At First Sight A Novel of Obsession

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9781593154820
• ISBN10: 1593154828
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-08
• Publisher: Vanguard Press

Summary

Meet Chick Besta middle-aged, self absorbed, disaffected California dot.com millionaire. Other than his house and high-priced foreign cars, Chick's most expensive possession is his trophy wife, Evelyn. His other personal possession is his drug-addled sixteen-year-old daughter, Melissa. Her current boyfriend, Big Mac, is the leader of a biker gang and most assuredly a drug dealer. Though concerned about his life, family, and now dwindling business, Chick resigns himself to a miserable state of acceptance. That is, until he, Evelyn, and Melissa take a Christmas vacation in Maui. With this, Chick's life changes... Chick experiences love at first sight when he observes Paige Ellis coming out of the hotel swimming pool. Despite his infatuation with Paige, he befriends her and her near-perfect husband, Chandler. It isn't long until Chick's obsession compels him to drive to Paige's house, where he kills Chandler in a drugstore parking lot. Months later, with his lust for Paige in high gear, he stages a carjacking, and murders Evelyn. When he calls Paige with the news of Evelyn's murder, she comes to comfort Chick in what she thinks is his time of need. But Chick has other ideas. Will Paige learn the truth before it's too late?

Author Biography

Stephen J. Cannell is the bestselling author of twelve novels, including the critically acclaimed Shane Scully series, which includes White Sister, Cold Hit, and Three Shirt Deal. In addition, Cannell is the author of Runaway Heart, The Devil’s Workshop, Riding the Snake, King Con, Final Victim, and The Plan.

In a highly successful career that spans three decades, Cannell has created or cocreated more than forty television shows, including “The Rockford Files,” “Greatest American Hero,” “The A-Team,” “Hunter,” “Riptide,” “Hardcastle & McCormick,” “21 Jump Street,” “Wiseguy,” “The Commish,” “Profit,” and the hit syndicated shows, “Renegade” and “Silk Stalkings.”

During the past few years, Cannell has received numerous awards, including the Saturn Award Life Career Award (2005), the Marlow Lifetime Achievement Award from Mystery Writers of America (2005), and the Writers Guild of America Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement (2006). He lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife, Marcia, and their three children.