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Poisoned Pen, Nov 2002, 24.95, 316 pp.
ISBN 1590580354
Film and TV producer Ellie Foreman lives in a suburb of Chicago. She has gained local fame for her “Celebrate Chicago” televised show. When senior citizen Ben Sinclair dies of an apparent heart attack, his landlady Ruth goes through his things and comes across Ellie's name. The landlady gets in touch with Ellie whose curiosity takes her to Ruth's house to see if she ever met the deceased.
She comes away with his zippo lighter and the positive feeling that knowledg she never met the man. When she shows the lighter to her father he recognizes it as belonging to a man he once knew as Ben Skulnick, who fought in the Resistance, but later was sent to prison for murder. Very shortly after that Ben's landlady dies supposedly of natural causes. A string of murders and attempted murder follow with every victim connected to Ben Sinclair leading Ellie to wander if his death was really natural causes. As she connects the dots to the puzzle, she puts her own life in danger.
Libby Fischer Hellmann's debut novel is a very entertaining cerebral thriller. The story line is plausible as the characters and their motives are considerably realistic while the link between Nazi war crimes and a present day politician running for office seems plausible too. AN EYE FOR MURDER will not be this author's sole published mystery as fans will encourage Ms. Hellmann to publish more tales starring a delightful TV producer turn amateur sleuth.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain?
- Very difficult--no foreshadowing/clues
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 60%
Kind of investigator
- amateur citizen investigator
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- politics
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
Motive of antagonist
- revenge
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- 5-7
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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