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Second Sight
Marlie Kaplan is an investigating reporter digging up dirt on a corrupt corporation when her partner, a photographer, is killed in a warehouse explosion that leaves Marlie blind. After undergoing experimental surgery to restore her sight, she suddenly discovers that not only can she see again, but she can also sense the hidden motivations and subtle personality traits that friends and family want to conceal. When it comes to her enemies, however, Marlie's newfound second sight may not be powerful enough to protect her. And soon she is on the run, desperately searching for answers and struggling to stay alive.
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First published September 1, 1998
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January 19, 2009
Enough twists and turns to keep the reader entertained and guessing at the outcome.
September 27, 2012
Such a great thriller! The twist was not what I was expecting, and I love when that happens!! Great read!
March 30, 2012
Imagine for a second that you can "see" the real emotions of the people around you. This visual occurrence was the result of a computer chip placed in our protagonist's brain to enable the return of her sight. I didn't like her initially - she was too whinny, obnoxious, and insensitive to foster any care or consideration for her circumstances but as the story unfolded and you got to know her better, my feelings for her changed. The last quarter of the book was difficult to put down.
September 15, 2022
The protagonist loses her sight, and through experimental surgery regains it and more. She sees auras, and as a witness to a murder, she sees something about the killer that no one else does. A pretty good thriller.
August 13, 2016
Read 6-24-2016
Hard to put down. Kept me reading. What a Story. What a Ride.
Hard to put down. Kept me reading. What a Story. What a Ride.
June 23, 2011
Great read! Interesting concept.
July 17, 2020
Loved this mystery all the way up to the end.
July 11, 2010
Second Sight By Beth Amos
Overall rating: This book is a lesson in mediocre murder mystery101.
Have you ever got tired of reading the same sort of books all the time and just decided to grab a random book out of blue because you just wanted a change? Okay. Maybe not all of you. But I’m sure some have. This time around it was a mystery/paranormal/thriller called Second Sight By Beth Amos.
The write up on the back of the book was awfully vague. It was it was about a journalist Marlie Kaplan who lost her sight in a accident and the goes through a new sort of surgery to get her sight back. Yet she sees what no one else can, yet despite that, she jumpstarts into her career and get involved in a mystery. See what I mean. It’s really vague, and sadly the book was just about as exciting as the write up.
After the surgery Marlie finds that she can see auras. She can see color around them to tell if their sad, happy or just evil. Also after gaining her sight back, she witnesses a murder. It ‘s the murder of a woman she used to work with before she lost her sight.
So earlier I said that it’s a mystery paranormal thriller. Well that’s what it’s cataloged under at the local library, but you might as well ignore the paranormal part. The aura bit is mentioned in a couple chapters and then is completely forgotten making the concept meaningless to the story. Then the thrill can just be forgotten all together. This, is in fact one of the most boring mystery I ever read.
Overall the book is a who done it? Was it her ex husband? Was it the governor she’s doing the story on? Is it the cop who seems to be crooked? It’s the basic formula these books typically follow. But this one is so predictable, that this author should just be embarrassed to have this in print. I knew who it was at the half way mark in the book.
The good. I really can’t say anything good about it. When she went blind, I thought there would be real drama. But it just jumps to after the operation. The operation said a computer chip was put in her head? Now how exactly would make some one see? Well it seems no one in the book knows. The auras could of led us to something interesting rather than just filler for the book. After she got her sight back her husband is trying to legally take custody of her daughter away and there’s real distance between her and her daughter . Perfect formula for some drama to make you understand and care about Marlie. But just like the auras, it’s mentioned once and then never again, like it never happened. And the murder, you know after you read one even similar to this, you read them all. It’s mediocre murder mystery 101. When I read one of these, I want twists and turns, and things I can’t see coming. This didn’t do that.
I can’t really recommend this to anyone unless you like things like Nancy Drew and Murder She Wrote. And the worse thing about it, the book tries to sell it self as something dealing with the paranormal. Call me a geek, but I think when they put that that in the book, it should hold a purpose of some sort to the story. But the again, I just might be too much of nerd, and am letting it bug me too much. So Second Sight gets ¼ smoothie. Lowest rating so far. Worse than Jumper 3. That’s pretty bad.
¼ of smoothie out of four
P.S. Check out my book and ebook website at http://www.freewebs.com/lelue/
Overall rating: This book is a lesson in mediocre murder mystery101.
Have you ever got tired of reading the same sort of books all the time and just decided to grab a random book out of blue because you just wanted a change? Okay. Maybe not all of you. But I’m sure some have. This time around it was a mystery/paranormal/thriller called Second Sight By Beth Amos.
The write up on the back of the book was awfully vague. It was it was about a journalist Marlie Kaplan who lost her sight in a accident and the goes through a new sort of surgery to get her sight back. Yet she sees what no one else can, yet despite that, she jumpstarts into her career and get involved in a mystery. See what I mean. It’s really vague, and sadly the book was just about as exciting as the write up.
After the surgery Marlie finds that she can see auras. She can see color around them to tell if their sad, happy or just evil. Also after gaining her sight back, she witnesses a murder. It ‘s the murder of a woman she used to work with before she lost her sight.
So earlier I said that it’s a mystery paranormal thriller. Well that’s what it’s cataloged under at the local library, but you might as well ignore the paranormal part. The aura bit is mentioned in a couple chapters and then is completely forgotten making the concept meaningless to the story. Then the thrill can just be forgotten all together. This, is in fact one of the most boring mystery I ever read.
Overall the book is a who done it? Was it her ex husband? Was it the governor she’s doing the story on? Is it the cop who seems to be crooked? It’s the basic formula these books typically follow. But this one is so predictable, that this author should just be embarrassed to have this in print. I knew who it was at the half way mark in the book.
The good. I really can’t say anything good about it. When she went blind, I thought there would be real drama. But it just jumps to after the operation. The operation said a computer chip was put in her head? Now how exactly would make some one see? Well it seems no one in the book knows. The auras could of led us to something interesting rather than just filler for the book. After she got her sight back her husband is trying to legally take custody of her daughter away and there’s real distance between her and her daughter . Perfect formula for some drama to make you understand and care about Marlie. But just like the auras, it’s mentioned once and then never again, like it never happened. And the murder, you know after you read one even similar to this, you read them all. It’s mediocre murder mystery 101. When I read one of these, I want twists and turns, and things I can’t see coming. This didn’t do that.
I can’t really recommend this to anyone unless you like things like Nancy Drew and Murder She Wrote. And the worse thing about it, the book tries to sell it self as something dealing with the paranormal. Call me a geek, but I think when they put that that in the book, it should hold a purpose of some sort to the story. But the again, I just might be too much of nerd, and am letting it bug me too much. So Second Sight gets ¼ smoothie. Lowest rating so far. Worse than Jumper 3. That’s pretty bad.
¼ of smoothie out of four
P.S. Check out my book and ebook website at http://www.freewebs.com/lelue/
March 22, 2015
This book, my first by this author, was pretty good, though not of the caliber of the Lisas' work (Jackson and Gardiner). I felt the story was at least 50, maybe as many as 100 pages too long. The premise was somewhat original, somewhat implausible as well, but okay. There were even a couple of unexpected turns, but it took quite a while to get to them, plenty long enough to pretty much figure outwit was going to happen.
April 4, 2015
A Suspenseful Who Done It
I enjoyed the suspense and trying to figure out who the murder was. I didn't much like the character Marlie because she was so gruff most of the time but I guess in her line of work it is probably a true character trait. I read a few other books by this author's and plan on reading more.
I enjoyed the suspense and trying to figure out who the murder was. I didn't much like the character Marlie because she was so gruff most of the time but I guess in her line of work it is probably a true character trait. I read a few other books by this author's and plan on reading more.
October 11, 2011
This was an okay book that should have been better. The lead character was blind, bitter and a serious ass. The plot was silly and the writing and various characters were not interesting enough to recommend this to anyone.
February 21, 2009
Fairly predictable, but with a couple of good twists for entertainment's sake...
October 9, 2012
Somewhat predictable, but a few surprises thrown in. The plot was only somewhat interesting and was lacking something that I cannot quite put my finger on.
February 27, 2015
I started this book a while back, but didn't get a chance to finish it until today. It was slow, until closer to the end. I read this as part of my 2015 reading challenge.
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