Eyes of Night [Mass Market Paperback]

Beth Amos (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1997

A woman is missing. There is no evidence of foul play, but certain small, disturbing signs indicate that the young mother didn't leave of her own volition. The only answer to the mystery lies locked in the mind of her terrified, silent child.

When the police bring little Jace Johansen to psychiatrist Kerri Whitaker for assesment, she knows that her own troubled past should prevent her from taking on Jace as a patient. But the child's anguish is a worldless plea for help that instantly moves her. Then she coaxes him to speak and his story seems a nightmare impossible to believe. But as the people around them start to die, Kerri realizes that if she doesn't act soon, she and Jace will be the next to disapear...forever.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Beth Amos is a graduate of Mercer County Community College in New Jersey, where she obtained her nursing degree, and Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, where she obtained a degree in Health Administration. She has worked as a registered nurse in a variety of settings for over fifteen years. Currently, she is the executive director for the Virginia Association for Hospices.

Amos has had several articles published in HOSPICEa nationally published journal for professionals working with the terminally illand in Life Health, a Richmond area health care magazine.

Born in New York, Amos now resides in Richmond, Virginia, with her family and a menagerie of pets.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Harpercollins (Mm) (December 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061010065
• ISBN-13: 978-0061010064
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,053,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Beth Amos is the author of over 200 published articles as well as three suspense novels published by HarperCollins: Cold White Fury, Eyes of Night, and Second Sight. She spent 3 years as a contributing editor for Barnes&Noble.com and is an active member of Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers, Inc.

Amos is an RN whose past work experience has included everything from birth (obstetrics) to death (hospice). She currently works in an ER and enjoys a number of side hobbies, including competitive Scrabble, stained glass, and scuba diving.

For more information check out Beth's web site at www.bethamos.com

Select Reviews for Cold White Fury:

"Amos loads her story with intricate details that lead to a knockout ending, and she breathes life into Jennifer and Tanner through scenes filled with maternal instinct and preadolescent innocence. This tender relationship between mother and son remains the only certainty in a novel filled with convincing twists." ~ Publishers Weekly

"High action suspense likely to appeal to Dean Koontz fans." ~ Toronto Star

"Plot twists, murders, mind control and poltergeist-like disturbances make for an intense read in which the blood all but sticks to the soles of your shoes." ~ Richmond Times-Dispatch

Select Reviews for Second Sight:

"Writing from inside Marlie's mind, Amos (Cold White Fury) ably shows Marlie's attitude develop from an understandable after-surgery bitchiness to the focused thoughtfulness required of a reporter." ~ Publishers Weekly

"The clever Ms. Amos combines cutting edge technology with new age philosophy to create an exciting and unique thriller." ~ Romantic Times

Select Reviews for Eyes of Night:

"Tapping into primal fears of abduction and experimentation, Beth Amos expertly builds the tension into a crescendo of danger and fear that will thrill readers everywhere!" ~
Romantic Times

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent -- A gripping novel!, December 26, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Eyes of Night (Mass Market Paperback)

This story of a young boy and the psychiatrist who gets him to open up about what he saw the night his mother became missing is suspense at its best! Kudos to the author who set the book in an area I'm intimately familiar with and got it all right. I'll be looking for Beth Amos' prior novel, COLD WHITE FURY, ASAP. If you like a gripping novel that will keep you up late at night turning the pages - I recommend this one -- but make sure the doors are locked!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very well done with surpries along the way, October 27, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Eyes of Night (Mass Market Paperback)

The Seattle police are convinced that Thad Johansen killed his reported missing spouse and disposed of the body. However, the only witness to the incident is the Johansen's six year old son, Jace, who is so frightened over having seen a strange light the night his mother disappeared, he cannot tell anyone, even his father Thad, what he observed. Detective Kevin McCallister turns to an old friend, psychiatrist Kerri Whitaker, to learn the truth.

When Kerri learns a child is involved, she wants to flee because she has not has not yet coped with the death of her beloved little daughter. Still, she knows that Jace needs help and reluctantly pushes her personal grief aside to provide that assistance. Jace and Thad attend therapy sessions with Kerri, who is shocked by what she learns. The description of that fatal night is that of a classic alien abduction. When Thad allegedly commits suicide, Kerri is the only adult who believes he has been murdered, but wonders by what and whether the child is next?

EYES OF NIGHT is an exciting thriller that invokes xenophobic anxieties caused by the fears of alien abduction. The lead characters and the support cast are all first rate, and the story line is an action-packed, one sitting read. However, readers who want to know if Beth Amos' classy chiller is an abduction tale or not will have to peruse the book. Still, the Roswell and the skeptic crowds will finally agree on one thing, that this is one great novel.

Harriet Klausner