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An Eye for Murder
An Ellie Foreman Mystery
Libby Fischer Hellmann
Poisoned Pen Press (Hardcover)
ISBN: 1-59058-035-4
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 the ARC of An Eye for Murder for this review.
Review Copyright © 2002 Hidden Staircase Mystery Books
Other mysteries in this series by Libby Fischer Hellmann:
An
Eye for Murder
Poisoned
Pen
Press (2002)
ISBN: 1-59058-035-4
A
Picture of Guilt
Poisoned
Pen
Press (2003)
ISBN: 1-59058-073-7
An
Image of Death
Poisoned
Pen
Press (2004)
ISBN: 1-59058-101-6
A
Shot to Die For
Poisoned
Pen
Press (2005)
ISBN: 1-59058-185-7
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Locations referenced: Chicago.
