Eye of the Beholder

by David Ellis

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Five gruesome murders of five girls brutally slayed emulating the first verse of a deranged song. The conviction comes quickly since there is no room for doubt as to who the killer is. Or so it seems... Years later, after the original killer has been executed, the second verse of the song is being reenacted again and dead people start to turn up. People who are connected to the first five murders. Coincidence? Ruthless lawyer Paul Riley, who convicted the first murderer, thinks not. He embarks on his own little private investigation that lands him as a suspect. Is this a copycat or a cover up from the first murders? Mr. Ellis will let you know no sooner than the last page of the book. Loved it! A true thriller. (

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AleAleta | Nov 27, 2012 |

Paul Riley became famous after convicting a serial killer who acted out the lyrics from a violent song. Terry Burgos received the death penalty for killing six young women, including the daughter of billionaires Harland and Natalia Bentley. Years later killings begin to act out the second verse of the song. Is it a copycat? Did Burgos have a partner? Or did Riley convict the wrong man?

The premise is fine, but the actual book is just okay. You definitely have to suspend belief and make some odd leaps in logic in order for everything to fit. The story was fine as a distraction while I worked, but I won't remember it a few months from now. (

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bohemiangirl35 | Oct 25, 2011 |

A little obvious, but the characters are compelling, and the story is interesting (if far-fetched). A quick and easy read. (

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Paul Riley followed his police escort, navigated his car through the barricades, and stopped next to a patrol car.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0399154337, Hardcover)

Edgar Award-winner David Ellis shifts gears to deliver a stunning new thriller where every character has a secret-and every secret has a price.

David Ellis's In the Company of Liars is an audaciously inventive thriller. In a David Ellis novel, nothing is ever what it seems, and so it is with Eye of the Beholder, a heart-pounding novel filled with dark secrets and the horrific lengths that desperate people will go to keep them.

Renowned attorney Paul Riley has built a lucrative career based on his famous prosecution of Terry Burgos, a serial killer who followed the lyrics of a violent song to gruesomely murder six girls. Now, fifteen years later, the police are confronted with a new series of murders and mutilations. Riley is the first to realize that the two cases are connected-and that the killer seems to be willing to do anything to keep him involved. As the murderer's list of victims becomes less random and more personal, Riley finds himself at the center of a police task force assigned to catch the murderer-as both an investigator and a suspect.

Driven by his own fear that he may have overlooked something crucial during the investigation years ago, Riley must sift through fifteen years of lies in order to uncover the truth-but the killer isn't the only one who wants to keep the past buried. . . .

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"Attorney Paul Riley has built a lucrative career on his famous prosecution of Terry Burgos, a serial killer who emulated the lyrics of a violent song to gruesomely murder six girls, including the daughter of billionaires Harland and Natalia Bentley. Now, fifteen years later, the police are confronted with a new series of murders - and the grisly second verse to the song. Riley is the first to realize that the two cases are connected and that the line between copycat and cover-up has been blurred. But as the murderer's list of victims becomes less random and more personal, Riley finds himself at the center of a police task force as both an investigator and a suspect." "The layers encasing the mystery unravel, and old deceptions emerge with dangerous new consequences. Driven by his own fear that he may have overlooked something crucial during the investigation years ago - and worse yet, the possibility that he is responsible for the execution of an innocent man. Riley sifts through fifteen years of lies in order to uncover the truth. But what he discovers along the way is that the killer isn't the only one who wants to keep the past buried."--BOOK JACKET.… (more)

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