''The Tarnished Eye'' is a

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novel by American writer

Judith Guest Judith Guest (born March 29, 1936) is an American novelist and screenwriter. She was born in Detroit, Michigan and is the great-niece of Poet Laureate Edgar Guest (1881–1959).

, based on the

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that occurred in June 1968 in

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and the murders committed by

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in the

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and Ypsilanti areas of Michigan in the late 1960s. In an interview with

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, Guest explained why she chose to write a

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alized account of these two murder cases: "I’m very interested in people’s motivations, why they do the things they do, why go to such extremes as if that’s the only solution to their problem. Those two crimes laid awake in my mind for a long time, and, about five years ago, I decided to write about them, but write a novel."

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''The Tarnished Eye''
at Judith Guest's website. 2004 American novels American crime novels {{2000s-crime-novel-stub