About the Book
Alex Armstrong has changed everything about herself—her name, her appearance, her backstory. She’s no longer the terrified teenager a rapt audience saw on television, emerging in handcuffs from the quiet suburban home the night her family was massacred. That girl, Alexandra Quinlan, nicknamed Empty Eyes by the media, was accused of the killings, fought to clear her name, and later took the stand during her highly publicized defamation lawsuit that captured the attention of the nation.
It’s been ten years since, and Alex hasn’t stopped searching for answers about the night her family was killed, even as she continues to hide her real identity from true crime fanatics and grasping reporters still desperate to locate her. As a legal investigator, she works tirelessly to secure justice for others, too. People like Matthew Claymore, who’s under suspicion in the disappearance of his girlfriend, a student journalist named Laura McAllister.
Laura was about to break a major story about rape and cover-ups on her college campus. Alex believes Matthew is innocent, and unearths stunning revelations about the university’s faculty, fraternity members, and powerful parents willing to do anything to protect their children.
Most shocking of all—as Alex digs into Laura’s disappearance, she realizes there are unexpected connections to the murder of her own family. For as different as the crimes may seem, they each hinge on one sinister truth: no one is quite who they seem to be . . .
My Review
Those Empty Eyes by Charlie Donlea
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Wow. It’s rare that a book really surprises me anymore, but this one sure did! From the great core mystery, to the subplots that dot the periphery, it’s just a bonanza of detail and intrigue that kept me hooked and guessing.
It has a complex plot with many facets which all tied together nicely. Alex Armstrong is fighting for justice not only for her family, but when she takes on a job as an investigator with a criminal defense firm, she starts fighting for her clients, and along the way, she finds herself embroiled in cases where she feels she needs to dig further into to make sure she knows what she’s actually fighting for. It’s interesting to see how she operates as she works through them and connects all the pieces of each puzzle together and ultimately connects the pieces of the largest puzzle of her life.
And wow, the ending! It really knocked me for a loop there! It’s clever and fits in with everything the author has been setting up from the very beginning. I loved it.
Fans of great, complex and exciting mystery/thrillers will love this one, where the action starts right at the beginning and ends at the very, very end. It’s an amassing ride that incorporates so much detail and depth, I can’t recommend it enough!
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