
Shut Your Eyes Tight
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Scott Brick
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By:
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John Verdon
When he was the NYPD’s top homicide investigator, Dave Gurney was never comfortable with the label the press gave him: super detective. He was simply a man who, when faced with a puzzle, wanted to know. He was called to the investigative hunt by the presumptuous arrogance of murderers - by their smug belief that they could kill without leaving a trace. There was always a trace, Gurney believed.
Except what if, one day, there wasn’t?
Dave Gurney, a few months past the Mellery case that pulled him out of retirement and then nearly killed him, is trying once again to adjust to his country house’s bucolic rhythms when he receives a call about a case so seductively bewildering that the thought of not looking into it seems unimaginable - even if his beloved wife, Madeleine, would rather he do anything but.
The facts of what has occurred are horrible: a blushing bride, newly wed to an eminent psychiatrist and just minutes from hearing her congratulatory toast, is found decapitated, her head apparently severed by a machete. Though police investigators believe that a Mexican gardener killed the young woman in a fit of jealous fury, the victim’s mother -a chilly high-society beauty - is having none of it. Reluctantly drawn in, Dave is quickly buffeted by a series of revelations that transform the bizarrely monstrous into the monstrously bizarre.
Underneath it all may exist one of the darkest criminal schemes imaginable. And as Gurney begins deciphering its grotesque outlines, some of his most cherished assumptions about himself are challenged, causing him to stare into an abyss so deep that it threatens to swallow not just him but Madeleine, too.
Desperate to protect Madeleine and bring an end to the madness, Gurney ultimately discovers that the killer has left a trace after all. Unfortunately, the revelation may come too late to save his own life.
With Shut Your Eyes Tight, John Verdon delivers on the promise of his internationally best-selling debut, Think of a Number, creating a portrait of evil let loose across generations that is as rife with moments of touching humanity as it is with spellbinding images of perversity.
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Critic reviews
Same old,same old
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An excellent read
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As good as the first
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A must read!
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Well paced action and events throughout book.
John Verdon keeps one captured to the end, with some clues, if you keep your eyes open!!
All the way to the end.....
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Unexpected
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Shut Your Eyes Tight is certainly worth a listen. The narration was unobtrusive and the plot was intriguing.Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I was dissapointed with the shear number of loose ends left at the end of this book. The set-up and climax of the novel were awesome but the story ends abruptly with virtualy no resolution to many of the most interesting plot lines.That being said it was an enjoyable experience, one that I recommend to all readers of the first book in the David Gurney series.Good Follow-up to "Think of a Number"
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I hope in future books the author includes less of Gurney's wife and focuses more on the plot. I also think the dialogue between Hardwick and Gurney is repetitive. Hardwick and his interaction with Gurney became more obnoxious as the story progressed. I also don't think the author needs to take a paragraph to describe a basic shower. Focus on the plot and be less descriptive on pointless things. This is just a detective story; not a classic piece of literary fiction. Hopefully in the future the editors will work on his wordiness.
Overall the book was 3.5 stars but I rounded up to 4 stars for Scott Brick's narration.
Not Quite 4 Stars - I Rounded Up For The Narrator
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John Verdon
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Shut Your Eyes Tight
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