{"id":41598,"date":"2026-06-22T07:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41598"},"modified":"2026-06-21T12:15:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T16:15:34","slug":"the-girl-with-the-deep-blue-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41598","title":{"rendered":"THE GIRL WITH THE DEEP BLUE EYES by Lawrence Block \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THE GIRL WITH THE DEEP BLUE EYES<\/a> by Lawrence Block<\/p>\n

First sentence…<\/p>\n

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The phone woke him from a dream.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Overview:\u00a0 Beware of Spoilers\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gallatin County Florida Sheriff William Radburn has information that Lisa Otterbein plans to have her husband killed.\u00a0 A local no-good snitched to Radburn after being approached by Lisa.\u00a0 She was looking for a killer.\u00a0 Someone to murder her wealthy husband.<\/p>\n

So Sheriff Radburn decides to set up a sting.\u00a0 If Radburn gets Lisa on tape asking a hitman to murder her husband, she will go to prison and a life will be saved.\u00a0 Radburn approaches Doak Miller.\u00a0 Miller is a retired New York City cop with 24 years of service.\u00a0 Miller recently moved to Gallatin County after his wife divorced him.\u00a0 Miller is new to the area, experienced and could pass as a killer.<\/p>\n

Radburn meets with Miller and lays out the plan.\u00a0 Miller will wear a wire, act as the hitman, and record Lisa asking him to kill her husband.<\/p>\n

Miller meets with Lisa.\u00a0 She’s beautiful.\u00a0 More than beautiful really.\u00a0 Stunning. With amazing deep blue eyes.\u00a0 Miller is attracted to her.\u00a0 But he has a job to do.\u00a0 Miller says all the right things and gets Lisa’s responses on tape.<\/p>\n

Radburn is surprised when he listens to the recording.\u00a0 Lisa doesn’t want a hitman.\u00a0 She doesn’t want her husband killed.\u00a0 Sure, their marriage has hit a rough patch, but kill him?\u00a0 Never.\u00a0 Miller says his experience dealing with criminals and liars tells him Lisa is telling the truth.\u00a0 The sheriff was given bad info.<\/p>\n

Except he wasn’t.<\/p>\n

Miller told Lisa how to respond.\u00a0 Practiced his questions and her answers until they sounded right.\u00a0 THEN he recorded the exchanges.<\/p>\n

Now Miller and Lisa are heading into a red hot affair and planning a cold-blooded murder.<\/p>\n

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Lawrence Block wrote this in 2015, but it has the feel of the erotic tales he wrote under pseudonyms at the start of his career.\u00a0 If you’re a fan of tales like DOUBLE INDEMNITY and THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, this one is for you.<\/p>\n

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