Since Judith Guest’s inspired debut with Ordinary People in 1976, she has reigned as the Amelia Earhart of local best-selling authors. Where the hell was she? Living the high life on the grosses from the Oscar-winning film made from her book? Very little buzz accompanied Guest’s subsequent work—until now. Her new suspense novel, The Tarnished Eye, takes us deep into an unsolved, three-decade-old murder in Michigan, based on an actual case. No paint-by-numbers mystery writer, Guest also delves into the souls of her characters with as keen an eye for dysfunction as she had back in ’76.
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