Now You See Him (Hardcover)

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From Publishers Weekly

Cameron returns to Toussaint, La., setting of the popular Kiss Them Goodbye, for another soft-boiled, sexy thriller in which a local author's murder mysteries come to bloody life. Convicted murderer Charles Penn has escaped prison and is on the loose. When he killed Stephanie Gray with an ice pick at Mardi Gras two years before, the only eyewitness to the killing was timid Ellie Byron, a bookstore owner and former homeless runaway with a troubled past. Though she was unable to positively identify Penn in a lineup, Ellie frets that she'll become his next target now that he's out. Then a woman is found stabbed to death with an ice pick at a New Orleans jewelry store, and friends rally around terrified Ellie, particularly lawyer Joe Gable, who is secretly in love with her. Meanwhile, the police decide that both killings are re-enactments of scenes from local author Sonja Elliot's bestselling crime novels. Penn is apprehended, but as Elliot's next novel, Death of a Witness, is rushed into stores, Ellie is assaulted, and both she and Joe race to find the real killer in a tidy, spirited conclusion. While an avalanche of love-talk and hot sex stifles much of the narrative tension, those looking for spicy, melodramatic escapist fare will enjoy a heaping helping on every page.
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From Booklist

Best-selling author Cameron returns to Louisiana bayou country for the fourth time with a suspenseful tale that throws reticent bookseller Ellie Byron into the arms of fiercely protective attorney Joe Gable. Two years earlier, Ellie had witnessed a murder in the midst of Mardi Gras, and now the convicted killer has escaped and a young woman has been murdered in a jewelry store in New Orleans. Strangely enough, both murders are connected to the crime novels of Sonia Elliott. After an attempted kidnapping, Ellie is under siege: a New Orleans homicide detective is hounding her, ominous messages come her way, and her beloved German shepherd, Daisy, is endangered. As she and Joe grow closer she knows that she must let him in on the hidden secrets of her past. As always with Cameron there is ample steamy sex, and fans of the series will be delighted to catch up with what has happened in the lives of the protagonists from Kiss Them Goodbye (2003) and Cold Day in July (2002). Diana Tixier Herald
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Mira (November 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0778320995
• ISBN-13: 978-0778320999
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,302,361 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Now You Don't, See Him that is!, January 3, 2006

By	Sandra Sherman (St. Paul, MN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Now You See Him (Mass Market Paperback)

If you've read Stella Cameron you're familiar with Toussaint. Louisana and you're about to go back again in this spicy thriller that stars Ellie Byron, who ran away from home when she was fifteen, winding up in Toussaint, where she now owns a bookstore. Two years ago Ellie witnessed a woman murdered with an ice pick during Mardi Gras and though she could not identify the killer, her testomany helped put him away. Charles Penn was the man she helped send up the river and now, during a prison transfer, he's escaped. And not long after another woman is ice picked to death and it looks like Penn may be the killer.


However, maybe not, as the murders are apparenlty copies of murders in local mystery writer Sonia Elliot's books. It turns out she'd written a couple books called DEATH AT MARDI GRAS and DEATH IN DIAMONDS and the two ice pick murders mirror the killings in those books. As it turns out Ms. Elliot has another book about to come out and Ellie has an advance copie, so she's got a pretty good idea how the next killing is going to take place. Only trouble is, is Ellie going to be the victim.

So there you have the premise of a very good mystery. Mix that up with Ms. Cameron's very steamy sex scenes and you have the kind of book that both thrills and excites. I loved this book, but then I love most anything Ms. Cameron writes. Oh yeah, I forget to mention what Ellie ran away from, oh wait, I guess that's one of the many things I'll have to leave to you to find out when you read the book.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent storytelling, October 18, 2004

By	Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews (#1 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Two years ago, Ellie Byron was standing on a balcony watching the Mardi Gras festivities when she saw the Stephanie Gray murder. The New Orleans Police arrested Charles Penn, but Ellie could not identify whether he was the killer as she insisted she followed the victim; the police believe that Ellie feared Charles would come after her so she refused to tell the truth. In spite of Ellie's inability to point to Charles as the killer, he is convicted of murder.

Ellie, owner of the Hungry Eyes Bookstore in Toussaint, Louisiana learns that Charles has escaped from incarceration and that another woman was killed using the same ice pick modus operendi used in the Gray case. Besides her belief that her life is in peril, but not necessarily from Charles, Ellie fears that her past will surface. Local lawyer Joe Gable tries to protect her because he wants to get close to her, but also wonders why Ellie Byron has no history anywhere prior to five years ago. Meanwhile police see uncanny parallels between the homicides and mystery novels written by Sonja Elliot.

This exhilarating romantic suspense is a tense thriller that grips the audience from the moment Charles escapes from prison; the plot keeps the attention of fans as the tension mounts and twists occur. The audience will wonder if Charles truly is the killer or is there is someone else perhaps from Ellie's shadowy past. Finally there is the link to the Elliot novels to muddy the bayous further in what is a sensational tale that keeps readers wondering whose doing what to whom.

Harriet Klausner

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Murder returns to Touissant, October 24, 2004

By	Barbara Hicks "BadBarb" (in my chair) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Ellie Byron has finally settled into life in Touissant. She moved to the small town after she witnesses a murder during Mardi Gras. Although she couldn't actually see who the murderer was, her testimony was enough to send the main suspect to jail.
Now having escaped from jail, the murders not only start up again but someone seems to be stalking Ellie as well. Is it the
killer or someone else?

Joe Gable is Ellie's next door neighbor and is very attracted to the quiet bookstore owner. But when her life is threatened he
will do anything to protect her. Will he be able to keep his feelings to himself?

I loved NOW YOU SEE HIM. Stella Cameron weaves a tale that has
you anxiously turning the page to see what happens next.
Now on her third book set in the small Louisiana town and each
story is better then the last.

I urge you to get this book. I know you will love it as much as I do.
Barb