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Eve Duncan has turned down the job twice already. Her skill and devotion in identifying murder victims and helping bring their killers to justice may be world-renowned. But Eve works exclusively for law enforcement and the families of the innocent, and the man on the other end of the phone is many things—none of them law-abiding or innocent.
One of the world’s most wanted men, little is really known about Luis Montalvo except that he is extraordinarily dangerous and that he never takes no for an answer. Now he wants Eve’s help in the worst way. For he believes they have something in common—and he’s about to prove it with a grisly warning.
Eve will leave everything and everyone behind, even the man she trusts and loves the most, Atlanta detective Joe Quinn, to travel to Montalvo’s luxurious armed compound in the Colombian jungle to identify the skull he has recovered. She has agreed to this devil’s bargain to save an innocent family, but also for a reason she can’t admit to Joe, to the CIA, to anyone. For the man in the jungle has promised to be able to give Eve what she wants most of all—the key to unlocking the darkest and most painful mystery of her past.
But Eve is in more danger than she can imagine. As she gets closer to identifying the skull, she finds herself caught between two ruthless killers with no way out. Now, with everything on the line, Eve Duncan must make the most chilling choice of all. And if she’s wrong…she’s dead.
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One of the world’s most wanted men, little is really known about Luis Montalvo except that he is extraordinarily dangerous and that he never takes no for an answer. Now he wants Eve’s help in the worst way. For he believes they have something in common—and he’s about to prove it with a grisly warning.
Eve will leave everything and everyone behind, even the man she trusts and loves the most, Atlanta detective Joe Quinn, to travel to Montalvo’s luxurious armed compound in the Colombian jungle to identify the skull he has recovered. She has agreed to this devil’s bargain to save an innocent family, but also for a reason she can’t admit to Joe, to the CIA, to anyone. For the man in the jungle has promised to be able to give Eve what she wants most of all—the key to unlocking the darkest and most painful mystery of her past.
But Eve is in more danger than she can imagine. As she gets closer to identifying the skull, she finds herself caught between two ruthless killers with no way out. Now, with everything on the line, Eve Duncan must make the most chilling choice of all. And if she’s wrong…she’s dead.
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Format:Hardcover
Following on the heels of her wildly successful last thriller starring forensic professor Eve Duncan (On The Run, 2006), the writer who has been called "the queen of suspense" now presents an equally terrifying tale that pits Eve against a fearsome killer.
As fans of Iris Johansen know she wastes little time in roping readers/listeners in. It all begins with a phone call, in fact the third she has received from Luis Montalvo, a Colombian drug lord. She's hard at work reconstructing a skull and wants no interruptions but can't resist picking up the phone to tell Montalvo in no uncertain terms that he's not to call her again. But, this is a man who does not take no for an answer, and says,
"I'm convinced you'll be my guest in a very short time."
"Why?"
"That would spoil the surprise. I like to see a plan unfold like a beautiful night flower."
"You mentioned Joe and my adopted daughter. You touch them and I'll kill you."
"That violence again." His tone was amused. "I'd never be that stupid. That would be the trigger that would send you into the fray to take me down. I want your cooperation."
As much as she detests the man he has the one key that will make her agree to go to him - information about her daughter, Bonnie, who was abducted years ago and is presumed dead. Once in the jungles of Colombia Eve finds herself trapped, caught in a battle between drug dealers.
And neither side cares whether Eve lives or dies.
If you like to see a heroine battling for her life and favor thrillers with dashes of forensic detail - this one's for you!
- Gail Cooke
As fans of Iris Johansen know she wastes little time in roping readers/listeners in. It all begins with a phone call, in fact the third she has received from Luis Montalvo, a Colombian drug lord. She's hard at work reconstructing a skull and wants no interruptions but can't resist picking up the phone to tell Montalvo in no uncertain terms that he's not to call her again. But, this is a man who does not take no for an answer, and says,
"I'm convinced you'll be my guest in a very short time."
"Why?"
"That would spoil the surprise. I like to see a plan unfold like a beautiful night flower."
"You mentioned Joe and my adopted daughter. You touch them and I'll kill you."
"That violence again." His tone was amused. "I'd never be that stupid. That would be the trigger that would send you into the fray to take me down. I want your cooperation."
As much as she detests the man he has the one key that will make her agree to go to him - information about her daughter, Bonnie, who was abducted years ago and is presumed dead. Once in the jungles of Colombia Eve finds herself trapped, caught in a battle between drug dealers.
And neither side cares whether Eve lives or dies.
If you like to see a heroine battling for her life and favor thrillers with dashes of forensic detail - this one's for you!
- Gail Cooke
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This was an appalling book and quite inept, especially in its characterization and character motivation. Every few pages in the first half of the book we read something on the lines of:
-How can I trust you? You are a criminal.
-I know I am a criminal. But you must believe me, this time I am sincere.
-But how can i be sure?
-You can't be but you must trust me nevertheless.
Okay this is a parody. But that's the way it comes over. And the whole theme of: "I need you to prove it so that so-and-so will trust me and help me," is so implausible and ridiculous. I just didn't buy it - couldn't buy it. It was rubbish. The author also held out the unfulfilled promise of solving a mystery concerning one of the characters as a sort of rather pathetic "come-on" to keep the reader interested in what I think she knew would otherwise be an intensely boring and implausible book.
-How can I trust you? You are a criminal.
-I know I am a criminal. But you must believe me, this time I am sincere.
-But how can i be sure?
-You can't be but you must trust me nevertheless.
Okay this is a parody. But that's the way it comes over. And the whole theme of: "I need you to prove it so that so-and-so will trust me and help me," is so implausible and ridiculous. I just didn't buy it - couldn't buy it. It was rubbish. The author also held out the unfulfilled promise of solving a mystery concerning one of the characters as a sort of rather pathetic "come-on" to keep the reader interested in what I think she knew would otherwise be an intensely boring and implausible book.
Format:Hardcover
Unbelievable characters making unbelievably stupid decisions in an unbelievable setting.....of all the poorly developed characters Joe, the heroine's boyfriend, supposed to be an ex-SEAL bulldozes through the story making one pathetic move after the other is the most irritating. Some best-sellers are an enjoyable escape and easy read this one is not enjoyable and while it is so irritating neither is it an easy read.......I got it out of the library thank God
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