Trust Your Eyes

By: Linwood Barclay

Narrated by: Ken Marks, Rick Holmes

Length: 14 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

Thomas Kilbride is a map-obsessed schizophrenic so affected that he rarely leaves the self-imposed bastion of his bedroom. But with a computer program called Whirl360.com, he travels the world while never so much as stepping out the door. He pores over and memorizes the streets of the world. He examines every address, as well as the people who are frozen in time on his computer screen. Then he sees something that anyone else might have stumbled upon - but has not - in a street view of downtown New York City: an image in a window. An image that looks like a woman being murdered.

Thomas's brother, Ray, takes care of him, cooking for him, dealing with the outside world on his behalf, and listening to his intricate and increasingly paranoid theories. When Thomas tells Ray what he has seen, Ray humors him with a half-hearted investigation. But Ray soon realizes he and his brother have stumbled onto a deadly conspiracy. And now they are in the crosshairs.

©2012 Barclay Perspectives, Inc. (P)2012 Recorded Books

different - interesting...

What did you love best about Trust Your Eyes?

This book was a welcome change from the psycho-killer suspense novels I usually read. Interesting, Different, kept my attention.

By Far one of my favorite Linwood books for sure!

I have really enjoyed all of Barclay's books that I have listened to. This story is just wonderful. Keeps you going and guessing and needing to know what comes next! I could hardly stop listening! The two brothers in this story are great, and the way that the one takes care of the other who has the personality problem and the obsession with maps is just great. Sad story of a father passing away that brings two brothers closer. What can be better than that! Mix in a little affiar, love story, mystery and thriller and this is what you got! Great listen. I will be downloading more of his books for sure!

Does it Again

Linwood Barclay does it again. This is the best work yet! He weaves an amazing and engaging tale and doesn’t go over the top to make implausible. I am glad I have returned to his work. I loved the Promise Falls series and how he wove the city into this novel was perfect!

SPECTACULAR!

This is my new favorite mystery/thriller. It is compelling. I had to sit and listen the last 2 hours of the book without doing anything else which I can't remember having to do before.
The characters are fully fleshed out. The relationship between the brothers Is fraught and loving .
The narration is superb and there were different voices for every character so it was easy to track what was happening.

Barclay does it again

Aside from the twists and turns that make Barclay a master storyteller, he can really get to the essence of his characters, the way they reason and the uniqueness of their quirks. The only reason I didn’t give the story a 5 star review is because compared to his other novels, this was not as revetting. There were some action scenes that were so accurately written it was as though I was watching a film rather than listening to an audiobook. The narrator was superb.

Pretty enjoyable

Good story. Good plotline. More then anything, I liked hearing about the relationship between Ray and his brother. An entire book just on the two of them fitting into life after the dads death (not a spoiler) would have been a good read. How about a follow up book?

The narration of Ray and his brother was pretty good, but I thought the other narrator was weak and not very expressive.

A Fun Thriller

I generally don’t like thrillers, but this was a fantastic story… almost.

I could not go all the way and give it 5 stars because there always seemed to be one plot twist too many and it annoyed me. An extra connection too many. An extra layer to the drama that was just not needed.

The basic “I think I saw a murder on Street View” premise was great! No need to guild the lily with all the other unnecessary (and stupid: Sydney Olympics) sub plots.

That’s my only criticism; the story idea was otherwise very appealing.

Slow start, great second half

I had loved Barclay's "A Tap on the Window" from its start. This novel, "Trust Your Eyes," did not grab me in the same way. This is about two brothers (in their 30's), together in the aftermath of their father's death. Thomas has psych issues, and is obsessed with maps and lives on his computer exploring and memorizing maps. Ray is a successful media artist. The mystery stems from a picture Thomas sees depicting a possible murder in New York City. It took a long time for the characters to come alive to me, and for the plot to develop. But when it did, about halfway through, the book was riveting right to the end. This is about a crime, and a massive coverup, that gets bigger and bigger. Hard to rate a novel like this. The first half deserved 3 stars, but the second half was a strong 5 start story to me. There are two narrators - one for Thomas's first person narration, and one for the 3rd person narrator. Narration was good. Overall, I really liked this mystery-thriller. I almost quit near the start. I'm glad I didn't. While not especially realistic, it was both touching and exciting. It was a fun ride!

Best I've read all year

An excellent book. The only thing bad about it is it had to end. Highly recommended. You won't be disappointed.

A great ride

After most recently aggravating myself with a book that seemed promising for the first half but then left all the threads dangling, this was a terrific relief. I am on see of how the author spun out so many lines and reeled them all in convincingly with some surprises left for the end. And not those cheat surprises that come out of left field, either. You will not regret this purchase.