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Loading... Eye of the Beholder (original 2007; edition 2007)by David Ellis
Work InformationEye of the Beholder by David Ellis (2007)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I love Ellis's Kolarich series and was excited to find this book at a used bookstore recently. I didn't love this as much as the Kolarich series and I would attribute it to maybe be one of his earlier books. I was very turned around through the early stages of the book with the storyline going back and forth to a series of murders years earlier to the most recent event. But I have to say that when things started falling together towards the end of the book I was blown away by how exactly the events were all connected and the various characters played their role. I'm not usually this dense when it comes to mystery/thrillers but this one totally caught me off guard. 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. 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. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to Publisher SeriesHeyne Allgemeine Reihe (40555)
Fiction.
Thriller.
HTML: Paul Riley has built a lucrative career based on his famous prosecution of Terry Burgos, who gruesomely murdered six girls. Now, fifteen years later, the police are confronted with a new series of murders and mutilations. Riley realizes that the two cases are connected and finds himself at the center of a police task forceā??as an investigator...and a suspect. No library descriptions found. |
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Overall, it was an okay book but I wouldn't be in a rush to recommend it to anyone. ( )