by: Iris Johansen
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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553803419
Edition: First Edition
ISBN: 0553803417
Label: Bantam
Manufacturer: Bantam
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: September 14, 2004
Publisher: Bantam
Release Date: September 14, 2004
Studio: Bantam
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
The New York Times bestselling author of Firestorm, Iris Johansen, returns with a psychological thriller so terrifying, so relentlessly paced, it won't leave you time to catch your breath before the next shock comes. A forensic sculptor is locked in a deadly duel with a serial killer determined to destroy her--one life at a time.
Eve Duncan's job is to put a face on the faceless victims of violent crimes. Her work not only comforts their survivors--but helps catch their killers. But there is another, more personal reason that Eve Duncan is driven to do the kind of work she does--a dark nightmare from a past she can never bury. And as she works on the skull of a newly discovered victim, that past is about to return all over again.
The victim is a Jane Doe found murdered, her face erased beyond recognition. But whoever killed her wasn't just trying to hide her identity. The plan was far more horrifying. For as the face forms under Eve's skilled hands, she is about to get the shock of her life. The victim is someone she knows all too well. Someone who isn't dead. Yet.
Instantly Eve's peaceful life is shattered. The sanctuary of the lakeside cottage she shares with Atlanta detective Joe Quinn and their adopted daughter Jane has been invaded by a killer who's sent the grimmest of threats: the face of his next victim. To stop him, Eve must put her own life in the balance and question everything and everyone she trusts. Not even Quinn can go where Eve must go this time.
As the trail of faceless bodies leads to a chilling revelation, Eve finds herself trying to catch a master murderer whose grisly work is a testament to a mind warped by perversion and revenge. Now she must pit her skills against his in a showdown where the stakes are life itself--and where the unbearable cost of failure will make Eve's own murder seem like a mercy killing.
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- First... and last Johansen novel?This is in reference to the audio book.
This book is awful. Really, really awful. I am stopping halfway through, which is something I've never done. I'm currently hoping that an atomic bomb goes off a the end, but I don't care enough to go that far with it. Do people really love this author?
Rating:
- No more Jane!I have to agree with the other reviews here. Jane is the most annoying character I've ever come across. I thought that something was wrong with me, because it took two tries for me to even finish this book. That's unusual because I can pick up a Johansen and go until the end. But she just does not do it for me. I didn't like anything about her. I kept trying to find something, but it's just not there.
And Trevor was annoying and intrusive here. No endearing qualities at all, like John Logan, or any of her other leading males. I just couldn't really get into him or Jane.
The mystery itself was interesting. If this had happened to any other two people, I think I would've enjoyed it.
That being said, this does not in any way deter me from reading other Johansen books. She's fantastic! I'm still reading (with no interruptions) and buying.
Rating:
- Great ReadGreat addition to the Eve Duncan life stories. I never get tired of reading about her life. Eve and Joe are of course my favorite characters that Iris has created. I love the awesome balance that Iris can always seem to create between action and love to keep her audience on the edge of their seat. This is a great story. This is a must buy and a must read.
Rating:
- Great Service!This was a gift for a friend. Arrived in mint condition on time! Thanks Alot.
Rating:
- Painful to give it even 1 starAbsolute garbage. The plot is so silly it is not even worth calling it far-fetched, with all sorts of mumbo-jumbo - history, reincarnation, volcanic eruption thrown in. Again we have this superintelligent supertough guy (Indiana Jones/James Bond/computer whizz all rolled into one, & he has a sensitive side as well) who then lusts after a schoolgirl nearly half his age. What, he couldn't find a woman his age despite all his accomplishments. BTW did I mention he was also super-rich? The only reason I finished the book (with large parts unread) was with the hope somehow Aldo & Trevor would turn out to be the same guy with multiple personalities but that didn't happen. And I have never read such unrealistic characters, a 17-yr old who has no friends of her age and acts like a grown professional woman, no amount of her experience on the streets can make me buy that, & Eve Duncan & Joe Quinn are among the weakest characters I have come across. Sorry this was my first, & going to be last, Iris Johansen. The mystery is not this book, but how this writer has adoring fans.
