In 1989, County Prosecutor Paul Riley had the conviction of his career. He sent serial killer Terry Burgos to his death. Riley successfully proved that Burgos murdered women by following the lyrics to a song.
Since then, Riley has struck out on his own with a very prosperous law firm. Power and money are at his disposal. Everything good in his life can be traced back to the Burgos trial.
It's now 2005, and the killings have started again. This time, the killer is following the second verse of the song. Riley is drawn to this case, desperate to know if he made a mistake. Did the wrong person die?
Eye of the Beholder was a bit slow to get into, but the pace definitely picks up. There are many twists in the story, and the reader will enjoy putting the mystery together. There are a few instances in which the author includes extraneous information. I don't know if he was trying to throw the reader a fast one or if he just needed extra words. It seemed as though Ellis was trying to flesh each and every character out, even secondary and tertiary ones.
I enjoyed the book, but could have done without the extras. I think the story wouldn't have had its momentary stalls if Ellis had cut some character description and red herrings. All the same, I give it a 3/5.
*Not up for raffle - library book!!
Friday, May 16, 2008
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- jezebelsk
- Kansas City, MO, United States
- I'm an Air Force brat who has lived everywhere from a farm to a city and loved it all. My interests range from books to cemeteries, genealogy to movies, geocaching to cooking and about a million things in between.
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I hate it when mystery authors feel the need to overburden you with information. The truly great ones can give you tons of clues and still shock you with the whodunit but it seems like I can't find too many of those lately. However I'm fine with not being shocked as long as the books don't throw a lot of useless info at me.
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