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Seaport Suspense #2
Eye of the Beholder
Things Aren’t Always How They Appear!
Guy Jones is about to burst his buttons. He just won the biggest case of his career and is being hailed by his law partners. But his wife, Ellen, is consumed with her quirky, needy friends and misses his victory dinner. Little does she know that Kinsey Abbott, Guy’s pretty legal secretary, is more than happy to keep him company. Communication between the Joneses rapidly deteriorates when Ellen’s stubborn loyalty to an Iranian couple lands her in the FBI’s spotlight—and Guy’s bad graces. Guy soon discovers Kinsey’s dark side, which inevitably pulls him into a web of danger and deceit. He decides not to tell Ellen. But it’s going to cost him.
Who is my neighbor?
Guy Jones is about to burst his buttons. He just won the biggest case of his career and is being hailed by his law partners. But his wife, Ellen, is so consumed with her quirky, needy friends that she misses his victory dinner—and bright, beautiful legal secretary Kinsey Abbott is only too glad to keep him company.
When a fishing boat full of explosives is seized near Seaport, Ellen’s stubborn loyalty to her Iranian friends lands her in the FBI’s spotlight—and Guy’s bad graces. But when Guy encounters Kinsey’s dark side, a lot more than the Joneses’ marriage is threatened!
Amid danger, deceit, and violence, Guy and Ellen clash over a key Who is worth befriending—and who deserves loyalty under fire?
“As if pulled from today’s headlines, this novel touches on the fear that overtakes a town when rumors of terrorists are afoot. Filled with unexpected twists, Eye of the Beholder held me captive until the very end.”
—Traci DePree
Author of Aprons on a Clothesline
“ Eye of the Beholder enticed me from the first page with familiar and beloved people. Then it took a twist that both delighted and convicted me. This visit to Seaport will change your life.”
—Janelle Clare Schneider, Author
Story Behind the Book
“My novels don’t come to me ahead of time; each book flows off the tips of my fingers as I sit down and begin to ‘feel’ the issues deep inside myself. For me, the most intriguing aspect of my writing style is that I don’t plan and outline the stories. I turn my fingers loose and get inside the characters and instinctively know where I need to go. After all the suspense is said and done, my hope is that each story will give us pause. That in the deepest part of our souls, we’ll embrace the depth of what it means to be believers and then be moved to share its powerful simplicity with those who struggle without hope. I want Eye of the Beholder to take readers inside my characters’ hearts and minds so they will take an honest look at whether they show favoritism to people of higher social standing. I want them to realize a person’s intrinsic value has nothing to do with social class.”
—Kathy Herman
Guy Jones is about to burst his buttons. He just won the biggest case of his career and is being hailed by his law partners. But his wife, Ellen, is consumed with her quirky, needy friends and misses his victory dinner. Little does she know that Kinsey Abbott, Guy’s pretty legal secretary, is more than happy to keep him company. Communication between the Joneses rapidly deteriorates when Ellen’s stubborn loyalty to an Iranian couple lands her in the FBI’s spotlight—and Guy’s bad graces. Guy soon discovers Kinsey’s dark side, which inevitably pulls him into a web of danger and deceit. He decides not to tell Ellen. But it’s going to cost him.
Who is my neighbor?
Guy Jones is about to burst his buttons. He just won the biggest case of his career and is being hailed by his law partners. But his wife, Ellen, is so consumed with her quirky, needy friends that she misses his victory dinner—and bright, beautiful legal secretary Kinsey Abbott is only too glad to keep him company.
When a fishing boat full of explosives is seized near Seaport, Ellen’s stubborn loyalty to her Iranian friends lands her in the FBI’s spotlight—and Guy’s bad graces. But when Guy encounters Kinsey’s dark side, a lot more than the Joneses’ marriage is threatened!
Amid danger, deceit, and violence, Guy and Ellen clash over a key Who is worth befriending—and who deserves loyalty under fire?
“As if pulled from today’s headlines, this novel touches on the fear that overtakes a town when rumors of terrorists are afoot. Filled with unexpected twists, Eye of the Beholder held me captive until the very end.”
—Traci DePree
Author of Aprons on a Clothesline
“ Eye of the Beholder enticed me from the first page with familiar and beloved people. Then it took a twist that both delighted and convicted me. This visit to Seaport will change your life.”
—Janelle Clare Schneider, Author
Story Behind the Book
“My novels don’t come to me ahead of time; each book flows off the tips of my fingers as I sit down and begin to ‘feel’ the issues deep inside myself. For me, the most intriguing aspect of my writing style is that I don’t plan and outline the stories. I turn my fingers loose and get inside the characters and instinctively know where I need to go. After all the suspense is said and done, my hope is that each story will give us pause. That in the deepest part of our souls, we’ll embrace the depth of what it means to be believers and then be moved to share its powerful simplicity with those who struggle without hope. I want Eye of the Beholder to take readers inside my characters’ hearts and minds so they will take an honest look at whether they show favoritism to people of higher social standing. I want them to realize a person’s intrinsic value has nothing to do with social class.”
—Kathy Herman
336 pages, Paperback
First published September 8, 2005
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About the author
Kathy Herman
34 books243 followersBest-selling suspense novelist Kathy Herman has written twenty novels—including the Secrets or Roux River Bayou Series, Sophie Trace Series, the Seaport Suspense Series, and the Phantom Hollow Series—since retiring from her family’s Christian bookstore business. She and her late husband Paul have a blended family of three grown children. Kathy lives in the Northwest.
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March 27, 2022
This was a great novel that speaks on issues of honesty, trust, prejudice, fear and how different people deal with it. Ellen and Guy Jones are thrown in the deep end and it’s either sink or swim. Things get pretty dicey and all kinds of things begin to happen to them and their friends and community. What will happen with SO many things going on? You’ll have to read this second book to see. I highly recommend you read the first book, A Shred of Evidence first.
I liked the way the author deals with issues and brings us through it with a Christian perspective.
I liked the way the author deals with issues and brings us through it with a Christian perspective.
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August 2, 2019I prefer the universal law but that's okay rather interesting story of how people believe and their own prejudices and how to clarify them and how the understandings form media and upbringing can quickly fester into hate and how in analize can make us a better person and change our understanding of spiritual makings.
Sadly this usually comes with tragedy, and how we are affected, but at least makes them better people
but at least the story shows how they progress.
Sadly this usually comes with tragedy, and how we are affected, but at least makes them better people
but at least the story shows how they progress.
March 18, 2019
I so enjoyed this book, the second in the Seaport Suspense series!! Looking forward to book three. Kathy Herman has joined my list of “want-to-read” authors😀
September 7, 2007
This mystery covers the prejudice we have toward those who do not know or understand, in the case Muslims. The author causes us to see them as real people who may be American citizens and hate terrorism as must as we do. In the midst of it all the main characters find their marriage in crisis over their support, or lack of , their muslim neighbors who are in need. They have many lessons to learn and the events of the book teach them profoundly.
January 22, 2017
I discovered this author about 2 weeks ago and got hooked on her suspense stories. I borrowed this title from the library. The blurb caught my attention: a marriage in trouble because of husband and wife drifting to two separate worlds. Well, it is that and some other sub story of a restaurant owner that I don't see how it fits with the rest of the story. The dialogues are long and boring: lots of people confronting each other because of their personal views. I do not recommend.
February 21, 2008
Kathy's book have to do with social issues. The first one had to do with the harm that can come from gossip and rumors. The second one has to do with prejudices..in this case, the muslim people, even though they are American citizens, in light of the 911 attack. She sure turns on your "pondering" machine!
September 19, 2011
great!
April 6, 2009
I really enjoyed this book ..
February 9, 2010
Kathy's BEST.
July 25, 2011
The plot was decent, and the characters were likable, but the dialog just did not sound natural to me, and it detracted from the reading experience.
July 24, 2013
Such a great book about peace love and support
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July 6, 2016Another good book from Kathy Herman! Looking forward to the rest of the series.
August 24, 2015
A good read that touches on more than one hot topic. Enjoyed it.
August 8, 2015
Very good Christian suspense with lots of twists and turns. Good reminders about being careful about judging people as a certain type based on prejudices we have in today's society.
October 9, 2015
This was a good book and good storyline, I'm just a little tired of the same main characters. But the writing is good, and I did like how things worked out. I do recommend this book.
December 8, 2015
True to Kathy Herman myster and suspense. Great book and a very thought provoking book for today's time especially with all that is going on in the world with terrorism.
November 19, 2012
Book 2 in the Seaport series, about prejudice and what it can cause.
April 17, 2013
Not as interesting or well developed as her other novels
May 2, 2017
continuing to enjoy Kathy books tremendously... she has given much to think about in my own daily christian walk. once again Kudos to Kathy :) :) :)
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February 9, 2019Goed leesbare roman voor tussendoor
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