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Eye of the beholder 3 rule book12/31/2023 Long story short, I didn't like this novel. I tried to avoid them but I can't promise anything.) The plot - wait, what plot? Is (This review might contain spoilers. The lonely private eye and the cruel but fabulously beautiful black widow. The main characters in this one (only two) are so cliche it hurt. The idea behind it isn't bad, but it is not well developed. I tried to avoid them but I can't promise anything.) I read EYE OF THE BEHOLDER last night. Thanks to Dover Publications for a copy in exchange for an honest review.more Unfortunately, I can’t recommend Eye of the Beholder. There also is no plot other than what I mentioned above. There is no character development or even motives. Written in 1990 by an American living in France, this is a strange little book. The Eye ignores this single flaw and even helps the woman by hiding a few bodies deeper so she won’t get caught. Unfortunately, the woman is a serial killer. Unfortunately, I can’t recommen A mysterious private investigator known only as the Eye falls for a woman he is hired to follow in the Eye of the Beholder. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.Ī mysterious private investigator known only as the Eye falls for a woman he is hired to follow in the Eye of the Beholder. Many thanks to Dover Publications and Netgalley for the digital copy. His best and most well-known literary work is the surreal love story cum hard-boiled crime novel Eye of the Beholder. Behm wrote the script for The Beatles' Help! and the film Charade. (WIKIPEDIA) Marc Behm was an American novelist, actor and screenwriter, who lived as an expatriate in France. If you're looking for something different, you might like this. I didn't particularly like any of the characters. The closer he gets, the more dangerous his fantasy becomes. but what if? And catching her is the last thing he wants. The Eye is so taken with this mysterious woman, he digs up the body and re-buries it in the woods. she kills him and buries his body outside. Still following her, he sees her with another man, another trip to a chapel and then on to their honeymoon cabin. Continuing with tailing them, he watches in the dead of night as she kills him and gets rid of the body. When hired to locate a wealthy family's son's girlfriend he tracks the son and the girlfriend to a justice of the peace and they get married. He has spent a lot of time and a lot of money but hasn't been able to locate her. His daughter has been missing for many years. This particular investigator is known as The Eye. What I didn't find was an ounce of credibility or a solid story premise. death, sex, crime, cops or private investigator. It has all the things that I look for in a good read. When I say quirky, I mean unconventional or unusual. This is a kind of quirky book written around 20 years ago. He has spent a lot of time and a lot of money but hasn
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