LINE OF VISION

David Ellis’ Line of Vision won the 2002 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel by an American Author.

Marty Kalish is a young man suffocating in the heat of an affair with a married woman named Rachel. When Rachel's husband disappears one night, Marty is one of the first to be questioned. With few likely suspects, the police arrest him for murder. We know Marty was outside their home that night. We know he has a motive. We know he's guilty of something. But is it murder? Everything we learn—about Marty as a man, his affair with Rachel, and the night in question—comes from Marty himself. We want him to be innocent, but the more he tells us, the more we fear he is guilty. And as the twists and turns of the plot unfold, we can't be completely sure.

Praise for LINE OF VISION:

David Ellis's masterful debut is one of the most compulsively readable tales of courtroom intrigue in years.

"The best suspense novel I've read in awhile...A well-written, completely original gem."
— James Patterson

"Expertly written [and] intricately plotted,"
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"A surprisingly fresh take on the legal thriller"
— San Francisco Chronicle

"Every time you think you've figured it out, the story veers off in a different, jaw-dropping direction."
— J. F. Freedman

"A spellbinding legal drama--sexy, seductive and full of surprises."
— William Bernhardt

"Ellis won't let you go, from the first tantalizing page to the final double twist."
— Barbara Parker

A courtroom thriller about obsession, betrayal, and delicious revenge—all told by a mesmerizing and confident new writer of suspense.

Also published as:

L'Uomo Nascosto (Sonzogno Editore, Italy)

De Voyeur (The House of Books, Dutch)

Na Linii Wzroku (Swiat Ksiazki, Poland)

Line of Vision (In-Pocket, Japan)