"entertaining amateur sleuth novel inside a survivor thriller"
When the Soviet Union collapsed, honorable soldiers turned
to stealing just to feed their families. When one of
these veterans dies, his wife finds out his best friend
betrayed him and she doesn't want anything to do with him
even though his wife is her best friend. Over time, she
learns about the diamond trade and earns enough money to
support her family. She takes a vacation to the Grand
Cayman Islands where she once again sees and rejects the
man most responsible for her husband's death. She goes to
the United States where her best friend is working as a
prostitute in Chicago. Ellie Foreman, maker of industrial videos receives one in
the mail that shows a woman waiting in a room and two
naked men who come in and kill her. Ellie investigates
the woman's death which leads to her being in a deserted
construction site waiting to die at hands of people who
believe she knows too much. The link between the Russian woman and the videotape is
the beginning of a story of greed, corruption and money
laundering by prominent citizens (Russians and others).
Libby Fisher Hellmann is a fabulous raconteur who writes
about people in dire circumstances doing the best they can
to survive. AN IMAGE OF DEATH is an entertaining amateur
sleuth novel inside a survivor thriller. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted December 22, 2003
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