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Look Closer Hardcover – July 5, 2022
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From the bestselling and award-winning author comes a wickedly clever and fast-paced novel of greed, revenge, obsession—and quite possibly the perfect murder.
Simon and Vicky couldn’t seem more normal: a wealthy Chicago couple, he a respected law professor, she an advocate for domestic violence victims. A stable, if unexciting marriage. But one thing’s for sure: absolutely nothing is what it seems. The pair are far from normal, and one of them just may be a killer.
When the body of a beautiful socialite is found hanging in a mansion in a nearby suburb, Simon and Vicky’s secrets begin to unravel. A secret whirlwind affair. A twenty-million-dollar trust fund about to come due. A decades-long grudge and obsession with revenge. These are just a few of the lies that make up the complex web... and they will have devastating consequences. And while both Vicky and Simon are liars, just who exactly is conning who? Part Gone Girl and part Strangers on a Train, Look Closer is a wild rollercoaster of a read that will have you questioning everything you think you know.
- Print length464 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons
- Publication dateJuly 5, 2022
- Dimensions6.3 x 1.5 x 9.3 inches
- ISBN-100399170928
- ISBN-13978-0399170928
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One of the books on Patrick Stewart's nightstand, according to The New York Times
“Suspenseful, sexy, involving, twisty and twisted.”—James Patterson
“A dizzyingly clever thriller. Endlessly surprising and great fun.”—Lisa Scottoline
"A tense, tricky thriller that keeps surprising you just when you think you have it figured out. A fun fast read."--R.L. Stine
"Impressive...The tale of murder and misdirection is a solid two days of beach escape."--Chicago Tribune
"With labyrinthine plots that spin on twist after twist and several never-saw-that-coming turns….Ellis juggles romantic triangles, betrayal after betrayal, revenge and greed for a complex plot that evolves into one solid twist after another. Each character’s shady past and their unshakeable present merge into an exciting plot"--Florida Sun Sentinel
“Serpentine revelations will surprise even the cleverest mystery readers. This complex tale of triple-crossings and devious revenge should win Ellis new fans.”--Publishers Weekly
“Twisty, intricately plotted….Even seasoned mystery readers won’t be able to predict all the knots in Simon and Vicky’s tangled web of deception. A roller-coaster ride full of unexpected twists and turns.”--Kirkus Reviews
"Completely blown away by how smart, sneaky and surprisingly heartfelt this novel is!...Highly recommended."--Criminal Element
“A daring, brilliant thriller, full of characters you both love and hate and more unexpected turns than a mountain road at night without your headlights. Tremendous fun!”--Scott Turow, bestselling author of Presumed Innocent and The Last Trial
"Absolutely dazzling! David Ellis is a master storyteller who keeps us riveted to the pages. A whip-smart and diabolically plotted thriller, with crackling dialogue, nonstop pacing, and tour de force structure. A profoundly insightful study of greed, obsession, revenge, and justice. Riveting, compelling, and completely entertaining!"--Hank Phillippi Ryan, bestselling author of Her Perfect Life
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Simon
I check my green burner phone for the time. It's now 8:51 p.m., nine minutes to nine. Nearly two hours since trick-or-treating ended and Grace Village plunged into darkness, the residents of this bedroom community hunkering down for the night.
Police cruisers will be out tonight, but there are none currently on Lathrow Avenue, at least as best I can tell standing in Lauren's foyer, looking through the peephole of her front door with emotion clouding my eyes. Not tears. I am not crying. I thought it possible that tears would come, even likely, but they have not. Now I'm sure they won't. Tears are for sadness, regret, remorse.
I am not calm exactly, certainly not what I would describe as normal; far from that. A dull ringing fills my ears and the THUMP-THUMP, THUMP-THUMP of my pulse echoes through me, a bellowing bass drum no symphony orchestra could match. Still, my hand does not shake as I reach for the inside door handle, an ornate gold latch you'd expect to open a vault of princely treasures. But no jewels or riches beyond this door, only danger. I am not supposed to be here, inside Lauren's house.
I turn one last time and look behind me in the foyer.
Lauren's body dangles from the second-floor landing, her toes no more than a few feet above the marble foyer floor. She is motionless, coming to rest facing me, her head lolled unnaturally to the right, resting on the knotted rope wrapped around her neck, her head so askew it looks as if it might detach and fall to the marbled floor. She is wearing a skintight cat costume, complete with makeup, painted whiskers, and button nose; even the nails on her fingers and toes are painted black. Halloween Barbie, if there is such a thing, and I'm sure there is. Rising from the noose, the rope strains taut against the ornate wrought iron railing on the second story, overlooking the open foyer. Watching her, no matter how glamorous her looks, how sexy her outfit, conjures the image of a butcher's freezer, the slabs of beef hanging from large hooks in the ceiling.
Happy Halloween, Lauren.
I take a step forward but my boot crunches on a shard of broken glass from the bowl of Halloween candy shattered in the foyer. Whatever the reason I had for stepping toward her-one last goodbye? Replacing the heel that fell off her left foot?-I think better of it and turn to the door.
I pull down the latch and open the front door, the cool October air rushing into the space inside the hood over my head, which covers my face completely and blocks my peripheral vision. I forgot to check through the peephole again before opening the door. That was sloppy. This is not a night to be sloppy.
I walk through the empty streets of the village in my Grim Reaper costume, plastic shopping bag clutched in my left hand, passing skeletons hanging from trees, tombstones planted in front yards, orange lights illuminating shrubbery, ghosts frowning at me through windows.
My head buried inside this elongated hood, my height at five feet eleven, I could pass as a teenager trick-or-treating late (which wouldn't fly, given the village's strict curfew) or an adult leaving some kind of party (for which I can name no host or address). I should walk with a natural stride, like I haven't a care in the world, an anonymous man covered head to toe in a black robe and hood on the one night of the year that it wouldn't seem odd. Still, I should have an answer at the ready should a police cruiser stop by.
As a wise woman once told me: The best lies are the ones closest to the truth.
Walking home, I will say if asked. Too much to drink.
That will have to do. The drinking part isn't true but hard to disprove. The walking home part is close enough. I'm walking in that direction, at least.
So on I walk through the square grid of the small village, reaching the park on the southeast end of town, crossing the diagonal path, passing some homeless people, swing sets, and jungle gyms, a pack of teenagers huddled on the hill with beers they try to conceal. I put one foot in front of the other and try to act normal and think about normal things. It's been a long time since I've thought about normal things.
I haven't felt normal since May 13.
I play the game of what-if. What if I hadn't gone to get my haircut on May 13? What if the dean hadn't called me to his office, delaying me? Ten, fifteen seconds' difference, and I might never have seen her. I wouldn't have known she'd come back.
But that doesn't calm me, so I think about what happens next. My journal. My journal with the green cover, to match my green phone. I got rid of that journal, right? Burned it to a crisp, to a heap of ash in my fireplace. Right? I didn't just dream that, did I? If the police ever got their hands on that green journal, it would be game, set, match.
That's not helping stress levels, either, so I try the language games I used as a kid to calm my nerves, to slow me down when I was freaking out, like how the word "fridge" has a "d" but "refrigerator" does not; how "tomb" is pronounced toom and "womb" is pronounced woom, but "bomb" is not pronounced boom; how "rough" and "dough" and "cough" and "through" should rhyme but don't. I don't know why oddness and contradiction calm me, but they always have, maybe because of their familiarity, because I see so much of those traits in myself.
Then I stop. My legs suddenly, inexplicably no sturdier than rubber, exhaustion sweeping over me, my pulse ratcheting up again, vibrating in my throat. Only steps away from Harlem Avenue, only moments from crossing the town border, only a matter of feet from leaving Grace Village and crossing into its sister town Grace Park, where I live, a far bigger town.
I manage to duck behind the equipment shed owned by the park district. I plop down on the ground, pull off my hood, remove the head mask I'm wearing, and rest my sweaty head against the brick wall. I fish around in my bag for the knife. It's a large knife that we used to slice the Thanksgiving turkey when I was a kid. I thought I might need it tonight.
I pull out my green phone and start typing:
I'm sorry, Lauren. I'm sorry for what I did and I'm sorry you didn't love me. But I'm not sorry for loving you like nobody else could. I'm coming to you now. I hope you'll accept me and let me love you in a way you wouldn't in this world.
When I'm done, I put the phone in my lap, next to the knife. I hold out my hand, palm down, and stare at it. It remains utterly still and steady.
I take a breath and nod my head. I can do this. I'm ready.
Before Halloween
May 13
2
Simon
"You know what your problem is?" Anshu says to me, though I didn't ask him. If we're going through a list of my problems, we'll be here all afternoon. "You don't look the part," he says, without waiting for a prompt from me.
"I don't..." I give myself a once-over, my button-down oxford and blue jeans. "What's wrong with how I look?"
"You dress like one of the students. You're supposed to be the professor."
"What do you want, a tweed coat with patches? Should I carry a pipe, too?"
I'm sitting in my office on the third floor of the law school with Professor Anshuman Bindra, who looks the part naturally, with his owlish face and trim beard, hair the consistency of a scrub brush, which manages to not move but look unkempt regardless. Anshu leans back in his chair. "Simon, my friend, you just got quoted in a U.S. Supreme Court opinion. It's like the Supremes collectively leaned over from Washington to Chicago and whispered to the committee, 'Make this guy a full professor.' You should be walking tall today. You should be the new King of the Fourth Amendment. But instead, you show up looking like you're going to a frat party."
"It shouldn't matter how I dress. It's what I say, what I teach, what I write, that-"
But he's already making a mouth out of his hand, yada yada yada. "Now Reid, he looks the part. He wears a sport coat and dress pants every day."
Reid Southern? That guy is to academia what Pauly Shore is to dramatic acting. He has parents with pull, and that's it.
"He wears a sport coat because his stomach hangs over his belt," I say. "And he probably can't fit into jeans."
Anshu drops his head, pinches the bridge of his nose. "Yeah, and you run marathons, and half your students probably want to bone you, but Reid looks like a law professor. He acts like one. The guy listens to Mozart in his office. You listen to REM and N.W.A. and Panic! at the Disco."
"Okay, first of all," I say, leaning forward, "I do not and would not listen to Panic! at the Disco. And now it matters what music I listen to?"
"It's not one thing. It's the whole package. The... grungy look, the music, the whole attitude. You don't think appearances matter? I know they shouldn't, but you know-"
"No, they do, I know." But I'm not going to change for them. Why should I? There's no dress code here. I'm twice the teacher Reid Southern is. His students hate him. I've read the reviews. And his scholarship is pedantic at best. He's writing about a different way to understand mutual consent in contract law. I'm writing about the government violating the constitutional rights of its citizens on a daily basis.
"You're too self-deprecating, while we're at it," says Anshu.
Sure, why not, let's keep going.
"You'd rather I was pompous and self-congratulatory? Anshu, jeez, you're undoing everything my mother taught me."
He flips his hand at me. "What did you just say to Loomis in the hallway? The vice-chair of the damn tenure committee compliments you on your article getting cited by the Supreme Court and what did you say?"
"I don't know, what did I say?"
"You said, 'Must have been a slow day at the Court.'"
Oh, yeah, that's right, I did.
"I mean, how about thank you?" he says. "The highest court in the land just cited one of your articles. Can't you bask in the glow just a little? But no, you can't take the compliment. You have to tear yourself down. And Reid doesn't have a blog," he adds.
I open my hands. "What's wrong with my blog?"
"You make jokes," he says. "You crack wise."
"And I talk about judicial decisions and whether they're right or wrong."
"You wrote a limerick about the chief justice of the United States."
"Yeah, but it was funny."
"I know, but you're so... so casual and irreverent."
"You mean I'm not stuffy? I don't use footnotes or Latin words? You know how I feel about footnotes and-"
"Yes, I know how you feel about footnotes." He reaches out with his hands, as if beseeching me. "But law professors use footnotes! Law professors use Latin!"
I'm not doing it. I'm not changing how I dress and I'm not sucking up to the faculty at poker games and cocktail parties and I'm not using Latin words and I sure as shit am not using footnotes.
Okay, it's not quite Roosevelt charging up San Juan Hill, but I'm taking a stand.
"Get the spot first," he says. "Once you're a tenured full professor, challenge every convention of academia. But this whole laid-back thing..."
I'm not laid-back. I'm anything but laid-back. I'm stubborn. There's a difference.
"Here's some Latin for you," I say. "Ego facturus est via mea."
Anshu sighs. "Now I suppose you're going to tell me what that means."
"It means, I'm going to do it my way."
"Of course you are." He flips a hand. "Of course you are."
"Now if you'll excuse me, Professor, I need a haircut."
"That was on my list, too. Your hair's too long. You look-"
"Like one of the students, I know."
And then my phone rings.
Not five minutes later, IÕm entering the office of one of the associate deans, Martin Comstock, who also happens to be the chair of the tenure committee. Silver-haired and dapper, going all-in on the stereotype with the bright red bow tie.
Actually, he wears bow ties so people will ask him about it, and he can reluctantly reveal that he clerked for U.S. Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens, who wore bow ties, and then served as an aide to U.S. senator Paul Simon, who also wore them. Oh, this? Well, I suppose it's kind of an homage, if you must know...
Our dean is retiring next year, and everyone says Comstock will take the reins. Not everybody's happy about that. I might be one of those people. He's a politician, not an academic. A blue blood, not a scholar. He's everything I hate about academia.
Other than that, I'm sure he's a great guy.
"Ah, Simon, good," he says, when I knock on his opened door.
"Hi, Dean." He likes being called by his title. He pretends he doesn't, but he does.
He manages a quick, disapproving appraisal of my outfit. For the record, my button-down shirt is tucked in, and my jeans are clean and not torn. I look just fine.
"Thanks for stopping by," he says. "I'll get to the point."
His office, all leather and walnut, is a monument to his greatness, with all his diplomas and awards, photographs with presidents and high-court judges. He sits in a high-back leather chair behind a magnificent desk.
"Simon, you applied for full professor," he says, his hands forming a temple in his lap.
"I did, yes."
"Yes, good stuff, good for you," he says. "You've done fine work, I'll say it to anyone."
It's time for the but...
"Now I don't want you to take this the wrong way, Simon."
In the history of mankind, nobody has followed I don't want you to take this the wrong way with something that could be taken any other way.
"I wonder," he begins. "Well, here. You may be aware that Reid Southern has applied for the position as well."
I sure am! I’m also aware that his daddy has given over $5 million to the school over the last decade, which just happened to coincide with when his son started working here.
"Yeah," I say.
"And Reid, I’m sure you’re aware, has been here a year longer than you."
"I’m aware of that. And I’m aware that you’re only granting one position."
"Just so, just so," he says, so eager and condescending that it feels like he might toss a dog treat into my mouth. "And, well, this is delicate, but you can probably imagine that Reid has a fair level of support. You know how these things go—it’s his turn."
Plenty of associate professors have been denied a full professorship. We don’t tell people it’s their turn. Not unless their father is a walking ATM.
"I would just hate...."His fingers work the air, like he’s trying to capture just the way to put it, like he doesn’t have this speech prepared. "I think it might be preferable for you if you waited until the next opening. Then you’d be applying without the mark of having applied once and been denied."
"You think I’ll be denied." I don’t say it as a question. But it is a question, I think. There are some old-school, clubby types who probably don’t take to me, but there are plenty of good, non-political people here, like Anshu, who think that quality teaching and standout scholarship are what matters, not how you dress or who you know.
"Well, obviously, it’s nothing that committal, but as I say, Reid does enjoy substantial support. Not that anyone remotely questions your scholarship, Simon. You’ve done fine work."
Right, you’ll say it to anyone.
"You’ve given me a lot to think about, Dean," I say.
I leave the office, so he can pick up the phone and call Reid’s dad and tell him that he had the talk with me, and things are going swimmingly.
Now I’m late for the haircut. I usually walk, as it’s only a few blocks away. Instead I head out the Superior Street side and into the outdoor faculty parking lot. I usually get here earlier than others and park in one of the front rows.
I find the silver Mercedes coupe and pull out my key. After a glance around, I run the key along the side of the car, a hideous scrape across the driver’s side panel.
Sorry about that, Dean.
Now for that haircut.
Product details
- Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons (July 5, 2022)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 464 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0399170928
- ISBN-13 : 978-0399170928
- Item Weight : 1.42 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.3 x 1.5 x 9.3 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #40,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,304 in Murder Thrillers
- #2,137 in Psychological Thrillers (Books)
- #4,524 in Suspense Thrillers
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David Ellis is a judge and an Edgar-award-winning author of nine novels of crime fiction, as well as five books co-authored with James Patterson.
In December, 2014, Dave was sworn in as the youngest-serving Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court for the First District.
Dave currently lives outside Chicago with his wife and three children.
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“Simon and Vicky couldn’t seem more normal: a wealthy Chicago couple, he a respected law professor, she an advocate for domestic violence victims. A stable, if unexciting marriage. But one thing’s for sure … absolutely nothing is what it seems. The pair are far from normal, and one of them just may be a killer. When the body of a beautiful socialite is found hanging in a mansion in a nearby suburb, Simon and Vicky’s secrets begin to unravel. A secret whirlwind affair. A twenty-million-dollar trust fund about to come due. A decades-long grudge and obsession with revenge. These are just a few of the lies that make up the complex web...and they will have devastating consequences.”
This could easily be the most complicated crime novel I’ve ever read and yet I was never confused. A testament to the author’s superior writing craft/skill. The story is in four points of view all of them first person present. This book is another solid five. I was truly amazed at the story and character development that carried me right along. When I put the book down, I found myself thinking about what might happen next. An author can’t ask for more out of a book. I quit counting the number of twists. Which also took me right to the edge of thinking there may have been one too many... but stopped short just in time. Another sign of a brilliant craftsman at work.
What makes the story work is the attention to detail without it, the complicated plot would easily fail falling into a mish-mash of olio.
There is a thing in writing called MAR, motivation, action, reaction. Something has to be motivated in the proper way or the action and reaction can fall short and or turn into melodrama. The author here walks a very fine line. In order to make such a complicated story work the two protagonists have to step dangerously close to the line without crossing over into being unredeemable characters. It works well here but that line is clearly visible. The motivation for what ultimately happens is thin in places. There is also a huge Point of View cheat which is not uncommon in thrillers and mysteries. When a reader picks up a book there has to be a certain amount of suspension of disbelief. The difficulty in writing one of these is saving up this suspension of disbelief and only using when absolutely necessary. That’s what happens here, the author needed it to facilitate the story so for me it worked very well. Loved it. But I know some readers who might throw the book across the room.
Easily a five-star review and this author goes on my hardcover list where I buy the hardcover as soon as it comes out. I highly recommend.
David Putnam author of The Bruno Johnson and Dave Becket series.
•Definitely a popcorn thriller!
•Nothing super dark (to me) but definitely kept me reading and wanting more
•This was a fun, twisty, suspenseful thriller, a page-turner
•It's long and there's alot going on, but I was never bored, and it was a good story. Not one I've read before. So major props there.
•It as a complicated game of cat and mouse. It is filled with twist after twist after twist.
•Some authors would have made a ridiculous mess of this story but David turned it into a tightly wound, well-plotted, cleaver thriller.
•I am very hard on thrillers and this one surprised me
•It's told through multiple POV and dual timelines. There's also journal entries thrown in. Definitely keeps it fresh, interesting, engaging, and fast paced.
•Even when I tried to predict what was going to happen or guess the killer, the characters were always two steps ahead of me. I loved this aspect of the book.
Last but not least, right from the start Simon says he's never listened to Panic! At The Disco and never will. I honestly should have closed the book than. No one. And I mean no one hates on my Brendon Urie. Those are fighting words. But I guess I'll let it go this once, since the book was a fantastic read!
If you want a fast paced fun thriller, I highly recommend this one.
•Definitely a popcorn thriller!
•Nothing super dark (to me) but definitely kept me reading and wanting more
•This was a fun, twisty, suspenseful thriller, a page-turner
•It's long and there's alot going on, but I was never bored, and it was a good story. Not one I've read before. So major props there.
•It as a complicated game of cat and mouse. It is filled with twist after twist after twist.
•Some authors would have made a ridiculous mess of this story but David turned it into a tightly wound, well-plotted, cleaver thriller.
•I am very hard on thrillers and this one surprised me
•It's told through multiple POV and dual timelines. There's also journal entries thrown in. Definitely keeps it fresh, interesting, engaging, and fast paced.
•Even when I tried to predict what was going to happen or guess the killer, the characters were always two steps ahead of me. I loved this aspect of the book.
Last but not least, right from the start Simon says he's never listened to Panic! At The Disco and never will. I honestly should have closed the book than. No one. And I mean no one hates on my Brendon Urie. Those are fighting words. But I guess I'll let it go this once, since the book was a fantastic read!
If you want a fast paced fun thriller, I highly recommend this one.
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I didn’t want this book to end. It went straight to my Favorites Shelf, on GoodReads.
I highly, highly recommend this book!
Well, let me tell you the hype is real.
This was a brilliantly executed psychological thriller. The plot, characters and overall pace of the story was just perfect. This is going on my list of top 10 best thrillers ever.
Mr Ellis certainly pulled the wool over my eyes! I kept thinking I knew where this was heading, but boy was I wrong! The author does a great job at throwing curveballs at the reader until you won’t know what to believe anymore. The easiest 5 stars ever!
𝑨𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌:
Simon and Vicky couldn’t seem more normal: he a respected law professor, she an advocate for domestic violence victims. A stable, if unexciting marriage. But one thing’s for sure … absolutely nothing is what it seems. The pair are far from normal, and one of them just may be a killer. When the body of a beautiful socialite is found hanging in a mansion in a nearby suburb, Simon and Vicky’s secrets begin to unravel. A secret whirlwind affair. A twenty-million-dollar trust fund about to come due. A decades-long grudge and obsession with revenge. These are just a few of the lies that make up the complex web...and they will have devastating consequences. And while both Vicky and Simon are liars, just who exactly is conning who?
Can I just add that once you read the first chapter you will not be able to put this book down! Guaranteed.
A very clever plot full of surprises, so cleverly put together it will have you guessing to the end. Sex, lies, and the ultimate sting. Delicious.
A great ride. I really enjoyed it.