Body of Lies

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Summary: Big Disappointment
Review: I look forward to Iris Johansen's books. I got hooked when I read the Killing Game. I buy her books in hardcover because I am always sure that her books will be good. I settled down to read the book and I felt like it was a pile of manure. I find that I am tired of Eve's whining. She has Bonnie that comes to her and tells her things. She should be at peace. I feel like this book was written for money. Pure and simple. From now on I will be very careful before I buy another one of her books.

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Summary: An OK book, but not a keeper
Review: I love the Southern Louisiana area and enjoy reading anything set there. I was also fascinated by the details on how forensic sculpting is done. This book was a decent mystery just not one of my favs.

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Summary: not as good as the others
Review: I think this one was the weaker of the series. There was not as much focus on the work as I have come to expect. I was disappointed that Logan wasn't in it more. But my disappointment will not stop me from reading another one! She needs to truly find her daughter!

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Summary: Can't Wait For the Next Series
Review: I thought this was a great addition to the series for Eve. I love Iris Johansen books and was looking forward to the newest addition. I wasn't disappointed. Again Eve is forced into a project she didn't want to do and again Joe and Logan and Gallen protect her but this time she has Jane on her side too!!! This book kept me guessing to the very end. And if the end is any indicator this won't be the last in the series or at least I hope not!!! I wouldn't recommend this for the first time Eve Duncan reader but once you finally get to this book I don't think you will be disappointed either.

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Summary: Iris...Iris...if you don't need the money, stop writing
Review: I've been a fan of Johansen's for years...she has always delivered a good (sometimes great) light read. But she is really starting to telephone it in.

You can almost hear her ticking off plot twists here--and what has been a compelling situation (Eve's anguish over her lost and murdered daughter) turns into a convenient way to get those plot twists...uh...twisting.

I have always bought her books new--but having just read this one and seen what reviewers on Amazon say about the follow-ups...think I'll check one more out of the library to see if she can redeem herself.

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Summary: Duh!
Review: I've just started reading this book and I had to look up other folks' reaction to it before I continue, to see if it's worth my time. Notta. The writing is so juvenile. It's hard to get through one lousy sentence, let alone all the rest of them. This book is not for me. I'll drop this author from my list and go on to the ones that really know how to write!

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Summary: Body od Lies
Review: Image your life is just starting to settle down; life is turning up for you. Then disturbing things start to happen around your house and you get a letter that brings back your cold and chilling past. Life is turned upside down and you don't know what to do next.
Well, this is what happened to forensic sculptor Eve Duncan and her family in the book Body of Lies by Iris Johansen.
In the story, Eve has finally found peace living with Joe Quinn and her adopted daughter Jane. Eve gets a haunting reminder of her past which promps her to leave her home in Atlanta and go to Baton Rough to do a project that no one will tell her what it is about. Eve is not even there a day when the first death occurs.
All of Iris Johansen's books are filled with dangerous adventures and murders. Along with many plot twist; Body of Lies is no exception. In one incident there was a bombing and then a high speed car chase. What happened was this: while Eve and Joe were hiding from the bad guys while working on the skull, her daughter Jane went to stay with her grandmother. The bad guys wanted to hurt Eve so the bombed the apartments where Jane was staying. Everyone was safe except Eve and Joe because now the bad guys knew where they were. Joe and Eve decide to flee the safe house, but before they could get out of the driveway they saw headlights coming their way. The booked it on to the highway with the bad guys right on their trail. There was some bumping and grinding and Joe decided to take matters into his own hands. He told Eve to get out and wait at the gas station and before she could say "no" he was off back on the road. It was not for another hour until Joe came back again with the car just barley holding together.
If you want to find murder, mystery, and dangerous adventure go pick up this thriller. It is filled with explosions, plot twist, trained killers, and murder. The intrest level is so high you will be done with it before u know it. Iris makes the characters fit the book so well. You'll love Body of Lies.

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Summary: "Precious Protagonist"
Review: In the latest book, "Body of Lies", Eve is becoming a bit too "precious" and is in imminent danger of becoming unlikable. Eve calls all the shots and makes it clear that her job is more important than anyone else's. This is reinforced by the fact that everyone around her seems to tread delicately on eggshells and think nothing of leaving home/job to support her. Plausible? What I enjoyed about prior books was the give and take between the main characters, which appears to be absent in "Body of Lies". However, Galen is a good inclusion that nicely offsets the neurotic Eve. Jane also has good potential for her own lead, but Joe, unfortunately, is too tragically besotted to be anything but a crutch.

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Summary: Body of Lies
Review: Iris Johansen has done it again. She continues to write quality books. Again I had a few sleepless nights. When you pick up this book - its hard to put done. I'm looking foward to her next book.

Rating:
Summary: More like a passing grade 3 and a half.
Review: Iris Johansen's "Body of Lies" is a fairly entertaining novel.

The cat and mouse aspect is well done, as the hunted do not use super human powers to keep on the move. As the story progresses, a ticking clock subplot propels the action.

A secret society lends an almost credible conspiracy theory to the mix.

Throw in a resourceful hardboiled British bodyguard with a dubious background, a corrupt Senator, a seemingly average reporter, a skillful assassin and a covert research project involving fuel cells and things move rapidly.

Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is terrific when doing her job recreating the face on the skull of an unknown murder victim. When fretting about her romance everything bogs down and becomes a pitiful soap opera.

Colorful villains, some wolves in sheep's clothing and the nefarious secret organization keep Eve and Atlanta detective Joe Quinn hopping and the pages turning.

The ending was too pat.