Murder Deja Vu [Kindle Edition]

Polly Iyer (Author)

Book Description

Wealthy architect Reece Daughtry spent fifteen years in a Massachusetts prison for a murder he didn’t commit. Released on a technicality,he now makes his home in the mountains of North Carolina, building rock fireplaces for a waiting list of clients. His self-imposed solitude is shattered when author Dana Minette asks him to build a fireplace in her new house. Dana becomes more than a client, and for the first time in twenty years, Reece longs to be with someone other than himself.

Then a local woman is murdered in the same savage manner as the murder that sent Reece to prison. More than one person wants him to take the fall, including Dana’s ex-husband, the local prosecutor, who’s determined to convict Reece in the high-profile case. But Reece won’t be railroaded again. Four men were with him the night of the first murder. One of them is the killer. Reece goes underground to discover who’s setting him up and why. Dana insists on going along, and against his better judgment, he relents. With both the police and FBI on their trail, it’s a race against time and a crafty murderer who will kill again.

Product Details

• File Size: 656 KB
• Print Length: 354 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1477575103
• Publisher: Parkwood Press; 1 edition (January 7, 2012)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B006UYD0NY
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,265 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars best new romantic suspense for 2012! February 22, 2012

By RP Dahlke

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Catherine Coulter move over! Polly Iyer has a winner in this romantic suspense novel.

In Reece Daughtry, Dana Minette finds a man who is as passionate about creating the beautiful fireplaces featured in national magazines as he is about saving wounded and abused animals. But Reece isn't only an artist and builder, he's also a man who's spent fifteen years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. Now he takes work as it pleases him, and living secluded on a piece of land up in the Carolina mountains seems to please him.
Dana Minette lived twenty-some years in her own prison, married to an abusive, manipulative husband who is now the district attorney in a jurisdiction that encompasses three small counties. But when Dana comes calling to see if she can convince Reece to build her one of his rock-wall masterpieces, it is no surprise that these two lonely people should find an instant attraction to each other. The surprise comes when Reece is charged with a copy-cat murder much like the one he was accused of so long ago.
Now it would be natural that the romance will be tested, as it should be, since their relationship is so new. But here is where a clever author will do her job--and this author doesn't disappoint as she weaves in the history of two people who have been forged by fire into new and stronger individuals, the kind of people who are now of a much tougher metal.
The pacing for the suspense picks up as roadblocks are tossed in their way and Reece struggles against an unjust system. It is the allies that helped me root for Reece, like Frank, Reece's old prison buddy, now dying of lung cancer, and Jeraldine, his motherly lawyer (who reminds me of a black Kathy Bates of the TV show Harry's Law) and her very smart investigator, Clarence Wright, and the local sheriff (who has no love for Dana's ex-husband) who works to vindicate Reece.
I couldn't stop reading until the last page. And when I finished, I felt a deep satisfaction... which only served to convince this reader that this is romantic suspense at its finest, and in my opinion, the best of its kind so far in 2012. Read it. You won't be disappointed.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Darn Good Read! February 16, 2012

By Ellis

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Polly Iyer is a terrific writer, and she's created characters that will stay with you long after you've finished the book. I really enjoyed Murder Déjà Vu, a story about a man convicted of a murder he didn't commit. (It can happen--A recent study estimates about 10,000 people are wrongly convicted each year.) After serving his time, Reece Daughtry is living a quiet life as a talented artisan when he meets the former wife of a prosecutor with an ax to grind. Complications begin even before another murder occurs. The main characters are strong and sympathetic, and the bad guys are greedy and unscrupulous. Great supporting cast. The plot is filled with twists and snags. It kept me turning the pages until the end. Highly recommended!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Character-Dominant Mystery for your Summer March 6, 2012

By Carrie J. Bylina

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Any book published on my birth date has to be read. It was this in mind that I bought Polly Iyer's "Murder Déjà Vu," a book with a strong plot, solid writing, and well-drawn characters. The plight of ex-convict Reece Daughtry, trying to live out his life after an overturned conviction for murder on a technicality is compelling and his emotional upheavals believable. This is especially true once he meets a woman who trusts him at every turn, even when events put him back into the cross-hairs of various characters bent on Reece's demise. The story details surrounding the two major settings put you right there. And the romance intertwining with the mystery seemed unforced and true. This is a solid read with numerous twists, turns, and surprises worth the space in you library. It is a solid 4 star read.

More About the Author

Polly Iyer was born on the coast of Massachusetts. After studying at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, she traveled to Italy, lived in Atlanta, and now resides in the beautiful Piedmont region of South Carolina in an empty nest house with her husband and a drooling mutt named Max. Writing novels turned into her passion after careers in fashion, art, and business. Now she spends her time being quite the hermit in comfortable clothes she wouldn't be caught dead wearing on the outside, while she devises ways for life to be complicated for her characters. Better them than her.