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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 force�??as an investigator...and a suspect.
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LibraryThing member sruszala
A little obvious, but the characters are compelling, and the story is interesting (if far-fetched). A quick and easy read.
LibraryThing member bohemiangirl35
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 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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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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LibraryThing member she_climber
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
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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. Show Less
LibraryThing member HenriMoreaux
I've read a few of the Ellis & Patterson co-written books as well as Jury of One by Ellis alone and I had found his writing to be quite crisp and compelling yet Eye of the Beholder was not quite up to those standards. There's a fair bit of action in there with quite a few plot twists, yet for the
Overall, it was an okay book but I wouldn't be in a rush to recommend it to anyone.
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most part it didn't really resonate with me and I found the ending to be rather cliched.Overall, it was an okay book but I wouldn't be in a rush to recommend it to anyone.
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2007