Genre:
Mystery/Thriller
Description:
“In a
remote mountain community, the execution of a grocer and the
abduction of a world-renowned model leave the local sheriff searching
for a connection, two killers and a woman who is running for her
life.”
Author:
“Rebecca
Forster is the USA Today bestselling author of Keeping Counsel. She
has written in many genres but her legal thrillers have been called,
'Perfect. Impossible to put down,' by the CBS legal correspondent
She holds a
BA from Loyola University, Chicago and an MBA from Loyola University,
Los Angeles.
Married to
a superior court judge and the mother of two sons, she teaches at
UCLA writers program, volunteers in classrooms and speaks in many
venues around the country.”
For more,
visit Forster’s website.
Appraisal:
I’ve read
several of Rebecca Forster’s legal thrillers and loved them all.
Before Her Eyes was a change of pace from those; still a thriller,
but moved out of the courtroom into the cold, cruel outside world and
with a bit of mystery thrown in the mix. The book has two main story
lines that are happening concurrently.
The first
is what is happening with the sheriff, who is investigating a murder
and what appears to be the kidnapping of a “world-renowned model.”
The sheriff has a history with the victim and issues of his own that
present a struggle and plenty of conflict, both internal and
external. He and many of the characters he interacts with are
complex, which makes the plot of the story both more unpredictable
and more satisfying.
The second
story line is what is happening with the missing model. While the
first storyline is more of a mystery/police procedural, the second
storyline is pure thriller. In neither can you assume that everything
is as it seems as both have a twist that leave assumptions made early
in the story torn to shreds.
Did I
mention that I loved this book?
FYI:
A small
amount of adult language and situations.
Added for
Reprise Review: Before Her Eyes was the winner in the Mystery
category for 2013 Readers'
Choice Awards at BigAl’s Books and Pals.
Format/Typo
Issues:
A small
number of typos/proofing misses. The most common was a missing “ed”
ending such as “… an abandon house on the left,” which should
be abandoned.
A
formatting issue with spaces missing before sentences starting with
quote marks. My version was obtained from Smashwords. This may not be
an issue for other retailers and didn’t create problems in my
reading enjoyment.
Rating:
***** Five Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate
word count: 80-85,000 words
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