The Shut Eye

from marcejewels

From my blog I usually give all books that I complete at least a 3 star when I complete it but the ending didn't revive the story, it was very unbelievable and then the ending seemed raced and more unbelievable with so many questions. There was a stunning scene in the middle but it also turned th...

from infjsarah

I've read some of Ms Bauer's other novels and really enjoyed them. But I was disappointed in this. It didn't really go anywhere and I did find the reason for the murder and disappearance left a bad taste in my mouth because I simply didn't believe it would happen. Don't start here reading her boo...

from shelleyraec

Belinda Bauer's backlist, including Rubbernecker, has been on my 'must read' list for quite some time but as it happens The Shut Eye is the first of her six published books I have read. DCI John Marvel is haunted by the case of missing schoolgirl, Edie Evans, and resents being distracted from his...

from RidgewayGirl

The Shut Eye by Belinda Bauer tells the story of Anna Buck, a woman devastated after the disappearance of her son, four months earlier. She's falling apart and she'll do anything to find him. She visits a psychic, and discovers that she may have some psychic abilities of her own, leading not to h...

from fhudnell

In the first chapter, Detective Chief inspector John Marvel prevented a suicide on his way home from work. Even so, he was no hero, and he remained consistently unlikable throughout the book. That's not a criticism of the book, it's just a fact, and I thought he was an intriguing character. He's ...