Let Me Call You Sweetheart touches on themes worthy of discussion, has interesting characters to discuss, and has a solution to its mystery that is likely to energize mystery aficionados. The solution may be the best place to start for a discussion group composed of veteran mystery readers. The solution turns in part on the old, beaten-to-death twist of the good friend turning out to be the deadly enemy. Did the twist in Let Me Call You Sweetheart come unexpectedly, or is it so old a device that it was easily seen coming? Did Clark handle the twist in a clever or original way?

Clark's characters can sometimes seem to be too perfect to live, but the ones in Let Me Call You Sweetheart have their weaknesses. It may seem too much that Kerry is a successful prosecuting attorney, a potential judge, a loving mother, and...