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Summary: exciting thriller
Review: After the heartache forensic sculptor Eve Duncan has been through, she's finally happy. She's living with her lover Atlanta Detective Joe Quinn, and her daughter Bonnie after years of searching is buried on their property. When Senator Melton of Louisiana calls asking Eve for help in identifying a skull, she refuses.
Jules Herbert, a member of the Cabal, insists that Eve be the one to do the identification. Since she refused the Senator, Jules arranges for her to find out about Joe's betrayal. When she does, she runs to Louisiana to drown herself in work so she won't have to dwell on what Joe did to her. From the time she arrives she is faced with death threats to her and her loved ones. Joe follows her to make sure Eve lives to see another day even if she hates him for it.
Iris Johanson has written another exciting thriller starring characters from previous novels. Readers will feel they are being reunited with two dear friends and hope that they can work out their problems, both professional and personal. BODY OF LIES is a compelling tale filled with so many unexpected twists and turns that readers won't be able to predict what happens next. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Even men read her.....
Review: "Even men read her" is quite an acclaim for a female writer the way I see it.
In this story the forensic sculptoress Eve is constantly "mad as [heck]"to speak with the author. She is cross with everyone except her pert child Jane, who seems to be the adult here. Joe is the ever so besotted lover, a total wimp when it comes to Eve, otherwise an ex-marine sniper, whom she is cross with and bosses around, while he caters to each one of her whimsical whims. They are both [weak] to say the least. The heroine is constantly guarded by a retinue of men like the queen in a bee hive. These men parade around until they get killed. Typical for a female writer there is much kitchen activity and men do all the cooking and nurturing. Galen is a likeable chap and a fresh breathe of air. I give the book credit for being entertaining. Johansen starts out with a good plot about a secret society but she has trouble seeing it through. Gerborg
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Summary: eve, eve, stop your wallowing
Review: ms. johansen weaves a great tale, but eve has got to get it together. thisis not healthy my friend! the books real good though!
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Summary: Eve Saves Iris
Review: This book was just as formulaic as the last few from this author. However, while that problem led me to really rate her last book low, because I just didn't like the characters, I like the Eve Duncan character so much that even the author's stilted and sometimes silly writing and plot twists cannot dissuade me from wanting to find out what happens. Basically, I give Johansen credit for having created very memorable characters(all she needed to add was more Logan and the characters would have been perfect), but I just can't understand why her writing ability has dropped so much from her early books(for example, the Ugly Duckling, which was just great). All in all, if you like the Eve Duncan series, read this; if you don't, or if this is your first Johansen, it will probably not make much of an impression on you.
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Summary: This is one to get from the library, not from the bookstore
Review: Though I've normally enjoyed Iris Johansen's books in the past, this one fails to pass muster. The plot is rather far-fetched (3-4 persons out to illuminate and destroy a secret society comprised of world leaders) but it could have worked if the writing was more vivid/emotional/passionate. In actuality, the writing was flat and emotionless; Eve resembles more a bitter and sarcastic has-been, than the smart, sassy, and intelligent character she portrayed in her previous books. For instance, when a helpful FBI agent was killed in a car bombing, "Eve turned and looked at the burning car. Poor Jennings..." and then "Eve nodded numbly. She was so stunned...." "Poor Jennings" to "stunned" was quite a reach. You'll probably want to read it because of the past characters you've come to know (Eve, Quinn, Logan, Jane, and Galen), but save yourself the [money] and check it out of the library.
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Summary: The Body of Lies
Review: This novel was an excellent read. I wasn't able to put it down once. She made this book a wonderful suspense. The plot was excellent, by introducing the troubles in people lives and there sacrifices to cope with bad experiences. I'd recommend this novel to everybody who loves learning new things.
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Summary: eve is tough?
Review: Gosh, she's tough. She's one tough lady. We can tell she's made up her mind,and she's tough, so she won't change it. She is so tough.....that it takes at least 4 men to protect her, and all she does is whine. Her daughter, Jane, could be sweet, but she is given no friends and such adult dialogue that she doesn't provide the relief this book needs. The last chapter was interesting.
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Summary: Better used to prop up furniture...
Review: This was by far, the worst book I have read in a number of years. It was lent to me by a friend and I have to admit, I owe him a beer because he made me promise not to burn it and I did anyhow. The dialogue is laughable. The characters ridiculous. A gradeschooler with ADHD probably could have polished this novel. In short, don't waste your time with this book. It will make you hate your self and hate the world. That is all.
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Summary: What an awful book
Review: I got the unabridged recorded book from the library. I kept listening to it (9 CDs!) amazed by how flat and stupid it was. It's hard to believe that the author has any experience in writing novels. The dialog is terrible, and the relationships unbelievable. The conspiracy behind the whole plot is ludicrous. The reader, Cristine McMurdo-Wallis, is very boring to listen to. One character is supposed to be from Liverpool, but he almost never sounds English, let alone "Liverpudlian." The other characters are all from the south, but they seldom sound southern. Her voice just drones on and on. . .
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Summary: Starts off with promise, anyway.
Review: Iris Johansen, Body of Lies (Bantam, 2002) I picked this up after having the first two chapters sent to me on the chapteraday mailing list and reluctantly allowing myself to get intrigued. The first chapter really does pack a wallop. I just with the rest of the book could have carried out the promise. It doesn't, unfortunately. After the first chapter comes long, drawn-out setup that is in no way justified by the payoff. Robert Parker does the same thing, but he does it in about a third of the number of pages per novel used by Johansen. The woman could use a few lessons in tight prose and how it heightens tension in a novel. But this one's a lost cause; by the time her protagonist finally gets around to reconstructing the face on the skull, will the reader still care? Not this one. (zero)
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