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Stalemate [electronic resource] / Iris Johansen.
Eve Duncan, a forensic sculptor, goes to South America to help a drug lord in need of her services, after he offers to help her find her seven-year-old daughters body and killer.
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- ISBN: 9780739346716 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 0739346717 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- Publisher: [Santa Ana, Calif.] : Books on Tape, 2006.
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| General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 8:39:00. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 124325 KB). |
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- AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2007 June/July
Jennifer Van Dyck's breathy, soothing voice embodies Eve Duncan, a forensic sculptor who reconstructs the faces of crime victims from unidentified skulls. Van Dyck creates a complex Eve, a woman with weaknesses as well as strengths, a woman who is not immune to the raw sex appeal of a devious criminal kingpin who needs her help. If Eve reconstructs a skull belonging to his late wife, Luis Montalvo promises to help her find the body and the killer of her murdered daughter. Unable to resist the bait, Eve finds herself deep in the Colombian jungle, surrounded by illegal weapons deals, drugs, feuding criminals, murder, and torture. Johansen creates another crisp thriller, and Van Dyck's performance will satisfy fans. S.J.H. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine - Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews - Audio And Video Online Reviews 1991-2018
As a forensic sculptor, Eve Duncan's methods are somewhat unconventional. She reconstructs skulls with skeletal remains to help professionals identify the victims. Montalvo, a Colombian drug lord, asks Eve to come to his compound to help solve the mystery of his wife's disappearance. Against the wishes of her government-connected boyfriend, Eve accepts, and the adventure begins. Van Dyck's even tones complement the variety of characters. To depict Eve, she invokes a lovely lilt, befitting a woman from Atlanta. To portray Montalvo and other South American characters, she speaks in a Spanish accent that thankfully avoids stereotypes. The only weakness is her characterization of a Brit, who sounds more like an Irishman. Still, Van Dyck's vocal skills shine as she maintains high tension. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2006 November #1
In prolific suspense novelist Johansen's energetic new Eve Duncan thriller (Countdown, 2005, etc.), the forensics sculptor makes a dangerous deal with a Colombian weapons dealer.Eve is now living with her lover, Atlanta detective Joe Quinn, while working on her reconstruction of a skull she calls Marty, the remains of a boy murdered five years before in Macon. The phone rings: It's Colombian crime lord Montalvo, promising to find Marty's still-unknown killer and to unearth the fate of Eve's daughter Bonnie, who disappeared years ago at age seven. Why? Because he wants Eve to come to his village, San Cristal, and apply her renowned skill to the reconstruction of his beloved wife Nalia's head. A rebel double-crossed and killed by powerful local drug dealer Ramon Diaz, Nalia rests in a grave still under Diaz's deadly watch. Joe arrives to watch over Eve and is promptly wounded. Ensconced in Montalvo's cozy compound, Eve has to hurry with the reconstruction of Nalia's head so that she and Joe can hightail it out of the country. Diaz, a dope-using child molester, threatens to harm Eve's adopted daughter, Jane (ensconced in a CIA safe house, but you never know), and scatters grisly proof of his ruthlessness. Eve and the urbane Montalvo consider, then reject, their mutual attraction. Johansen serves up lots of nasty snarling among the principals, plus icky violence including the crucifixion torture of a henchman, but the locale is vaguely sketched and the characters interchangeably villainous. Also, it seems unfair to dangle the promise of solving Bonnie's disappearance, then withholding it-until the next installment, no doubt.All the usual elements, somewhat manipulatively reconfigured. Copyright Kirkus 2006 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2006 October #1
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