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Title: The Killing Game by Becky Ann Baker, Iris Johansen ISBN: 0-553-52646-4 Publisher: Random House Audio Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 3 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (125 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: If i could give this more stars, i would!
Comment: This book is an example of iris johannsen at her best. this book kept me up all night reading, and i am only 13 years old! this was by far my favorite novel i have ever read. it was excellently written and the plot keeps you guessing until the very end. i don't know about anyone else who has read or will read this book, but i absolutely fell in love with joe quinn. he is brave and daring, tough, and caring, and he would do anyhting for the woman he loves more than anyhting in the world, eve duncan. when eve was just 15, she became pregnant with her daughter, bonnie. when the boy who got her pregnant found out, he left her. eve's mother was addicted to crack coccaine, so eve was pretty much on her own. but when bonnie was 8 years old, she was murdered by a serial killer, and wanting to help other parents going through the same thing, eve went back to school to become a forensic sculptor. that is when she met joe, a young man just admitted to the FBI. from then on, eve became joe's center, his best friend. everything was for her. the killing game is the continuation.It's been 10 years, Bonnie's killer was executed, and eve was just starting to get her life back on track, when joe shows up on the island in tahiti where she has been living for the past few months. a child's body had been found at georgia's talladega falls along with 8 other skeletons. what if it's bonnie's skeleton? eve thought. she had to be sure. she just had to reconstruct the skull to find out. she returned to atlanta with joe. he kept her hidden away at his cottage by the lake, but apparently not hidden well enough. she is being stalked by a psycho-serial killer who is coming forward as bonnie's true murderer. he calls eve at the cottage and throws eve,joe, the police,and the FBI into the most important game of thier lives. and as the title says, only one can win ,and the loser dies!
Rating: 5
Summary: A Mystery That Keeps You Guessing!
Comment: As I finished The Face of Deception, I saw the synopsis of this book and realized the story of Eve Duncan continued. I felt The Face of Deception didn't end very well, so I immediately started reading this book and I wasn't disappointed!
Iris Johansen shows her expertise in winding facts along a journey of intrigue and shares a story that's shrouded in mystery. As usual, Johansen introduces a strong cast of support characters, some old friends and others new to us. Joe Quinn and John Logan are still on opposite sides fighting for Eve's love; Eve still searches for her daughter Bonnie. Introduced to Eve are Jane, a self-reliant 10-year-old girl who has been in the system so long, she is bitter; Sarah Patrick and Monte, the best cadaver search and rescue team in the field; a host of FBI agents; and a newspaper reporter after the story of the century.
Johansen grabs the reader from the beginning and won't release that hold until the last page. At times I found my heart pounding, as my eyes raced along the words. Other times, a sigh of understanding escaped. If you don't mind losing a few hours of sleep, this is definitely a "must read" for any avid mystery fan!
Rating: 3
Summary: I don't get it . . .perhaps it's me
Comment: The thing about the plot is that it is excellent. And I can't say Ms. Johansen doesn't do a great job with it. But for me, the characters have to be credible and believable and if I am to have some identification with them, they have to feel as I would or at least, convince me to feel as they do.
Joe Quinn and John Logan seem to act like neanderthals around Eve. Acting like High School jocks in the football locker room at half time might even make more sense.
The woman Eve, a forensic facial reconstructionist, has had her daughter murdered, halucinates, is either having a breakdown or should be on meds, is about to put herself in the cross hairs of the insane serial killer Dom, and her two "best friends" are doing the testosterone tango. Tedious. Boring. Stupid. I can't believe caring men would act that way. And Eve is no better. The most dialogue the reader gets is the dialogue she has with herself and then, the lengthy conversations she has with her daughter.
I know Ms. Johansen is highly regarded and I am willing to assume these are my failings. It's just that everytime I started to like Logan and Quinn, they started behaving like cartoon figures. Sorry. 3 Stars. Larry Scantlebury
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Title: The Face of Deception by Iris Johansen ISBN: 0553578022 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Search by Iris Johansen ISBN: 0553582127 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Long After Midnight by Iris Johansen ISBN: 0553571818 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 03 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Body of Lies by IRIS JOHANSEN ISBN: 0553582143 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Ugly Duckling by Iris Johansen ISBN: 0553569910 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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