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Summary: Nail bitter
Review: I read the "Face of Deception" first and as soon as I was done with it, I went right out and purchased the "Killing Game". I couldn't put this book down -- Iris Johansen is a wonderful writer who keeps you wanting more from each character. Although I was disappointed that John & Eve didn't get together, it was a great ending. I finished this book in one night!
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Summary: The Killing Game
Review: I have read MANY of Iris Johanson' books! This has got to be the best one yet! I have only read her mysteries, but if her "love" books are like her mysteries, I am going to order one now! Enjoy this spine chilling book today! I promise you won't want to put it down!
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Summary: killing game
Review: The Killing Game by Iris Johansen is the best book that she has written. This book is filled with many discoveries and a twistful ending. The characters are humorous and whitty. Iris's new book is very suspensful and it even has a romance story mixed into the plot. I gave this book four stars because it was full of action and kept my attention. I just couldn't put it down.
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Summary: Bad prose, good escapism
Review: Unfortunately, we must begin with the problems: Iris Johanson is, quite simply, a very poor writer. Her dialogue is as wooden as it comes, with all the realism and passion of a middle school play. Her characters are but slightly better. In "The Killing Game," our hero is an ex-Navy SEAL, ex-FBI agent turned Atlanta cop named Joe Quinn. He's stoic and brave and likely missed his calling in comic books. Our heroine, Eve, lost her daughter to a serial killer. She's tortured, and having difficulty learning to love again. Yet she is also strong and witty and brave. Together they must go outside the law, of course, to hunt down a serial killer who's more omniscient than God. You've seen this package before. OK, thousands of times before. But if you can get beyond the first few pages, "The Killing Game" becomes good, escapist fun. Police never found the body of Eve's child. She's spent the last decade wishing for a proper burial. Now the killer has called. Eve is his next target. In their crusade to hunt the bad guy down, Joe and Eve race from Atlanta to Phoenix, turning up fresh kills and buried bodies. If Johanson failed to paint credible heroes, she has at least created a respectable serial killer. This is no easy accomplishment, since madman killers have become one of the most dominant elements of fiction. Dom, however, is wily and menacing, incredibly smart and very twisted. He may not win the Serial Killer of the Year Award, but he'll at least keep you up late reading. "The Killing Game" isn't polished fiction. Yet it does go down easily after a hard week of work, when you'd prefer to leave your critical thinking skills on the dresser.
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Summary: Bad prose, good escapism
Review: Johanson is, quite frankly, an incredibly bad writer. Her characters are more cardboard than Al Gore, and her dialogue includes such lines as "go jump in a lake." The Killing Game manages to combine everything that's bad about fiction. Nonetheless, the story is at least intriguing, and it's one of those books that makes a good read if you're having a tough time at work and just don't want to think for a week.
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Summary: Disappointing.
Review: I really enjoyed "The Face of Deception." Sorry to say that I can't endorse this sequel as heartily (at all, for that matter). The main female character (Eve) doesn't seem to have emotionally changed one iota in the year since we left her in the first book. She also seems to have become whiny and a user of men to boot.I felt that little time and/or effort was put into character development or even scenic description, and the book was sloppily plotted from a technology standpoint...caller ID or *69, anyone! In the real world, the authorities would've scooped Dom up like a roach ten minutes after he made his second phone call to Eve. This book read like it was written in a rush - the curse of authors who, once they attain a certain level of market success, must produce new 'product' quickly to keep their readers happy. I'm glad I borrowed this product from the library so I can return it. Take your time, Iris. We'll wait! :-)
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Summary: Hard to Put Down!
Review: One of Iris Johansen's best books yet...I was up all night to finish this book, the store is a definite page turner!
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Summary: This book was really good!
Review: Although I did not read the first book to this sequel, I really enjoyed this book. I felt sorry for Eve. She was trying to be strong and ended up winning in the end. I am not a fan of murder/romance books, but this one was a winner!
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Summary: Could not put this book down!
Review: The sequel to The Face of Deception deals once again with forensic sculptor, Eve Duncan. This time she is up against a serial murderer who decides she will be his victim but plays a game with her. He uses a street-smart girl who lives in foster homes as bait for Eve's involvement in his game. This book shows much emotion. The chase to find the killer and to save herself and this little girl is spellbinding.
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Summary: A Great Suspense Story!
Review: The Killing Game is a wonderful continuation of the story started in The Face of Deception. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time and I couldn't put it down. The ending was a real surprise!
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