Eye of the Beholder

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Setting: Avalon, Arizona, present day
Sensuality Rating: 7

Perennial favorite Jayne Ann Krentz weaves a complicated tale of metaphysics and murder, romance and revenge, in Eye of the Beholder. J.L. Trask--"Trask" to friends and enemies alike--has returned to Avalon, Arizona, 12 years after his father's mysterious death, to not only fulfill his dream of opening a world-class resort hotel but also to hunt down his father's killer. There he encounters none other than Alexa Chambers, stepdaughter of one of his father's former partners, whom Trask suspects of playing a role in the murder. Alexa is biding her time in Avalon, working tirelessly behind the scenes to regain her reputation as an expert in 20th-century antiques and art after having been framed in a forgery scandal that rocked the art world a year earlier. Alexa's best chance to redeem herself is by verifying the authenticity of the Art Deco collection at Trask's new hotel. Thrown together by the project, the two find it difficult to ignore the lasting animosity of a past encounter--not to mention the passionate heat they experience in each other's company. And as Trask grows ever closer to discovering who the true killer is, dark forces conspire against him, endangering not only his life but Alexa's as well. Once again, Krentz combines elements of romance and mystery in a winning union. --Alison Trinkle

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Jayne Ann Krentz has crafted "romantic suspense of the highest order" (Amazon.com) in twenty-two New York Times bestsellers, including her recent blockbuster, Flash. Now, she unearths secrets at a New Age resort, where a hard-edged businessman and a beautiful art expert make a tantalizing mind-body connection -- and where a killer threatens their piece of paradise.

Alexa Chambers has a flair for style, an eye for art -- and a reputation in tatters. An expert in Art Deco, she blew the whistle on an employer who was selling fakes to wealthy clients. Her payoff? No job and no prospects. Now she runs a shop in her hometown of Avalon, Arizona -- a hot spot for crystal devotees and sunset gazers. But gutsy, energetic Alexa has no intention of sitting still. She's ready to take risks to rebuild her career...and she secretly consults on an exquisite deco collection being installed at the new Avalon Resorts. Her scheme might just work -- if she can steer clear of the resort's owner, the enigmatic and possibly dangerous J. L. Trask.

Alexa was a scared teenager the last time she saw Trask, the man who accused her stepfather of murder. Insisting his dad's fatal car crash had been no accident, Trask vowed one day he'd come back to Avalon for revenge. Now, twelve years later, their meeting is inevitable. Their attraction is immediate. And their chances of bliss are infinitesimal.

Trask wants to piece together the past with Alexa's help -- and get closer to this dazzling deco diva. Alexa wants to protect her family -- and figure out Trask's real motivations. But when a killer emerges from the shadows, they have no choice but to team up to solve a deadly crime from long ago. As they trade sizzling sparks and snappy repartee loaded with sensual suggestion, their trail leads to a trendy spa called the Dimensions Institute, whose flaky denizens and strange atmosphere suggest there is more hidden there than meets the eye. They don't need a crystal ball to see that their survival -- and relationship -- depends on more than tantric breathing or a heavenly passion. They need a little help from a higher power: a true and trustworthy love.

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Typical Krentz book.......2006-07-08

I liked this book more than I thought I would. I've read a number of Krentz' books before this, and though they've all been decent, I didn't particularly find anything special about them. I only bought this book because it was $0.50 used.

Eye of the Beholder had an intriguing plot. Nothing earth-shatteringly original, but still interesting. I didn't have any trouble keeping my head in the story. I wasn't bored at all. And Krentz does a nice job of keeping the reader guessing about who is causing all the trouble. She doesn't make it glaringly obvious, nor does it come out of the blue.

The romance fits nicely into the story. The mixture between the suspense and the romance is fairly well done. I liked Alexa and Trask as characters, and they worked well together as a couple. They had good chemistry.

As I've found with the other Krentz books I've read, though, she always stays fairly close to the surface with the characters and the romance. She never really digs down deeper into the emotions, motivations and whatnot. The characters and romance aren't superficial, exactly, but just very basic. Everything is very in the moment in her stories. The characters don't have any deep discussions or talks about their feelings. It's all just kind of...'there it is'. I don't even think the characters out right said "I love you" to each other in this book, yet they got engaged. I just always come away from her books feelings like something was missed.

But overall, it was a decent book. I enjoyed reading it.

Rating: 3.5 / 5

Eye of the Beholder.......2003-03-10

Trask and Alexa have good chemistry. The Eye of the Beholder is a funny, fast-paced mystery/romance. It's just different enough from other Jayne Ann Krentz works to keep the reader guessing and interested. It's one of a few Jayne Ann Krentz novels that doesn't take place in Seattle. I liked the ending showdown between the murderer and the romantic couple. One question though: Why does a woman with a trust fund large enough to ask for a prenup drive a Camry? Was her Mercedes in the shop?

Being led around in circles.......2002-12-16

I felt that the crimes and mystery overshadowed the romance. There was not much character and romance development. I felt being led around in circles by the way the mystery unfolded, the author wrote to lead us to suspect somebody and then gave new facts to implicate another person. Not impressed with the plot and the characters.

I wouldn't read it twice, though.......2001-03-22

The first JAK book I read was 'Trust Me', and I must say I was greatly entertained by the witty dialogue, the fun, the humor. I was totally immersed in the world created by the book itself, like watching a movie.

So, it was with great expectations that I picked up "Eye of the Beholder". While it is not really a great disappointment, I find myself skipping pages. The story did not really give a lasting impression. It's ... okaaay, I guess. Not bad. But not that good either.

The dialogues are not as colorful as in "Trust Me", and the characters a rather 'flat' and 'dull'. The only real character I like is Harriet McClelland, the art forger, and to think she only appears at the end of the whole story.

I wouldn't read it twice, and I'm glad I only borrowed it from a friend, because I think it's not really worth buying.

Well, I'm not giving up on JAK yet. I still have a lot of her books to devour.

...a letdown.......2000-07-28

Dull. Predictable. Disappointing. What a letdown from Ms. Krentz' usual work!

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Hard to read
A very pleasant romance/mystery
disappointing beyond belief!
Another good story by Merline Lovelace!
superb romantic suspense thriller

Eye Of The Beholder
Merline Lovelace
Manufacturer: Mira
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ASIN: 0778322300

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Truth is in the eye of the beholder. Sometimes guilt is, too . . .

It's been months since that horrible day USAF captain Miranda Morgan flew her C-130 Hercules into lethal cross fire in Afghanistan. But Randi still can't believe Ty, her best friend -- her anchor when a disastrous marriage left her a single mother -- is really gone.

Now back on her ancestral land in southeastern Oklahoma, Randi knows she did all she could to get Ty out safely, but his billionaire father is convinced there's blood on Randi's hands, and through his fog of hatred will stop at nothing to punish her.

But when physics professor Pete Engstrom asks permission to study the mysterious rune stones scattered around her property, Randi is convinced she's found the one man willing to watch her back. That is, until a buried secret is revealed. And someone with an eye cast on fortune is lurking, ready to strike a final blow.

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Hard to read.......2006-12-01

This is the first book I have read by this author. I got tired of having to skip paragraphs because there was so much explanation for everything. I don't know why the author had to explain about the imaging process of the stones, and other scientific processes that noone could understand.

The story begins with the death of Ty Keane, the partner of Randi Morgan.
Ty was killed in Afghanistan after his plane went down, and as Randi tried to rescue him he stepped on a land mine and was blowned up. The only thing Randi could do was save her crew and Ty's crew.

Ty's father Sam Keane blames Randi for the death of his son, and he wants Randi to pay for leaving him in Afghanistan.

Randi Morgan had moved back home after her marriage failed and she is trying to get her life back together. But with the divorce and the death of Ty she is having a tough time.

Pete Engstrom from the University of Oklahoma has been offered 10 million dollars (from Ty's father) for his research dept. if he will study the images in the rocks on Randi Morgan's land.

Sam Keane said Randi would pay for the death of his son and he does everyting in his power to ruin her. He wants to take her land, have her put in prison, and take away Randi's son, who he thinks maybe his grandson.

The sparks between Randi and Pete Engstrom gives life to the story, also I liked Randi's son Spencer. But the best character of all was the dog that Pete ends up giving Spencer.

The story was slow, boring at times, the characters were good, the ending was abruptly cut short.

A very pleasant romance/mystery.......2006-04-04

I'm not usually one for the military romances because it is usually a very alpha male and a damsel in distress who needs to be protected. In this case it was a very balanced relationship and both the protagonists were helping one another. Now, the romance went fast and the "whodunnit" wasn't all that hard to figure out, but the story was good, and pretty intense for this kind of book. I really liked the side-story of the sister's romance so I hope they get their own book soon. A fast read, but as these things go, not a bad one at all. I was pleasantly surprised.

disappointing beyond belief!.......2006-03-24

Lovelace's category romances are way better than her recent single titles. I love her Codename:Danger series but recent Cleo North trilogy was very boring in the romance department. I looked forward to Eye of the Beholder as I still think of Lovelace as a good romantic suspense author but this book is so boring and draggy, I couldn't believe it was by Lovelace! Granted, something may have happened to Lovelace so that the romance and sex in the Cleo North trilogy was non-existent but her Codename: Danger books had great chemistry between the H & H and the suspense in her earlier single titles (Call of Duty, Dark Side of Dawn etc) made Lovelace one of my auto-buys.

I was surprised by the lack of chemistry in the Cleo North trilogy and was hoping Eye of the Beholder would return my sizzling H & H plus the suspense but...zilch. Definitely off my auto-buy list and it's straight to the USB with this book.

Lovelace overdoes the military jargon here, as if forgetting readers are buying a ROMANTIC suspense. If I wanted it heavy on airforce technicals or other military stuff, I'd stick to Clancy of the other male authors who we all know can't write romance or a sex scene. This book has NO romance to speak of, no suspense because it drags between trying to sound serious as if it's important somehow that the reader realizes the author knows her military stuff so I got swamped by details I just wasn't interested in.

Anyone who wants to read an action-packed ROMANTIC SUSPENSE should read Amy Fetzer's Naked Truth instead. That book is a scorcher - and it's written by someone who knows about military stuff yet remembers she is writing a ROMANCE, albeit with non-stop action.

Another good story by Merline Lovelace!.......2005-12-19

Although it's been several months since US Air Force Captain Miranda "Randi" Morgan has returned home from Afghanistan she's still haunted by the death of her closest friend and sometime lover, Tyler Keane. Ty's father billionaire father, Sam Keane, is convinced that Randi left his son to die in Afghanistan. He is determined to use all his considerable power to do whatever it takes her see her punished. Sam also believes that there is a chance that Randi's son is also Ty's son. This brings Professor Pete Engstrom into Randi's life. Given a grant by Sam's company to do investigations into mysterious rune stones scattered around Randi's property, Pete has no idea he's being used by Sam. However Pete is intrigued by Randi. Now Randi and Pete are involved in a relationship, but how long will be before Sam's plan comes to head? Can Randi and Pete's relationship survive?

Although not as good as her Cleo North trilogy, any offering from Merline Lovelace is worth reading. Eye of the Beholder is a fast-paced romantic suspense. Randi is a strong heroine, and although Pete is not also military, he is more than a match for her. However the strongest part of Eye of the Beholder were the secondary characters of Randi's sister, Lissa and Major Alex Shores, who left me hoping Ms. Lovelace intends to write a story for them in the very near future!

Melissa
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superb romantic suspense thriller.......2005-10-25

In Morgan Falls, Oklahoma USAF Reserve Captain Miranda "Randi" Morgan attends the funeral of her friend, lover, and fellow pilot Captain Tyler Keane who died in combat. Tyler's father Sam blames Randi for his son's death vowing vengeance.

Oklahoma University physics professor Dr. Pete Engstrom visits Randi to arrange for his research team to study the Heavener rune stone on her property. Reluctantly she agrees to allow him access although she worries that wealthy Sam is using this to cause her trouble. Soon Randi finds herself in a custody fight with her ex over their four year old son whom she ignored and Sam who claims he is Spence's grandfather. Adding to her troubles is someone wants her dead even as she falls in love with the physicist who reciprocates her feelings.

EYE OF THE BEHOLDER is a superb romantic suspense thriller, which contains a subplot involving reservists coming home in body bags that will grip the audience with how much our soldiers and their families sacrifice including their lives for the war on terrorism; no one else in spite of the President's claims otherwise including this reviewer and the White House sacrifice for this effort. The story line is action-packed as Randi struggles with her former mentor Sam wanting to harm her at all costs as he blames her for his son's death. Though one final twist seems unreal, Merline Lovelace provides a deep tale of how a hurting grieving parent can suffer a battle fatigue like syndrome when a son or daughter dies in combat.

Harriet Klausner

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Don't be fooled.
in the mood for love
A Scintillating Examination of Love and Art

The Beholder: A Novel
Thomas Farber
Manufacturer: Picador
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ASIN: 0312421826

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In the words of Isabel Allende, 'Here is a poet who writes with economy and precise beauty of desire, love, and the irrevocable loneliness of the heart.' In his first novel since the highly acclaimed Curves of Pursuit, Thomas Farber has created his own language of love, in this rapturous evocation of an obsessive and erotic relationship. He is a writer, middle-aged, thoughtful, long engaged in a project that involves observing and describing the female form. She is young, married, and beautiful, an art historian who wants to write. The writer recounts an increasingly charged series of trysts in which he and the young woman create a heady other-world where there are no husbands and no limits. No longer merely subjects for conversation, the passions shared by the writer and the young woman-for art, storytelling, and experience-fuel a transgressive vision of love that cannot, in the end, compete with the demands of the ordered world, and someone must lose.

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Don't be fooled........2003-11-06

A rambling, dull and uninteresting piece of pseudo-intellectual, pretentious nonsense. Pity the readers and critics who have convinced themselves that, because of its usage of large words, unorthodox sentence structure and repeated references to genuinely talented artists and writers, this book must be of some importance. In truth, it is a bland, contrived and utterly forgettable experience. A dime store romance novel for the world's bitter English professors.

in the mood for love.......2002-10-30

The writing in this book is a miracle. Such intensity of feelings, such control of the prose. You sense that here is a master at work, a writer who is truly on top of his game. And you trust the narrator instantly, for you know, after reading just a few pages, that he is telling the truest things he knows about love and loss.

Reading The Beholder is like viewing a French New Wave movie, A Man and A Woman perhaps, where the shared passion between the lovers is the only thing that matters. And everything else, our everyday existence and the harsh indifference of the real world, fades away, the universe evolves around the intense moments of falling in love. Black and white montage, the recurring images of the lovers' faces, torsos, breasts, tears. And the ocean is not far in the background, "the monotonous hollow sound of the sea rising up from below, spoke of the peace, of the eternal sleep awaiting us."

This book does bring to mind European writers such as Duras and Kundera because of its intellectual sophistication and erotic sensibility. But it is much more than a love story for the readers of The New York Review of Books. It is not just for people who believe in art; it is for people who believe in love.

A Scintillating Examination of Love and Art.......2002-10-16

Farber, author of nine previous books and former commentator for NPR's "All Things Considered," brings us the story of two people --- a writer and a young woman, a beautiful and married student of art history. They meet. They discuss their passions for art and literature. They realize that their passions for those subjects is running over into their physical wants for each other. They have an affair. The writer has an artistic endeavor that he wants to partake in with the woman --- observe and study the female body. They photograph their erotic desires and in their heightened sense they discover sex that had not been discovered before. They obsess over the forms and shapes of sex until conflicts begin to emerge.

The book, in parts, is heated and visual, using the sparest of words and the shortest of sentences. At times it's like a poem, sharp and exact, meanings dripping from the words. But the longer that type of writing goes, the less impact it has, and the more exasperating for the reader it can be. Short sentences. Clipped phrases. Quick glimpses. "Merging; impelled by, feeding on, itself. Bewitched. Drifting, dreaming; one flesh. But, oops: hand on, under, around." The book is filled with such phrasing, immediate bursts of words stifled by immediate blockages of periods and semicolons. "Later, when her passion has once again ignited his, he strokes her hair. She draws him to her, wriggling. Baby salmon."

Take away the hindrance of Farber's particular writing style in THE BEHOLDER and it's a scintillating examination of love and art, passions and the human form. Even the cover itself examines these thoughts as it glimpses the female body, a naked torso, the right arm laying across it. Inside the covers gives the reader their own glimpses of the human form and human desires.

Book Description

Why does a lawful creature with an Intelligence score of 17 spend its time lurking alone in dungeons? Shouldn't it be out conquering the world? This sourcebook, the seventh in the Complete Guide series, looks at beholders with a critical eye. It expands the ranks of beholder variants, gives their culture depth, and describes the nefarious beholder cults that spring up among humanoid races. A guide for the d20 gaming system.

Excalibur #20 : The Eye of the Beholder (Marvel Comics)

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Excalibur #20 : The Eye of the Beholder (Marvel Comics)
Michael Higgins
Manufacturer: Marvel Comics
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000VXP8D0

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It's all in the eye of the beholder
Great Coffee Table Book
Clever social commentaries, but an unsatisfyingly short read

Eye of the Beholder
Peter Kuper
Manufacturer: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing
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Mind's Eye: An Eye of the Beholder Collection

ASIN: 1561632627

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The first collection, now in a beautiful hardcover.

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It's all in the eye of the beholder.......2006-01-05

'Eye of the Beholder' is a fascinating collection of short comics by Peter Kuper ('The System'), originally published as weekly newspaper comics strips. As always, Kuper uses no text in his work; his formula for these 'visual puzzles' is quite simple - four panels set the scene, and provoke a certain question mark: then you turn the page over, and the fifth panel provides the punchline or solves the riddles. The final panel is always ruthlessly clear and in-your-face, often to powerful results. Through this method, Kuper sometimes makes you chuckle, sometimes makes you think, and sometimes put across a powerful social statement. But even if some of the strips are admittedly weaker than others, very few of these will fail to bring a smile to your face, for Kuper's original and clever thinking.

As he did with 'The System' and his other works, Peter Kuper once again stretches the limits of the sequential art medium and tests its abilities and potential to the max. By using only five panels of unchanging size and shape and no text for every story, Kuper examines the strength that lies in compositions and juxtaposed images, and the level of communication he manages to get across with these limited resources is absolutely awe-inspiring. Much could be said for his highly stylized and immediately recognizable artwork, which looks fantastic here in high-contrast black & white. With this expressive style, and with each and every frame thought over to the smallest detail of composition and expression, Kuper shows the reader just the kind of potential comics have as an art form. It's a fantastic book that can be considered essential professional reading for anyone in the business, and will also look great on any coffee table.

Great Coffee Table Book.......2002-06-22

The formula works like this--there are four panels on the front of the page which give you a visual clue.

Turn the page and on the back is the fifth panel, which "concludes" or solves the puzzle of the first four.

Extremely simple, but extremely entertaining. The fifth panel usually takes a left turn to some quirky conclusion (which makes it that much more fun to figure out).

I leave this out on my coffee table, and people are constantly hooked after just one or two "puzzles."

It's important to get the hardcover edition, as it gets thumbed through by so many people that the paperbacks quickly fall apart.

Great for your guests or a couple of hours of fun.

There is a second book of these cartoons as well, called "The Mind's Eye."

Clever social commentaries, but an unsatisfyingly short read.......1997-01-21

Kuper cleverly presents the set-up in four comic strip panels, then "solves the riddle" of the cartoon in the fifth panel, which is "hidden" on the next page. Most of the cartoons contain some form of social commentary; unfortunately these are the weakest of the lot. The other cartoons show more ingenuity. The entire book will occupy about 20 minutes of your time, even if you ponder the solution.

Eye of the Beholder: A Clark Hager Novel (Clark Hager Novels)

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Could not put it down, honest.
Sensational Thriller !
Eye of the Beholder, by Jeff Pate
Eye of the Beholder, by Jeff Pate
Another Jeff Pate Thriller!

Eye of the Beholder: A Clark Hager Novel (Clark Hager Novels)
Jeff Pate
Manufacturer: Harlan Publishing Company
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ASIN: 0967652839

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The Midwest Book Review called Jeff Pate “an author of substance, imagination, and talent.”

CLARK HAGER IS BACK...

From the bestselling author of Winner Take All comes a spine-chilling new thriller that puts SBI Special Agent Clark Hager in the middle of a baffling murder case.

It's been six months since the brilliant profiler matched wits and battled with a ruthless killer called “The Strangler.” Hager's partner Lloyd Sheridan has recovered from his injuries and is ready to return to work. Recently engaged to the woman of his dreams Vanessa Roman, Hager thinks life is beginning to get back to normal. But would it last...

It all begins with a seemingly innocuous phone call from an old friend, concerned that his wife is missing. The woman is found murdered and sensing a loyalty to his friend, Hager takes it upon himself to find her killer. Hager and Lloyd team up with Brick McLendon, a Raleigh PD detective with a chip on his shoulder and an ax to grind.

Tasked with finding a killer and protecting his friend, Hager realizes that he can be too close to a case...too close to know that sometimes guilt lies in the Eye of the Beholder.

Eye of the Beholder exposes Hager's inner turmoil—at work and home, and deals with many issues, from prejudice to the agent's own longevity, forcing him to change the way he views the world in which he lives.

With a dazzling pace and scintillating plot twists, Eye of the Beholder is page-turning suspense, destined to continue Jeff Pate's bestselling tradition and thrill his fans across the country.

Customer Reviews:

Could not put it down, honest........2003-08-21

I have managed not to read very many complete books in my lifetime thanks to Cliff's Notes. (Not proud of that fact.) Having said that, any book that captivates me long enough to read it cover to cover has to be good.

I honestly could not put it down. I read it from cover to cover in 10hrs with only a few breaks. I have only done that with one other book, John Grisham's The Pelican Brief.

Good job Detective Pate!

Sensational Thriller !.......2001-06-11

Jeff Pate has written a sensational thriller in his second book, EYE OF THE BEHOLDER. This book will keep you guessing who the murderer is right until the end. There are enough twists and turns regarding the hunt for the murderer and the investigation involving the techniques of law enforcement and roadblocks thrown in their path to keep any die-hard mystery fan interested from the first page to the last. Not only do we get to see the day-to-day drama involving an interdepartmental investigation, but in this second book we get drawn in even further to the personal life of Clark Hager, his fiance,and his daughter and exactly what this dynamic character is made of. The relationship between Clark Hager and his partner, Lloyd Sheridan is also further explored, to give the reader an in depth feel of how a successful detective partnership really works.

Jeff Pate gives a depth to his characters that is refreshing and gives the reader the sense that they are living this drama right along side of these people. If you are a lover of the mystery genre, and are looking for a new author that gives a fresh perspective to a mystery, then Jeff Pate is your man. I highly recommend both WINNER TAKE ALL and EYE OF THE BEHOLDER!

Eye of the Beholder, by Jeff Pate.......2001-06-08

Thanks Jeff, for another fast-paced, Clark Hager thriller! An entertaining fast read. Clark Hager reveals himself as much more than a police detective to his readers in this book. He gives us insight into what makes him tick as a father, a lover, a friend and dedicated investigator. Jeff Pate continues to mature as a novelist. I understand there's another Hager case brewing. I look forward to the release of BOILING POINT

Eye of the Beholder, by Jeff Pate.......2001-06-07

Another Jeff Pate Thriller!.......2001-05-30

From the moment I read the first page, I knew this was a page-turning thriller that I could not put down. Jeff Pate has done it again with "Eye of the Beholder." This suspenseful novel about Clark Hager investigating the murder of his friend's wife delves into the inner workings of police investigation. It also deals with the topical issue of racial profiling. Clark's personal and professional lives intertwine to create a multi-faceted character that remains genuine. A must for your summer reading list!

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The Eyes of the Beholder

Manufacturer: The Dutch Island Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0934881146

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The I of the Beholder
Marilet Sienaert
Manufacturer: Kwela Books
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Mind's Eye: An Eye of the Beholder Collection

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A Clever Storytelling Angle with INSPIRED Artwork
Great Coffee Table Book
These visual puzzles provide much food for thought

Mind's Eye: An Eye of the Beholder Collection
Peter Kuper
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ASIN: 1561632597

Amazon.com

Funny, enlightening, and unsettling, Peter Kuper's work is never dull. Mind's Eye: An Eye of the Beholder Collection assembles his newspaper strip work and provides a more appropriate format for the puzzle-like pieces. Each consists of four small frames "seen" by a particular viewer and a fifth, larger frame pulling back to see whose eyes we were looking through before. Kuper's blocky style, reminiscent of primitive eastern European propaganda posters, perfectly captures the hidden anxieties and rare pleasures of ordinary life, especially the heightening of senses brought about by crisis. His progressive-left political slant suffuses the book, which touches on larger themes as well as the more personal. --Rob Lightner

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Started as the first comic strip ever to run in the New York Times, this silent set of strips chronicles the world, its foibles, its intricacies, its dreams through the eyes of most anything you can imagine. Set up as visual puzzles, the trick is to figure out whose eyes they are before turning the page and seeing the final panel...In a beautiful small hardcover format.

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A Clever Storytelling Angle with INSPIRED Artwork.......2002-08-26

Kuper's sketches are some of the best and most appealing I've ever seen, be sure to see what he's doing with the black and white MAD Magazine 'SPY VS. SPY', which he gave fresh life to. This book has a clever angle and mystery to every book which doesn't come across as a cheap gimmick suprise, all while telling a good/meaningful story.

Great Coffee Table Book.......2002-06-22

The formula works like this--there are four panels on the front of the page which give you a visual clue.

Turn the page and on the back is the fifth panel, which "concludes" or solves the puzzle of the first four.

Extremely simple, but extremely entertaining. The fifth panel usually takes a left turn to some quirky conclusion (which makes it that much more fun to figure out).

I leave this out on my coffee table, and people are constantly hooked after just one or two "puzzles."

This is the second copy of this I've owned--the softcover version wasn't bound all that well and fell apart quickly. However, I had so many people over who asked me what happened to "that really neat comic book" that I bought this hardcover version--which holds up well.

Great for your guests or a few hours of fun.

These visual puzzles provide much food for thought.......2001-02-25

Mind's Eye is the second 'Eye of the Beholder' collection, which began as the first comic strip to run in the New York Times, and provides a fine set of black and white strips which presents a particular viewpoint. These visual puzzles provide much food for thought: there are panels of scenes, then turn the page for the unifying concept linking them.

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