Mira, Nov 2004, 19.95, 352 pp.
ISBN: 0778320995
Two years ago, Ellie Byron was standing on a balcony watching the Mardi Gras festivities when she saw Stephanie Gray murdered. The New Orleans Police arrested Charles Penn, but Ellie could not identify whether he was the killer as she insisted she followed the victim; the police believe that Ellie feared Charles would come after her so she refused to tell the truth. In spite of Ellie's inability to point to Charles as the killer, he is convicted of the murder.
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Ellie, owner of the Hungry Eyes Bookstore in Toussaint, Louisiana learns that Charles has escaped from incarceration and that another woman was killed using the same ice pick modus operendi used in the Gray case. Local lawyer Joe Gable tries to protect her because he wants to get close to her, but also wonders why Ellie Byron has no history anywhere prior to five years ago. Meanwhile police see uncanny parallels between the homicides and mystery novels written by Sonja Elliot.
Harriet Klausner
The review of this Book prepared by Harriet Klausner
