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HUNGRY EYES by Barry Hoffman
At the age of 10, Renee was kidnapped for 6 days. She was taken to a cabin in the woods, stripped naked, and held in a cell with only a blanket and a bucket. During those six days she was tortured and abused by a person with cold, evil, hungry eyes.
But then she was let go.
Edward Costanzo, a neighbour, is charged with the crime and he goes to prison for it, but never says anything about the events that happened in the cabin. Renee won't talk either, except to one up-and-coming-reporter, Deidre, whose career is about to skyrocket due to the exclusive Renee is about to give her.
With the kidnapper in jail and Deidre's career on the rise, Renee is placed with Foster parents to give her the safe, stable life she's been wishing for. Finally, everything is starting to come together for Renee.
But then, for seemingly no reason, she commits suicide by jumping into the Schuylkill River...
Fast forward 13 years.
Deidre is now working as the media liaison for the Mayor and life is looking good. She's placed on a police task force trying to find a serial killer, the Vigilante, who is killing child molesters and deviants who have escaped jail terms. Deidre is to be the buffer between the police and the media. The public and the Mayor want the case solved, pronto.
And, scrawled on a wall near the latest victim are the words:
"NO MORE HUNGRY EYES."
Suddenly, Deidre finds herself in the middle of the hunt for the killer. She remembers the postcard she received from Renee 13 years before. The postcard Renee posted three days after her suicide. "Hungry Eyes" - just like her kidnapper in the cabin.
Is Renee still alive? Did she fake her own death? And, if she did, why have the killings started 13 years later? Could Renee possibly be the Vigilante?
The cops won't believe Deidre's theories - the theories don't follow the FBI profile - so Deidre must use her all journalistic skills and intuition to find the murderer before anyone else is killed. But once confronted with the truth, will Deidre have the strength to follow through with her plan?
Hungry Eyes is an edge-of-your-seat, nail-biting character study dealing with two women who know more about each other than anyone else, due to a relationship forged by tragic events and inhumanity. Hoffman places the spotlight on human emotions and character traits and you leave the novel feeling that we're all victims in one way or another. The plot is strong and complex, the characters are believable and the imagery is a pure delight.
Powerful, addictive stuff. Buy it now!
(The sequel to Hungry Eyes, EYES OF PREY, has just been released by Leisure Books and will be reviewed here in the upcoming weeks.)
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