Eyes of Night

Rating:
Summary: Very well done with surpries along the way
Review: The Seattle police are convinced that Thad Johansen killed his reported missing spouse and disposed of the body. However, the only witness to the incident is the Johansen's six year old son, Jace, who is so frightened over having seen a strange light the night his mother disappeared, he cannot tell anyone, even his father Thad, what he observed. Detective Kevin McCallister turns to an old friend, psychiatrist Kerri Whitaker, to learn the truth.

When Kerri learns a child is involved, she wants to flee because she has not has not yet coped with the death of her beloved little daughter. Still, she knows that Jace needs help and reluctantly pushes her personal grief aside to provide that assistance. Jace and Thad attend therapy sessions with Kerri, who is shocked by what she learns. The description of that fatal night is that of a classic alien abduction. When Thad allegedly commits suicide, Kerri is the only adult who believes he has been murdered, but wonders by what and whether the child is next?

EYES OF NIGHT is an exciting thriller that invokes xenophobic anxieties caused by the fears of alien abduction. The lead characters and the support cast are all first rate, and the story line is an action-packed, one sitting read. However, readers who want to know if Beth Amos' classy chiller is an abduction tale or not will have to peruse the book. Still, the Roswell and the skeptic crowds will finally agree on one thing, that this is one great novel.

Harriet Klausner

Rating:
Summary: Excellent -- A gripping novel!
Review: This story of a young boy and the psychiatrist who gets him to open up about what he saw the night his mother became missing is suspense at its best! Kudos to the author who set the book in an area I'm intimately familiar with and got it all right. I'll be looking for Beth Amos' prior novel, COLD WHITE FURY, ASAP. If you like a gripping novel that will keep you up late at night turning the pages - I recommend this one -- but make sure the doors are locked!