At First Sight: A Novel of Obsession - Hardcover

Cannell, Stephen J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1593154828 ISBN 13: 9781593154820

Publisher: Carousel Press,US, 2008

Synopsis

During a holiday trip to Maui with his trophy wife, Evelyn, and his drug-addict teenage daughter, Melissa, middle-aged, disaffected, dot.com millionaire Chick Best becomes infatuated with the beautiful Paige Ellis, developing a growing obsession that compels him to murder first her husband Chandler and then his wife, Evelyn, in a staged carjacking.

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Review:

Bookreporter.com
"Stephen J. Cannell's "At First Sight" is arguably his best work to date -- enthralling, engrossing, addicting. As fresh and new as today's headlines.... "At First Sight" is yet another triumph for Cannell, who, even at this late date in his career, continues to handily trump his own best work."

Synopsis:

In his newest and most distinctive novel, Stephen J. Cannell channels his insider experiences into a tautly drawn noir look at the materialistic Hollywood lifestyle. Meet Chick Best-a middle-aged, selfabsorbed, disaffected, California dot. com millionaire. Other than his house and high-priced foreign cars, Chicks most expensive possession is his trophy wife, Evelyn. Evelyn is good at spending Chicks money, money that has pretty much run out. Another problem is his drug-addled sixteen-year-old daughter, Melissa. Though concerned about his life and family, Chick has resigned himself to a miserable state of acceptance. That is, until he, Evelyn, and Melissa take a Christmas vacation in Maui. With this, Chicks life changes...Chick experiences unrequited love at first sight when he observes Paige Ellis emerging from the hotel swimming pool. His obsession, exceeded only by his need to possess her, isnt diminished when he learns that she is happily married. Instead, he befriends Paige and her near-perfect husband, Chandler. A short time later, back from Hawaii, Chicks obsession compels him to drive to Paiges house, where he runs down and kills Chandler in a drugstore parking lot. But this is just the beginning of Chicks nightmare as his life spirals homicidally out of control, resulting in the destruction of everything he holds dear. Will Paige learn the truth about Chick before its too late? Fast paced, filled with wry humor, murder, lust, and dead-on L. A. characterizations, Cannell has written his most explosively saleable novel yet.

About this edition

• Publisher: Carousel Press,US
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1593154828
• ISBN 13: 9781593154820
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352