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Body of Lies (Eve Duncan)
by Iris Johansen
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Bantam (2003-03-04)
ISBN: 0553582143
EAN: 9780553582147
Dewey Decimal #: 813.54
Binding/Media: Mass Market Paperback - 400 pages
Release Date: 2003-03-04
SKU: 70909917
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Sold with pride. No writing, no marking. Minimal reading wear. Copy in very good condition with normal creasing in the spine from previous reading.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
A past she thought buried...a murder she was driven to solve...
Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan has been summoned to Baton Rouge by a high-ranking government official to identify the remains of an unknown murder victim. Eve wants nothing to do with the project. She has finally found peace from her own tragic past, living a quiet life with Atlanta detective Joe Quinn and her adopted daughter, Jane. Then a stunning series of seemingly unrelated events turns Eve’s new world upside down.
A killer so deceptive, he leaves nothing behind but his victims...
Now, in a special government facility, she takes on the project of identifying the victim’s skeleton. But she hasn’t even begun when the first death occurs. Someone totally ruthless, someone who can strike anywhere at any time and with seeming immunity, is determined to put a halt to her work, her life, and the lives of those she loves. Eve has stumbled onto a chilling conspiracy. There is only one person who can give her the devastating truth...and he is already dead.
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Amazon.com Review
Just as there are sculptors who insist they liberate forms imprisoned within marble and granite, Eve Duncan, the strong-willed heroine of Body of Lies, is a forensic sculptor driven by a need to liberate innocence from the shroud of death. Tops in her field, Eve obsesses over recreating the likenesses of faceless, decomposed murder victims, using only their bare skulls as a guide. It's a spooky career that began when Eve's own daughter, Bonnie, vanished and was later discovered, the girl's remains unrecognizable. In Body of Lies, a killer uncovers a shocking truth about Bonnie, driving a rattled Eve to take a dangerous assignment in the darkest heart of bayou country. There, at the weird behest of a shady senator, Eve rebuilds the visage of the politician's late rival, a challenge that nearly results in her murder, strains her romance with a hard-bitten detective, and uncovers a fantastic global conspiracy over energy profits and much else. Wildly ambitious, Iris Johansen's Body of Lies inspires paranoia about the rich and powerful, though it gets unwieldy when Johansen's action writing and characters don't plausibly sustain the image of a secret society hell-bent on world domination. More effective are her bright supporting characters (especially Eve's Liverpudlian protector, Galen), bursts of descriptive wit, and insights into her wounded but dogged heroine. --Tom Keogh
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Customer Reviews
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Great Read!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-11-12
If you like forensic mysteries this is a great book to read. I love this book and all of Iris Johansen's forensic thrillers.
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Not Well Written at All
Rating  (2)
Date: 2009-09-30
Ms. Johansen keeps trying to combine a love story & a thriller. It doesnt work. The thriller/mystery part of the novel is very good. The ending isn't great; but it's good. The title fits the story perfectly. Please, Iris, stick with that & develop it.
The personal love story part reads like an elementary school primer & ruins the novel. How many pages can be devoted to the same soupy lines in the middle of life threatening situations? Throw in a 12 year old girl who has the mind & dialogue of an adult and it just helps the book to fail even more.
Johansen's books (I have read 3) seem to follow this scenario. Alas, this is my last one. It's unfortunate. If she stuck to the suspense & thriller section, the novels would be very good. Leave the soupy story to another sort of novel.
Buy it used at a cheap price, borrow it from the library, or just take a pass on it
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Interesting story, poorly written
Rating  (4)
Date: 2009-07-31
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
If poor writing really distracts you, then pass on this one. I enjoyed the story Johansen told, just not how she told it. There were three or four times when the poor writing really annoyed me; however, i was able to enjoy the mystery.
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Quick Review
Rating  (1)
Date: 2009-06-23
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Eve Duncan is a forensic sculptor, specializing in recreating heads from skulls. She has been summoned to the bayous of Louisiana to identify the remains of an unknown murder victim. She has barely begun her work when someone close to her is killed. What follows is a frantic race to finish the skull recreation and identifying the body while trying to avoid those who do not want the victim identified.
Unoriginal story (secret world-wide organization that uses its power to plot the course of the world, anyone?) with uninteresting and unsympathetic characters. Even the dialog was annoying.
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Awesome Book
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-02-18
Awesome addition to the Eve Duncan life stories. I never get tired of reading about her life. Eve and Joe are of course my favorite characters that Iris has created. I love the awesome balance that Iris can always seem to create between action and love to keep her audience on the edge of their seat. This is a great story. This is a must buy and a must read.
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