Eyes of a Child
A Thriller
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4.2 • 69 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
A man has been found dead, a gun still wedged in his mouth. It looks like Ricardo Arias killed himself…but the physical evidence tells a different story, in Richard North Patterson's riveting legal thriller, Eyes of a Child.
The police investigation turns up all sorts of troubling data—a bitter estrangement between Ricardo and his wife, Terri; an ugly custody battle over their six-year-old daughter, Elena; charges of child molestation. And before long there's a murder suspect: San Francisco defense attorney and political hopeful Christopher Paget.
But where's the motive? It could be that Paget is Terri's new lover. Or that Paget's own teenage son is the one who's accused of abusing Elena. But a series of long-hidden secrets—on both sides of the case—are slowly rising to the surface…and threaten to explode in the courtroom, where the final verdict will be delivered. Where the truth about what really happened to Ricardo Arias will either be revealed—or buried for good...
Customer Reviews
Good but long
I really like Richard North Patterson. The first third of the book had me. It was like a fast moving thriller. Then it ended and a legal Grisham style book began. Then it went on and on and on. Overall, I still really enjoyed it but I struggled to get through some of it.
Amazing drama...
I read this book some years ago, and I still remember the amazing and gripping drama that is contained in these pages. Mesmerizing, and utterly complicated, just like life.
Life's hardly ever simple and straightforward, and that's what makes Mr. Patterson so brilliant and amazing. He chooses to generously sprinkle his stories with not just moral but believable dilemmas all along the plot. Would recommend him to anyone.
Caution: not for the faint-hearted though, some sequences did seem at times unnecessarily cruel and almost unbelievable. But eventually his characters justify their actions, using their own - at times convoluted - sense of right. Would probably leave you too with a wound, if not a hole, in your heart.
A solid good read.
This book is thoroughly engrossing. A well researched and compelling story without boring me with technical mumbo-jumbo. I'll download more RNP.