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Eye of the Beholder (1980)

by Marc Behm

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"The Woman. She's beautiful, and seductive, and as shifting as a shadow. Her name, her appearance, and her victims are forever changing. There is only one constant in the woman's life: her chilling motive. ... The Eye. A private investigator, driven and obsessed. A desperate loner with secrets of his own. His job? To follow the woman. But catching her is the last thing on his mind. He likes to watch. And the closer he gets, the more dangerous his fantasy becomes."--Cover.… (more)
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    The Hotel Life by Javier Montes (bluepiano)
    bluepiano: Easily described: In the course of his work, protagonist encounters a woman he then follows place to place across the country though she remains a stranger. Interesting to see how differently the plot is treated and better still both are quite good books.
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Mesmerizing, will require a 2nd read, ( )
  jimifenway | May 24, 2021 |
An odd little spin on the noir genre: private eye develops fixation on Black Widow killer and pretty much stalks her for years, never running out of money and failing to solve a ridiculously simple crossword clue (which was annoying). ( )
  phoebesmum | Mar 13, 2010 |
Truly bizarre and maddening at times, but you can't stop reading. It all has the feeling of a dream, and even at the surprisingly moving end, you can't be certain how much has been real or not. The ability of "The Eye" to follow her for so many years defies literal belief. ( )
1 vote datrappert | Dec 7, 2008 |
3.5 ( )
  jeraccoon | Oct 29, 2022 |
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"The Woman. She's beautiful, and seductive, and as shifting as a shadow. Her name, her appearance, and her victims are forever changing. There is only one constant in the woman's life: her chilling motive. ... The Eye. A private investigator, driven and obsessed. A desperate loner with secrets of his own. His job? To follow the woman. But catching her is the last thing on his mind. He likes to watch. And the closer he gets, the more dangerous his fantasy becomes."--Cover.

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The Woman. She's beautiful, and seductive, and as shifting as a shadow. Her name, her appearance, and her victims are forever changing. There is only one constant in the woman's life: her chilling motive...

The Eye. A private investigator, driven and obsessed. A desperate loner with secrets of his own. His job? To follow the woman. But catching her is the last thing on his mind. He likes to watch. And the closer he gets, the more dangerous his fantasy becomes...

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The woman's first victim is her husband of only a few hours. The sole witness to the murder is a Private Eye who was hired by the young groom's wealthy parents to identify this mysterious woman who'd been taking up so much of their son's time. The bride's name is Lucy, but when she returns to her residence hotel, with $ 18,000 of her late husband's money in her purse, her name is Eve. The next day, when she leaves the hotel to meet a young doctor — yet another doomed groom — her name is Josephine.

The Private Eye is so overcome by this beautiful woman, who can seduce and murder men as casually as men change shirts, that he forgets both job and clients; when the Eye watches the woman knife her second husband, he is hooked for life — this time the woman nets not only $ 20,000 but also a loving guardian angel.

The two of them take off on a wild and dangerous spree across America, leaving a string of corpses behind. Joanna, with a wig and a personality to match each alias, flashes from high society to seamy lowlife and back again without missing a beat, and accumulates a considerable amount of cash in the process. The Eye, always peering through windows or lurking behind the wheel of some rented car, blossoms into his own brand of insanity and tails Joanna as efficiently as he throws the FBI off their mutual trail. By the time Joanna becomes aware of her unwelcome shadow, these two fabulously lost souls are locked permanently into a wryly symbiotic relationship that provides fertile ground for the blackest comedy.

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