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Geoffrey Barnett is a photographer. Due to a mysterious trauma in his past, he has for many years been unable to photograph people. When Kimberly Yates suddenly enters his life, Geoffrey's world is turned upside down. She nurtures him back to life-emotionally, mentally and sexually. Eventually he is able to photograph her.Then she disappears.Like a puff of smoke, as if she were just a dream, a vision that Geoffrey has conjured up.As he begins to search for Kimberly, Geoffrey discovers that perhaps she was a dream. Soon, he begins to wish that she weren't real, because his obsession with her turns his life from dream into a nightmare. As he discovers the truth about Kimberly she leads him down a path of greed, deceit and blackmail. It is a road littered with sexual perversions and struggles for power, with unbelievable pleasures and even greater pain, with powerful love and passion for life and, inevitably, the terror of death.“Has all the ingredients for a dark and sultry noir novel.” - New York Times“A smashing film noir on paper. An irresistible brew with a wicked kick...Unstoppable entertainment.” - Kirkus Reviews“A strong riveting thriller...This one’s in the top tier.” - Publishers Weekly“The climax is staggering. Bayer is a master of delicious intricacy; his fans will love every twist he throws at them here.” - Booklist“A world of murder, blackmail, double-crosses and redouble-crosses, all against a backdrop of obsessive sex, plain and kinky...Its pace is fast, its temperature high.” - Los Angeles Times“A terrific page-turner... The best yet from one of the best writers of suspense.” - Cleveland Plain Dealer“Compulsive reading...power games, manipulation, rampant greed, blackmail, sex, violence and murder.” - Scotland On Sunday
220 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1989
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William Bayer
53 books28 followersWILLIAM BAYER is the author of nineteen fiction and non-fiction books. Thirteen of his novels are now available in ebook and audiobook editions. His books have been published in fourteen foreign languages. Two of his novels, Switch and Pattern Crimes, were New York Times best sellers.
Bill was born in Cleveland, Ohio, son of an attorney-father and screenwriter-mother ( Eleanor Perry). He was educated at Phillips Exeter and Harvard where he majored in art history. His Harvard honors thesis was an analysis of a single painting by Paul Gauguin: “D’où venons-nous? Que sommes-nous? Où allons-nous?” For six years he served in Washington, Vietnam and New York as an officer with the U. S. Information Agency. He has been a grantee of The American Film Institute and The National Endowment of the Arts.
His novels have won the following awards: Peregrine (The Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel, aka “The Edgar”); Switch, (the French Prix Mystère de la Critique); Mirror Maze, (the French Le Grand Prix Calibre 38); The Magician’s Tale (The Lambda Literary Award for Best Mystery); The Dream Of The Broken Horses (the French Prix Mystère de la Critique).
His novel, Switch, was the source for seven television movies, including two four-hour mini-series. In all of them the main character, NYPD Detective Frank Janek, was played by the actor Richard Crenna. All seven movies were broadcast nationally by CBS in prime time.
Bayer is married to food writer, Paula Wolfert. They have lived in Paris, New York, Connecticut, Tangier (Morocco), and San Francisco. They currently reside in the Sonoma Valley, an area North of San Francisco which Jack London called “The Valley of the Moon.”
Bill was born in Cleveland, Ohio, son of an attorney-father and screenwriter-mother ( Eleanor Perry). He was educated at Phillips Exeter and Harvard where he majored in art history. His Harvard honors thesis was an analysis of a single painting by Paul Gauguin: “D’où venons-nous? Que sommes-nous? Où allons-nous?” For six years he served in Washington, Vietnam and New York as an officer with the U. S. Information Agency. He has been a grantee of The American Film Institute and The National Endowment of the Arts.
His novels have won the following awards: Peregrine (The Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel, aka “The Edgar”); Switch, (the French Prix Mystère de la Critique); Mirror Maze, (the French Le Grand Prix Calibre 38); The Magician’s Tale (The Lambda Literary Award for Best Mystery); The Dream Of The Broken Horses (the French Prix Mystère de la Critique).
His novel, Switch, was the source for seven television movies, including two four-hour mini-series. In all of them the main character, NYPD Detective Frank Janek, was played by the actor Richard Crenna. All seven movies were broadcast nationally by CBS in prime time.
Bayer is married to food writer, Paula Wolfert. They have lived in Paris, New York, Connecticut, Tangier (Morocco), and San Francisco. They currently reside in the Sonoma Valley, an area North of San Francisco which Jack London called “The Valley of the Moon.”
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February 27, 2016
A pitch perfect noir entry.
And also,
an insightful look into the human psyche. How they would haggle and kill for so little, sometimes for money and sometimes even for so little money. Especially when they don't need it.
March 20, 2013
Very good book. Kept me on my toes.
December 20, 2024
Picked this book up in a cruise. Hated it in the beginning but kept on reading because I needed something to read by the pool. Ended was good. All the double crossing caught me off guard. Most of the characters sucked, but I think that was on purpose by the author which I can respect. I’d give this book more of a 3.5 because it got better as you read.
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July 4, 2012
This book was a very great read. You never knew who was lying in this story until the end. The crimes committed in the book were many. I won't give the story away, but it was a great story. The characters in the book were very good. The sexual situations in the book led to the crimes which were many. It was a very quick read for me and I am a slow reader but was able to finish it in two days. I loved this book and will probably read more books by this author.
March 6, 2011
I picked this out of my libray,,had it for years writhen 1989 .. till last night
really good....
blackmail..sex.. who's your friend...
Good reading.........keeps you in the ?????
Gene.......
September 12, 2011
A well written mystery, told with a good pace that had me racing through it (helped by reading it poolside on holiday in Corfu). Good fun.
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