An
Eye for Murder
An
Ellie Foreman Mystery
Libby Fischer Hellmann
Poisoned
Pen Press (Hardcover)
ISBN-10: 1-59058-035-4 (1590580354)
ISBN-13: 978-1-59058-035-6 (9781590580356)
Publication Date: November 2002
List Price: $24.95
Synopsis (from the publisher): It begins in 1944 Prague, but the madness—and the murder—move on to contemporary Chicago where an old man has died. Then it goes to the North Shore suburbs where documentary filmmaker Ellie Foreman gets a letter prompted by the success of her show Celebrate Chicago. The landlady of the dead Ben Sinclair has found Ellie’s name among his effects. Why? Mrs. Fleischman is uneasy, and wants to know, moreover, if Ben could have been murdered. Ellie became a filmmaker to help people tell their stories. The books and wartime relics Ben left behind—will they be enough to tell his?
Review:
Libby Fischer Hellmann introduces Chicago documentary producer Ellie
Foreman in An
Eye for Murder.
This book is both a multi-generational historical mystery and a
political mystery, and Hellmann does a fine job blending the two into a
modern-day mystery for amateur working-mother sleuth Ellie Foreman. The
pace of the story is brisk and the fairly complicated plot will keep
readers guessing up to the end.
Hellmann's depiction of Ellie Foreman allows for considerable growth of
her character in future mysteries. There's affection, conflict, and
complications with all the people in her life: her daugher, her father,
her ex-husband, a potential romantic partner, and her business
associates. You might not always agree with her decisions, but you
respect her for making them.
An
Eye for Murder is a very fine
start to a promising mystery series.
Special thanks to Poisoned Pen Press for providing an ARC of An Eye for Murder for this review.
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Location(s) referenced: Chicago,
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