Genre: Mystery
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An Eye for Murder starts in Prague in 1944 and ends up in present day Chicago. It starts in the third person and ends up in the first person. It grabs you on page one and doesn't let go. Ellie Foreman is a documentary film-maker, recently divorced from a Kevin Costner look alike who can't get his act together. She is raising her daughter and doing some amateur detective work in this well-written novel.
Ellie receives a letter one day that asks for her help. It seems that Ben Sinclair, an elderly stranger, died suddenly. Among his possessions was a scrap of paper with her name on it. When she tries to follow up, she is faced with more death, a break-in and other unexplainable happenings. She finds a possible Nazi connection as well as a link to a current politician. Things get more curious with every uncovered clue, and I found myself drawn back to the book when I should have been doing other things.
While this book was first written in 2002, it felt like I was reading a book written this year. Hellman's characters are well developed and interesting, and her descriptions are vivid. I enjoyed the history and found myself anxiously turning pages as Ellie got in and out of her jams. Her problems with her ex-husband were upsetting, and I would have liked to get to know him a bit more. Her relationship with her dad was realistically portrayed and made me smile watching the two inter-relate. I even liked the few Jewish words thrown in here and there...I felt that it gave the scenes authenticity.
All in all this was a great find for me, and I look forward to reading the rest of this series.
- Beverly
Publisher - The Red Herrings Press
Date of Publication - December 28, 2006
Ellie receives a letter one day that asks for her help. It seems that Ben Sinclair, an elderly stranger, died suddenly. Among his possessions was a scrap of paper with her name on it. When she tries to follow up, she is faced with more death, a break-in and other unexplainable happenings. She finds a possible Nazi connection as well as a link to a current politician. Things get more curious with every uncovered clue, and I found myself drawn back to the book when I should have been doing other things.
While this book was first written in 2002, it felt like I was reading a book written this year. Hellman's characters are well developed and interesting, and her descriptions are vivid. I enjoyed the history and found myself anxiously turning pages as Ellie got in and out of her jams. Her problems with her ex-husband were upsetting, and I would have liked to get to know him a bit more. Her relationship with her dad was realistically portrayed and made me smile watching the two inter-relate. I even liked the few Jewish words thrown in here and there...I felt that it gave the scenes authenticity.
All in all this was a great find for me, and I look forward to reading the rest of this series.
- Beverly
Publisher - The Red Herrings Press
Date of Publication - December 28, 2006
