Eyeshot [Paperback]

Lynn Hightower (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: HarperCollins (1996)
• ASIN: B000OA47TQ
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great plot line, herky-jerky follow-through, March 16, 2005

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DWD "DWD's Reviews" (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eyeshot (Paperback)

Have you ever been in a car with someone who is learning how to drive a stick shift? If not, let me assure you, you will be bounced around without warning and it will be quite unpleasant until you get used to it or until the driver gets better.

In the case of 'Eyeshot', you'd better get used to it.

Hightower has created a wonderful concept for a police novel - how do you get the criminal when the suspect is a high profile prosecutor? Her characters work the outside edges of the system until they can finally make their move and it is an interesting concept and quite the challenge.

Unfortunately, it is made even more challenging by Hightower's choppy plot lines. Oftentimes, I felt like I was coming in to the middle of a scene or a conversation - the characters were meeting people I did not know - nor did I get clued in until much later on. Conversations were started and spoken almost completely in the shorthand that characterizes friendships - but I'm not friends with these people so I have no idea what they're talking about! It is not a good thing to make the reader feel like the third wheel!

So, I gave the book 3 stars, which means I do recommend it. Let me explain my reasoning. The underlying plot is so strong that the annoying habits of the writer do not overcome it. Or, to put it another way (and to return to my first analogy...) - I just got used to her poor use of the stick shift!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly enjoyed this book!, December 6, 2003

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"bungfritz" (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eyeshot (Paperback)

Succinctly and beautifully written, with a flawed lead character who immediately drew me in and had me cheering for her all the way through. Quite different from the rest of the current crop of female-detective-crime-murder-mystery heroines. I can imagine spending time with Sonora Blair and really enjoying myself! Looking forward to reading Hightower's other Blair offerings.

3.0 out of 5 stars Better Than Her First Sonora Blair Novel, February 26, 2005

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garry1952 (Russell Springs, KENTUCKY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eyeshot (Hardcover)

I saw Ms Hightower's first Blair novel at my local library and needing something quick and easy to read that week picked it up. The dialogue and plot make her works quick and easy. One can easily finish them off in one sitting. BUT, I agree with another reviewer here - for someone living in Lexington, KY I wish she would try to get her details a little straighter. Of course for anyone not from this neck of the woods, her errors are not apparent. But, to those of us in the KY/OH area it is annoying to say the least. I have read several of Hightower's other early novels and will likely read a few more. While she is no Cornwell, she does have characters and a writing method that makes her mysteries/detective novels easy to take and does not require one to think to much about the plot or story. I would recommend her early novels to anyone just to allow them the opportunity to see if her books appeal to them. Worth the minimal investment!