The Way You Look Tonight [Hardcover]

Carlene Thompson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2, 1995

Many years ago Steve Robinson's testimony landed Artie Lieber in jail for assault. Now Steve is missing and under suspicion for a series of gruesome murders. Steve's wife Deborah sets out to prove his innocence, only the deeper she digs the more damning the evidence against him becomes.

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Amazon.com Review

The best thing about Carlene Thompson's excellent psychological thriller isn't the carefully restrained writing or the credible characters. It's the way she can take one of the exhausted cliches of the genre--"Did I Marry a Serial Killer?"--and make it dance. When Deborah Robinson's handsome, overworked lawyer husband Steve suddenly disappears, she begins to wonder about his recent odd behavior and his possible involvement in a series of brutal attacks on local women. Deborah starts to dig, and she soon turns up enough scary stuff about Steve to keep you guessing and feverishly turning pages until the surprising conclusion. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

About the Author

Carlene Thompson is the author of Last Whisper, Black for Remembrance, Nowhere to Hide, and Don’t Close Your Eyes, among other books. She attended college at Marshall University and earned her Ph.D. in English from Ohio State University. She taught at the University of Rio Grande before leaving to focus on her writing full-time. Besides writing, she spends her time caring for the many dogs and cats she's adopted. A native West Virginian, she lives with her husband Keith in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (March 2, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340632623
• ISBN-13: 978-0340632628
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,021,990 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better sleep with the lights on!, May 29, 2001

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Katt - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Way You Look Tonight (Mass Market Paperback)

I've been hooked on Carlene Thompson ever since I read In the Event of my Death. Ms. Thompson has a knack for writing the perfect suspense/mystery books without a lot of voilence in them.

Deborah Robinson seems to have the perfect life, a wonderful husband, Steve and adorable twins, it's Christmas time, what could be better? Until her husband disappears one day, after he's been acting strange all week. At the same time a serial killer is brutally killing women, it couldn't be Steve, could it? Deborah's seeks help from her friends and soon discovers strange things begin to happen to her. Someone is watching her family's house, calling in the middle of the night, breaking and entering, Deborah knows she must find out the truth about her husband before it's too late.

I loved this book because everyone looks guilty and you'll never figure out who the real killer is. The ending is so suspenseful, I got goose bumps while reading it. Ms. Thompson has crafted a wonderful story full of twists and turns and surprises. I highly recommend this book, but don't read it just before bed time. You'll be too scared to sleep!

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book kept me guessing, August 2, 2000

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This review is from: The Way You Look Tonight (Mass Market Paperback)

What a suspenseful thriller.... Deborah had it all 2 beautiful kids, a house in the suburbs, and a loyal husband. Then one day her husband Steve disappears... The FBI are asking questions...about a serial killer named The Dark Alley killer... Her closest friends tell her her husband has secrets... Someone is calling her and sends her a present. Is her husband the serial killer? Or is it someone else she trusts? Read this book it'll keep you guessing until the end.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A GRIPPING AND HIGHLY ABSORBING THRILLER..., January 29, 2001

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This review is from: The Way You Look Tonight (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a terrific novel of suspense, offering the reader a riveting, page turning read. It is hard to put down, once the reader is in its thrall. Well written in spare, clean prose, it will keep most readers guessing until the very end.

The premise is fairly simple. Deborah Robinson, a young woman and mother of an adorable and precocious set of five year old twins, suddenly has the bottom drop out of her world when her husband, Steve, a prosecuting attorney, suddenly disappears without warning. Shortly thereafter, she is stunned to discover that he is suspected of being a serial killer who, for the past eight years, has been killing young women fitting a description that matches hers.

Delving into her husband's past, she uncovers information of which she was previously unaware, which causes her to question just what her husband may really have been hiding. Yet, despite all that she discovers, she believes steadfastedly that her husband is not what he is suspected of being.

At the same time that this is going on, the man who had fifteen years earlier been convicted of brutally beating and raping Steve's sister, Emily, causing her to be institutionalized, is released from prison and believed to be in the area seeking revenge. Does this also have something to do with Steve's disappearance?

Things are not always what they seem, as the reader will discover. There are enough plausible twists and turns in this novel of suspense to satisfy even the most exacting and demanding of readers. This is a gripping read from beginning to end and one of the best of its genre.