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The face of deception
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- ISBN: 9780553898231 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
- ISBN: 055389823X (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
- ISBN: 9780553898231 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
- ISBN: 055389823X (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
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1 online resource (446 p.) - Edition: Bantam reissue ed.
- Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, 2003.
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| Subject: | Duncan, Eve (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Facial reconstruction (Anthropology) -- Fiction Women sculptors -- Fiction Billionaires -- Fiction Murder -- Fiction Deception -- Fiction |
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- AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 1999 June/July
Still grieving over the murder of her young daughter whose body is unfound, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is challenged by tycoon John Logan to identify a skull that might be JFK. What she finds puts her and everyone around her in danger. Jill Hennessy (familiar to "Law and Order" fans) captures the urgency of the situation and projects Eve's alternating toughness and fragility but doesn't give much warmth to her developing romance with Logan. Passion and scientific detail may have been lost in the abridgment, though several touching visits by the dead child remain. This is an exciting listen with room left for a sequel. J.B.G. Copyright 1999 AudioFile Reviews - Booklist Reviews : Booklist Monthly Selections - #1 August 1998
Johansen really hits her stride as a suspense novelist in this engrossing tale of forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, who is swept into a maelstrom of murder, deception, and political intrigue when she is coerced into rebuilding the face of an adult whose remains consist of a burned skull. Obsessed with establishing the identities of the skeletal remains of murdered children ever since her daughter was killed and the body was never found, Eve resists the request of billionaire John Logan to work on this mysterious case until her lab is destroyed and her mother threatened. Once on the job, she finds herself caught up in a dangerous world of high-level politics and hired enforcers. Johansen, who cut her teeth writing romance novels, skillfully wraps this riveting combination of action, suspense, and forensic science in layers of sexual tension with just the subtlest hint that romance may erupt. The insane conspiracy and repressed attraction between the two main characters feel deliciously akin to the X-Files but without the supernatural elements, and the detailed focus on forensic sculpting makes this appealing to fans of Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs. ((Reviewed August 1998)) Copyright 2000 Booklist Reviews - BookPage Reviews : BookPage Reviews 1998 November
Face it, political thrillers are hot these daysSuspense has long been a staple of contemporary romances, yet that suspense can be served up in very different forms. The Face of Deception, by Iris Johansen is a fast-paced political thriller as provocative as today's headlines.Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan recreates faces on skeletal remains. When billionaire businessman John Logan challenges her to sculpt a face, he drawsher into a conspiracy that extends right into the White House.Logan's actions imperil Eve's life as much as his own as the pair take on the most powerful adversaries in the nation. Johansen delivers a fascinatingslice of political and human nature with the skill of a master in this one. Copyright 1999 BookPage Reviews - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 1998 September #1
Johansen (And Then You Die, 1998, etc.) leaves romance behind for some pedestrian adventure and a stab at emotional healing. Ever since best-selling Patricia Cornwell introduced medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, romantic-suspense authors have driven their plots by means of coroners and forensic anthropologists. And now here's what may possibly be the first forensic sculptor namely, Eve Duncan, who takes skulls and, with the use of computers, scientific measurements, fake eyeballs, and her own sculpting talent, re-creates the fleshed-out heads of possible murder victims. Why? Because she's searching for the body of her daughter Bonnie, who was killed by a psychopath but never found. Calling them her ``lost ones,'' Eve obsessively rebuilds the heads of slain children until now unidentified so that she can send them home to their families for burial. Meanwhile, Eve, being one of the best forensic sculptors around, is solicited for a top-secret mission by computer billionaire John, who fails to tell her of the many dangers he's involving her in. With a cock-and-bull story about finding the real head of John F. Kennedy, he hires her to sculpt a face around a mysterious skull that turns out to belong to the corpse of the now-President of the US (Ben Chadbourne). A double, it turns out, is occupying the White House and being manipulated by the brilliant First Lady and an official in the Treasury Department. Johansen gives hints of a budding affair between Eve and Logan and between Eve and her best pal, Atlanta police detective Joe Quinn. The trouble is that with three strong, silent types like Duncan, Logan, and Quinn, there isn't a whole lot for the reader to sink her romantic teeth into, and, with the exception of a great red herring at the start, there isn't a whole lot of suspense, either. A sequel is on its way, and perhaps with that Johansen will deliver what she only promises here. Copyright 1998 Kirkus Reviews - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 1998 July #1
the face she has just reconstructed belongs to a man who is supposedly alive. Copyright 1998 Library Journal Reviews - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 1999 September #1
Eve Duncan, the best forensic sculptor in the nation, is obsessed with identifying the remains of murdered children and returning them to their parents. Haunted by the murder of her own daughter, whose body was never recovered, she leads a reclusive life that revolves around her work. When billionaire computer guru John Logan lures her to work on an adult skull via a large contribution to a fund for lost children, Duncan doesn't realize the magnitude of what she's getting into. Johansen's complex plot, with numerous twists and turns, keeps the listener guessing right up until the (somewhat dragged out) ending. Jill Hennessy is a capable reader, although in longer passages of dialog it does frequently become difficult to distinguish who is speaking. A few abrupt changes also mar the production, taking listeners out of the story until they realize that the scene has, indeed, changed. Still, this is a nonstop plot that will keep the cassettes flipping. For popular collections.AAdrienne Furness, Lockport P.L., NY Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 1998 August #2
While not as unrelentingly grim as its predecessor, And Then You Die, this suspense thriller from an author who has successfully written historical romance with a dark edge has its share of grisly scenes, beginning in medias res at the execution of Ralph Fraser, the serial killer who has murdered protagonist Eve Ducan's only child, Bonnie. To overcome her grief, Eve takes up a (notably icky) career as a forensic sculptor, making busts from the skulls of unidentified murdered children so that their parents can identify them. New trouble comes when computer mogul John Logan recruits Eve to reconstruct and identify an adult male skull. The job comes with unforeseen risks and political implications; various criminal figures want to keep the skull's identity a secret and are ruthlessly determined to go to any lengths to avoid exposure. Eve, who combines a tough survivor's instinct with emotional vulnerability, is led to fear for her own life and for the lives of her mother and dearest friends. Despite slow early chapters and stilted dialogue, Johansen makes an admirable effort to give psychological depth even to her villains, and her action scenes use terse prose to build tension. With the help of well-timed, steady disclosures and surprising revelations, the book's twists and turns manage to hold the reader hostage until the denouement, a sure crowd pleaser (since it promises a sequel). Major ad/promo. (Oct.) FYI: A 16-page excerpt of The Face of Deception will be included in the paperback reprint of And Then You Die, out in September. Copyright 1998 Publishers Weekly Reviews
