Eye of the Beholder
by David Ellis
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Author: David EllisEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2007-07-19
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Putnam Adult
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Book Review: The Search For Truth
Summary: 5 Stars
Ellis provides an interesting tale of deception amidst the backdrop of a cast of characters whose lives were forever changed years ago when a series of murders rocked the local community. Now, faced with an apparent copycat killer, former prosecuter turned corporate attorney Paul Riley is forced to revisit the past to determine whether he helped lead to the execution of the correct man.
The plot is very complex, make no mistakes about that. This is a story that includes just about every motive imagineable: insanity, power, love/obsession, infidelity, and general dislike. Try as you might, while a careful reader may work out some of the plot, it is doubtful that he/she can put together all the pieces until the final moments of the book.
In the end, Riley faces several situations where he must choose between truth and deception. In some cases the difference between right and wrong is rather blurred.
In addition to the plot itself, a few of ths supporting characters stand out, chief among them being Detective Mike McDermott. McDermott seeks the truth, and has his suspicions about Riley. McDermott is also haunted by a tragedy in his personal life that he is unable to separate from his work as a detective.
Summary of Eye of the Beholder
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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