A Sweetheart of a Book
Mary Higgins Clark writes another page turner for her faithful readers. Kerry McGrath, an astute prosecutor and divorced mother, joins the list of Clark's famous heroines as she takes mystery lovers on a ride through this multi-tiered suspenseful story. McGrath deals with plastic surgeon Dr. Smith, who recreates the beautiful face of his murdered daughter on other patients, mob figure Jimmy White, her ex-husband and mob attorney Bob Kinellen, antique expert and thief Jason Arnott, and powerful politicians. They all become neatly tied in the end to the murdered Suzanne Rearden. The young prosecutor juggles motherhood that deals with fear for the safety of her ten-year old daughter, and of course attracts the attention of fellow attorney Geoff Dorso who represents the convicted murderer Skip Rearden. Allusion to the song "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" in the title and the book is ironic because it represents anything but love for the murdered sweetheart. All the same, this sweetheart of a book will keep you burning the midnight oils.

Its Another One Of The Thrillers That You Can Never Forget
LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART is definetly a thriller thet I will never forget. From the moment you start it till the last page I was sucked into the life of Kerry McCgrath as she unravels the winding twisted mystery of the murder of Suzzanne Reardon, which happened almost 10 years before. At her daughters appointment at her plastic suergen she sees a fimiliar face on TWO different woman this makes her quite suspitios and as she gets closer to the answer the more and more danger she puts herself in.....