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Eight days to live / Iris Johansen.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780312368142
- ISBN: 9781250073860
- Physical Description: 4.8 p ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2010.
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| Subject: | Duncan, Eve (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Artists > Fiction. Painting > Fiction. Cults > Fiction. Human sacrifice > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Suspense fiction. |
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Available copies
- 0 of 1 copy available at Russell and District Regional Library.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Library | AFPB JOH (Text) | 36730000065359 | Adult Fiction Paperback | Volume hold | Storage | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2010 February #2
Although billed as an Eve Duncan Forensics Thriller, neither Eve nor forensics plays a big part in Johansen's latest. Instead the focus is on Eve's adopted daughter, Jane MacGuire, who has a successful art show at a Parisian gallery. But a painting titled Guilt has drawn some unwanted attention: the religious cult Sang Noir wants Jane dead. When the cult starts going after those closest to Jane, she turns to two strong, dangerous men: Jock, a trained assassin, and Seth, a hunter with psychic powers. Friction ensues between these two strapping guys as they fight to protect the globe-trotting Jane while she travels from Paris to Switzerland to Jerusalem in an attempt to find out why Sang Noir is so determined to kill her. She's fighting an intense attraction to Caleb, even as she disapproves of his methods of extracting information, and when Eve's life hangs in the balance, Jane finds herself crossing lines she never thought she would. Readers interested in hard forensic science will want to look elsewhere, but those receptive to paranormal abilities and religious mysteries will find much to enjoy in this page-turner. Copyright 2010 Booklist Reviews. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2010 March #1
While Eve Duncan (first introduced in the more procedural Face of Deception) is present for parts of this thriller, the action focuses on her adopted daughter, Jane Maguire, and the psychopathic men determined to kill her. The why has something vaguely to do with a painting that Jane created from a dream image that connects to a prophecy and a cult that dates back to the time of Christ. In the meantime, Jane must struggle to stay one step ahead of the killers with the help of two strong but silent assassinsâone who works for the CIA, the other who has some sort of extra ability to boil a person's blood from the inside out. VERDICT Johansen's latest is more than a little over the top with the villainous villains and secret sacrificesâthink The Da Vinci Code crossed with an Anne Stuart romantic suspense novel, and you'll have a sense of the plot and tone. Not that that will be a bad thing for all readers. Fans of Stuart's amoral heroes and those who still follow Johansen will probably pick this one up. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 12/09; 500,000-copy first printing.]âJane Jorgenson, Madison P.L., WI
[Page 76]. Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2009 December #1
Members of a cult dating back to the time of Christ are perturbed by the haunted face painted by Eve's daughter, Jane, and plan to make her a sacrificial victim eight days hence. Oh, boy. With a one-day laydown on April 20; be prepared. Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2010 February #4
Having injected vampires into 2009's Blood Game, the previous Eve Duncan forensics thriller, bestseller Johansen introduces cryptotheologyâthe madeup religious stuff of Dan Brownâinto this equally outlandish sequel. When Jane MacGuire, Eve's adopted daughter, exhibits her paintings at a Paris gallery, one of Jane's pieces, a creepy portrait titled Guilt, prompts a charge of blasphemy from a dangerous cult. Nailing the dead body of one of Jane's friends to a cross shows the cult members mean business. Last seen in 2006's Killer Dreams, John MacDuff and Jock Gavin show up at Jane's door to protect her. Later Seth Caleb, the mysterious is-he-or-isn't-he vampire from Blood Game, joins the team. An action-packed search to uncover Jane's link to the cult and find a priceless religious artifact takes Jane and company across Europeâa journey that allows little focus on Eve and even less on her trademark forensic sculpting. 500,000 first printing. (Apr.)
[Page 38]. Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information.
