Eclipse
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
A serial killer on the loose in Florida proves to be Detective Sam Becket’s worst nightmare …
A serial killer is at work in the state of Florida and Detective Sam Becket is hoping and praying that a body doesn’t turn up on his patch.
But when a local woman is found neatly arranged on her bed with two bullet wounds where her eyes used be, there can be no doubt that the ‘Black Hole’ killer has come to Miami Beach.
The murderer’s unusual modus operandi seems to be the only thing that connects the victims, but can Sam piece together the clues and stop him from striking again?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Norman's sixth outing for Det. Sam Becket of the Miami Beach Violent Crimes Unit (after 2011's Hell) features a hunt for a serial killer that's too familiar to be satisfying. The psycho in question, dubbed "Black Hole," has just struck for the fourth time. In each case, the murderer sedates his female victim before shooting out her eyes. This grisly story line isn't improved by subplots that prove no more compelling, such as one that involves Becket's child psychologist wife, Grace, who's attending a conference in Zurich and befriends an odd young man after saving his life. Most readers' antennae will be quivering from the outset, and their patience will be increasingly tested by Grace's slowness at figuring out that something is amiss with her new friend. An even duller diversion is provided by Mildred, Sam's stepmother, whose fear of cataract surgery eventually proves relevant to the plot only in a contrived manner, unfortunately typical of the entire novel.
