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Deadly Eyes (English Edition) Formato Kindle

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Cuff and Rosie are lovers on the small Caribbean island of St. Croix, where rum and Bob Marley reggae and calypso rule. The sky is as blue as Cuff’s eyes, the turquoise ocean as pretty as Rosie’s cheeks, where the gentle lapping of the waves is a lullaby, and the swaying of the palm trees is a dance. The sandy beaches are as white as sugar. It truly is paradise. Their life there is idyllic, except for one thing—the unknown killer stalking them.
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  1. Lunghezza stampa
    271 pagine
  2. Lingua
    Inglese
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  4. Data di pubblicazione
    13 gennaio 2014
  5. Età di lettura
    15 - 18 anni
  6. Dimensioni file
    321 KB
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Mike Meyer recently retired from a 40-year career as a professor of writing, amassing numerous teaching awards along the way from both his students and his colleagues. Many years ago, he was a college student in Germany. He has since visited Munich numerous times. He also was a professor at the University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East. In addition, he was a writing professor at the University of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix campus. The locales he writes about in both COVERT DREAMS and DEADLY EYES are real. He lives in the Southern California wine country with his wife, Kitty, and their two other cats. You can follow Mike on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelMeyersWritingLife You can listen to Mike read the first chapter of each of his books, watch trailers of each of his books, and listen to Mike talk about a wide variety of topics related to the characters, locales, and plots of his books on his Pinterest site: http://pinterest.com/temmike/#

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B007IO3O22
  • Editore ‏ : ‎ Pacific Books (13 gennaio 2014)
  • Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
  • Dimensioni file ‏ : ‎ 321 KB
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  • Memo ‏ : ‎ Su Kindle Scribe
  • Lunghezza stampa ‏ : ‎ 271 pagine
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Carol A. Johnson
1,0 su 5 stelle Definitely a different read
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 24 settembre 2013
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I'm glad I got this book on my kindle for a very cheap price. The people that rated this book 5 stars had to have been the author's family. It started out as a pretty good idea for a story, but went very quickly downhill as the author tried to wrap it up. Many pages were spent on descriptions about the island, the sea, the birds...in fact the sugar birds were described exactly the same way in two different parts of the book. However as we get to the end it is wrapped up in such a quick, confusing way. There are 2 endings, the happy one and the dark one. You can read the happy one then skip ahead toward the end of the dark one and get the rest of the story. Both endings are the same except for a few other chapters for ending the story "darkly". Stupidly is more like it. And the editing....."She was as quiet as a "moose"? Please. I should have known what I was in for as all of the chapters at the beginning of the book ended with "The deadly eyes of St. Croix" which made me start to laugh about the 4th chapter. Skip this one.
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Thomas
1,0 su 5 stelle Bad
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 3 ottobre 2012
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This is a very poor book, horrendous character generalisations coupled with meaningless writing leave a mixture of disbelief and amazement that this has actually been published. Only saving grace is that it was free. Has been deleted from my kindle as I never want to revisit this experience, a waste of your precious time.
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D. Everetti
5,0 su 5 stelle Kept Me Guessing To The End
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 15 aprile 2012
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Michael Meyer has another hit on his hands with "Deadly Eyes". This mystery/thriller starts out with James Cuffy enjoying his day on the beach when he is approached by a stranger offering him a bit of money to do a job for him. Even though Cuffy doesn't know this guy, he does need to start earning a little money if he wants to continue living in paradise on St. Croix, so against his inner voice and better judgment, he takes the job after haggling over the price for his time. That night he is sitting in his car at the appointed time and place but his employer is a no show. He thinks to himself that it was a good thing he got part of his fee up front, at least he thinks it was a good thing until his curiosity got the better of him and he goes to investigate why his employer was a no-show. This curiosity and the need to answer the all elusive why questions started him on a path that he did not see coming, nor will you dear reader.

James Cuffy is one of those people you hear about that seems to always be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Take this journey with Cuffy and his girl Rosie, you will neither be bored nor will you be disappointed. This is an excellent example of good writing that will keep you guessing until the very end. This is another 5-start book by a 5-star writer. If you have never read Michael Meyer, do yourself a favor and pick up this book or all of his books, you won't be disappointed.
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5,0 su 5 stelle Awesome alternate endings
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 2 agosto 2013
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This is one of those books that I really loved getting the opportunity to read. The locations were described well and the details given bit by bit to build the picture and suspense up and I struggled to put the book down.

I've already recommended it to some friends and family who like the genre and I read both of the endings that were provided. Yup, that's right. This book has two possible endings to read.

I think I prefered the first one as it was happier but it was a really interesting twist to have two alternatives. Great book and going on my favourites of the year list.
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C. Monk
2,0 su 5 stelle Where to begin
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Up front, Mr. Meyer has my respect. Anyone can write a critical review of a book, not everyone can write a novel. Hopefully all my comments are useful in your writing career.

That said, this novel represents the down side of self-publishing.

Any novel that takes place in the Caribbean is going to interest me. Sadly, I've been disappointed more often than not. Deadly Eyes was disappointing.

I knew from the first few pages that I wasn't reading a good novel, but I kept going, hoping it would get better. Obviously, this is a self-published (Createspace) book, and like a lot of self-published novels, this one could have benefited from an unbiased editor and several rounds of revision.

This novel suffers from too much exposition. It's like the author took a vacation to St. Croix and was inspired to write a novel based on his vacation. For instance, in the opening pages, as we are introduced to the main character and his would-be employer, the author takes time out to explain how there are day charters out to Buck Island where tourists are treated to a BBQ and much rum. That's interesting...I were reading a travel guide.
Only a few paragraphs later, we are treated to another data-dump that explains the colorful history of the names estates on the island. We even get a bit about the sugar plantations.
Keep in mind, this is all within a few minutes of the opening words.

A good editor or beta reader worth their salt would have pointed this out to the author as completely unnecessary or at the very least, out of place.

Additionally, right off the bat, I found both characters I was introduced to as making illogical decisions or doing illogical choices. The first is that the man who hires Cuff approaches him in the first place. His house is being "cased" and he wants someone to guard it. He dismisses law enforcement with a completely absurd reason and Cuff completely buys it.
But why was he approached? Who is Cuff that some random guy would approach him to guard his house? What credentials does he own that makes him an expert in security? Apparently, according to "Rosie," Cuff punched a guy who tried to steal a purse...or something like that. Oh, and he has a chiseled jaw and a good physique.

As for Cuff. Who accepts to play security guard overnight for $150? Even if you're hurting for money (which he obviously was not) why would you get conned into this?

The rest of the novel was full of examples like this. Characters doing things that left me scratching my head, out of place data-dumps, and cliched descriptions.

At some point, you've either established that St. Croix is beautiful and exotic or you haven't. Constantly reminding the reader of this deflates the purpose.

Additionally, there were flaws with the writing, for instance, there were several places with dialogue that went like this.

"No guns," I said.

Why is that bad? The rest of the book is in 3rd person. I could forgive this once as maybe a misplaced quotation marks, but it makes me believe Cuff was written in the first person and then changed. Perhaps the author saw himself as the hero?

Overall, I did not really enjoy this novel. I felt like I was reading the first draft that had received some token amount of self-editing.

As a general comment on self-published work...more than traditionally-published authors, they need a professional editor or at least several qualified beta-readers (qualified meaning, someone with a degree in English for example). Self-published work takes a big hit for not being quality material. There are some diamonds in the rough out there, but too many authors are just so eager to see their work in print that they rush out with an unfinished or poorly conceived product.

I believe this novel had promise. I believe the author felt his work was good. He just needed someone to tell him it wasn't good, to go back and write another draft. It's a shame.

Hopefully the rest of your works are improved. Good luck.
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