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Nov 07, 2012 Webster Library rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Iris Johansen tells a good story. I got wrapped up with the characters and even though this was the 12th book in the Eve Duncan series, I was able to follow the story and know all the characters. You can pick up her books in the middle of the series and follow what is going on. Eve is a forensic sculptor. She takes the skulls of the dead and finds out what they looked like in life. Her ability to do this didn't really come into play in this novel. It was about the disappearance of her daughter a...more Iris Johansen tells a good story. I got wrapped up with the characters and even though this was the 12th book in the Eve Duncan series, I was able to follow the story and know all the characters. You can pick up her books in the middle of the series and follow what is going on. Eve is a forensic sculptor. She takes the skulls of the dead and finds out what they looked like in life. Her ability to do this didn't really come into play in this novel. It was about the disappearance of her daughter and trying to find out who the murderer was.

We get to see Eve's background growing up in a poor neighborhood with a junky for a mother. Eve wants to get out of the slums and become something. Her mother wants her to be realistic and give up on her dreams. Eve goes to school and work supporting her mother's drug habit. It isn't until she meets John Gallo that her world is turned upside down. They have an instant chemistry and an affair for just enough time that Eve gets pregnant with Bonnie. The story is fairly romantic but not excessively so. We don't get too many details. Many of the books I have been reading lately I feel like I could have used less details (I can use my imagination and that is fine). This book doesn't concentrate too much on sex as Johansen does in progressing the story of Eve. We learn about her past to see how she became the person she is today.

I like the character of Eve and all the rest of the characters in the story. They are multi-layered and are not just who they are on paper. They have a lot of personality. They only seem a little too one minded. All the characters seem to rotate around Eve, they all want to help her to find Bonnie. I don't know their backgrounds because I didn't read the other 11 books but having only read the one it is hard to see why they are willing to risk their lives for her. Joe Quinn, her boyfriend and detective, I can see him because he loves her with all her flaws. The others, I'll have to start reading from the beginning I guess.

The mood of the book is very dark and fast paced. You feel like your entering into someones thoughts. It's like the end of the book number 11 is just a continuation in 12. The book ends with a cliffhanger that makes you want to read the next book. The story doesn't end, it feels like the end of a chapter. I was really disappointed with the choppy ending. I don't know if it was because I wanted to know what happened and I have to wait or because it felt like a disjointed ending. It definitely wasn't what I was used to.

It had a similar feel to the Karen Robards book I read but less sexual. The story drove the book more than the sexual experiences. I like this about Iris Johansen and would recommend if you like a life story with your mystery.

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Nov 07, 2012 Jenny Paxson rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Iris Johansen tells a good story. I got wrapped up with the characters and even though this was the 12th book in the Eve Duncan series, I was able to follow the story and know all the characters. You can pick up her books in the middle of the series and follow what is going on. Eve is a forensic sculptor. She takes the skulls of the dead and finds out what they looked like in life. Her ability to do this didn't really come into play in this novel. It was about the disappearance of her daughter a...more Iris Johansen tells a good story. I got wrapped up with the characters and even though this was the 12th book in the Eve Duncan series, I was able to follow the story and know all the characters. You can pick up her books in the middle of the series and follow what is going on. Eve is a forensic sculptor. She takes the skulls of the dead and finds out what they looked like in life. Her ability to do this didn't really come into play in this novel. It was about the disappearance of her daughter and trying to find out who the murderer was.

We get to see Eve's background growing up in a poor neighborhood with a junky for a mother. Eve wants to get out of the slums and become something. Her mother wants her to be realistic and give up on her dreams. Eve goes to school and work supporting her mother's drug habit. It isn't until she meets John Gallo that her world is turned upside down. They have an instant chemistry and an affair for just enough time that Eve gets pregnant with Bonnie. The story is fairly romantic but not excessively so. We don't get too many details. Many of the books I have been reading lately I feel like I could have used less details (I can use my imagination and that is fine). This book doesn't concentrate too much on sex as Johansen does in progressing the story of Eve. We learn about her past to see how she became the person she is today.

I like the character of Eve and all the rest of the characters in the story. They are multi-layered and are not just who they are on paper. They have a lot of personality. They only seem a little too one minded. All the characters seem to rotate around Eve, they all want to help her to find Bonnie. I don't know their backgrounds because I didn't read the other 11 books but having only read the one it is hard to see why they are willing to risk their lives for her. Joe Quinn, her boyfriend and detective, I can see him because he loves her with all her flaws. The others, I'll have to start reading from the beginning I guess.

The mood of the book is very dark and fast paced. You feel like your entering into someones thoughts. It's like the end of the book number 11 is just a continuation in 12. The book ends with a cliffhanger that makes you want to read the next book. The story doesn't end, it feels like the end of a chapter. I was really disappointed with the choppy ending. I don't know if it was because I wanted to know what happened and I have to wait or because it felt like a disjointed ending. It definitely wasn't what I was used to.

It had a similar feel to the Karen Robards book I read but less sexual. The story drove the book more than the sexual experiences. I like this about Iris Johansen and would recommend if you like a life story with your mystery.
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Oct 31, 2012 Marya Kowal rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book begins a new trilogy in the Eve Duncan series.

Eve grew up in a tough neighborhood, with little chance of making it good. She falls for a guy who seems different, but leaves her to join the military. She's left, pregnant and at risk, to figure out what to do next.

Years pass, and her daughter disappears, presumably murdered. The FBI agent assigned to her daughter Bonnie's case, Quinn, falls for her.

While a really interesting background tale is told, I'm a little frustrated with the way t...more

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Jul 08, 2012 Leslie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: ebook-nook, mystery-suspense-thriller, romantic-suspense

I have not read the other books in this series, though I am familiar with the premise and with Iris Johansen's writing, which I really like. Coming in the middle of a series is always difficult, though this is the start of a trilogy within that series. This gives the back story of Eve, who has been hunting for the killer of her daughter for many years. I really enjoyed all aspects of the story, except the interaction of the characters. Eve is married to Joe Quinn, a former Navy Seal and now a po...more

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Jun 22, 2012 Elizabeth Noah rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book is the first of the trilogy that is suppose to answer the long awaited question of who kidnapped and killed Bonnie Duncan.

I have been reading the Eve Duncan series for a long time, I have read several books multiple times. I was excited when I heard this series was coming out and could not wait to read it. Well the time has finally come, I have started it.......

The book Eve follows like others book in the past, Eve does not listen to Joe and goes on and does what she wants. This book...more

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Apr 08, 2012 Anne rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

DONE and happy to be! I will not be reading the rest of the triology!

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Oct 28, 2011 Kristin rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Another round of terror for Eve Duncan and her family. This time we are taken to Eve's teenage years growing up in the projects. Johansen really blew it this time. I've rarely seen so many elitist stereotypes of poor people. Johansen obviously never met a poor person she doesn't blame for being weak. Johansen doesn't have a clue what it takes to survive.

Ah, well. I never expect realism from the Eve Duncan novels. So we have another chase through a scene full of vicious killers and double dealing...more

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Oct 11, 2011 Melissa rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Before there was my obsession to the paranormal/fantasy books, thanks to Twilight, but after my Nancy Drew/Sweet Valley phase (15 years ago), there was my murder mystery/suspense phase. During this time I read many, many books but had 3 favorite authors. Patricia Cornwell, Kathy Reichs and Iris Johansen. Now some of Iris' books can carry a slight paranormal undertone too, which is fine with me, but my favorite series of hers is the Eve Duncan series.

Anyone who has read this series knows that t...more

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Aug 28, 2011 Joni Thomas rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, adult-fiction, reviewed

I know, I know. This is not a Young Adult book. But I have been reading Iris Johansen's books since I was 12. So it counts. Kinda. For any followers who have read any of Iris Johansen's books, especially the Eve Duncan series, let me know. I don't know anyone who reads these and they are such fantastic books that I wish I had someone to share them with.

The beginning of this book is set in Eve's past as she relives the event that lead up to the birth of her daughter, Bonnie. Eve meets John Gallo...more I know, I know. This is not a Young Adult book. But I have been reading Iris Johansen's books since I was 12. So it counts. Kinda. For any followers who have read any of Iris Johansen's books, especially the Eve Duncan series, let me know. I don't know anyone who reads these and they are such fantastic books that I wish I had someone to share them with.

The beginning of this book is set in Eve's past as she relives the event that lead up to the birth of her daughter, Bonnie. Eve meets John Gallo at 16 and lets her guard down with him in a way she has never done before. When he leaves for the Army she is sure she will never think of him again, until three weeks after he is gone she finds herself sick on her knees in the bathroom. All of a sudden Eve is certain that she will never forget John Gallo. She has her daughter and then sees Gallo's uncle one day when taking Bonnie for a walk and learns that John Gallo has been killed in action on a mission for the army.
Fast forward to present day when Eve learns from a friend and CIA agent that John Gallo is now a suspect in Bonnie's unsolved murder. He never really was killed in action, it was all an army cover up and as it turns out, Gallo was in the area the same month that Bonnie disappeared. All Eve has ever wanted is to find her daughter's remains so she can bring her home and to find her killer. Now Eve is faced with a burning question. Could the man who gave her Bonnie also be the one who took her away?
I have been waiting years (years!) to find out what happened to Bonnie and when I found out this trilogy was coming out and was going to shine light on the mystery I was thrilled. Iris Johansen has done it again with a book so real and so vivid that I felt like I was living on the pages.
I also read Quinn, the second in the trilogy and I will be posting my review of that sometime this week. I can't wait for October and the final book in the trilogy, Bonnie, to be released. I hope to preorder it and I will be taking the first bus to Barnes and Noble to pick it up and chances are I will be reading it in the store because I won't want to wait until I get home.
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Jun 29, 2011 Stacy Juba rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I've read all of the Eve Duncan forensic sculptor books and was especially interested in this one as it provides a glimpse into Eve's past. Readers of the series know that Eve's daughter disappeared years ago and she has been trying ever since to discover who murdered her and where the body is. This book provides flashbacks into Eve's teenage years and the events leading up to her pregnancy, then returns to the present. I've spoken to two others who have read this book - one was disappointed as...more

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Jun 21, 2011 Jannie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

After all these years, it's exciting to see Eve Duncan finally get a chance to unravel the mystery of what happened to her daughter. I really enjoyed the flashback sequences, getting to see young Eve and the horrible circumstances she was struggling so desperately to overcome.

On the other hand, the only negative thing I have to say about the book would involve these sequences. The author's description of the relationship between Eve and Bonnie's father is practically nothing but one sex scene af...more

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Jun 11, 2011 Noni rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I haven’t read Iris Johansen for years. I picked up this one recently, as I remember her earlier books like THE UGLY DUCKLING, AND THEN YOU DIE or THE FACE OF DECEPTION, could keep me engaged years ago. I am disappointed, though, reading this one. The writing style totally bored me. I stopped reading before halfway through the book. It was probably just me growing up, or it could be her writing style has become kind of predictable after all these years.

Actually, the plot can be interesting. Som...more

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Apr 30, 2011 Beverly rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Apr 14, 2011 Debbie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: profile, blues

This is my second book read from Iris Johansen and I am totally sold on her books. I loved this book and learning more about the type of person Eve used to be and who the father of Bonnie was and what type of guy he was. Eve has always come across as so strong and independent that it was interesting seeing this softer, more vulnerable side growing up with a drug addict for a mother. The character who really grabbed me in this book was by far John Gallo. His character was a bundle of contradictio...more

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Apr 09, 2011 Bookmom rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

CIA Agent Catherine Ling believes she owes Eve Duncan a favor for helping to find her son. Eve’s daughter, Bonnie, had been killed years ago and the killer has never been caught, nor has the girl’s body been found. Eve needs closure. Catherine is relentless in using her resources to pull together possible suspects, and one is shocking to Eve; Army Ranger John Gallo, Bonnie’s father, reported dead by the military so long ago.

Joe Quinn came into Eve’s life when Bonnie went missing and has been he...more CIA Agent Catherine Ling believes she owes Eve Duncan a favor for helping to find her son. Eve’s daughter, Bonnie, had been killed years ago and the killer has never been caught, nor has the girl’s body been found. Eve needs closure. Catherine is relentless in using her resources to pull together possible suspects, and one is shocking to Eve; Army Ranger John Gallo, Bonnie’s father, reported dead by the military so long ago.

Joe Quinn came into Eve’s life when Bonnie went missing and has been her partner in life ever since. If John is as crazy as she’s been told, she doesn’t want Joe or Catherine in harm’s way as she tries to find answers that also involve Army Intelligence and a serial killer. Of course, neither her friend nor her lover is going to stay away when Eve’s life is in danger.

This is my second Eve Duncan book; I’d also read Chasing the Night. So while this isn’t quite a stand-alone book for me since I’ve met the main characters, I’m sure I’m missing a great deal when it comes to Eve’s obsession with finding Bonnie’s body and the killer.

The book started off slow as Catherine jolts Eve with the news that John Gallo is alive and a possible suspect. We then take a side trip back in time to when Eve met John and we see their relationship, the circumstances of her life and how determined she is to get make something of herself. This drags on, but is important.

This is the first book in a trilogy within the Eve Duncan series where hopefully by the end of it Eve will finally get some closure. On the whole the story is a decent read, but it would have been easy for me to walk away from it, perhaps because I’m not emotionally invested in the characters from the earlier books. Some of the action was anti-climatic, especially in the middle of the story, but the interweaving stories of each of the ‘bad guys’ was done well.

And beware. There is a major cliff hanger. Good thing the next book, Quinn, is coming out in July.

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Mar 16, 2011 Debbie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Eve
Iris Johansen
St. Martin’s Press
416 pages Pub date April 2011
ISBN-13: 9780312651206
In the beginning there was “Eve” come read the first in the brand new trilogy that will finally answer all our questions.
Eve Duncan after all the efforts not to, turned out to be more like her mother than she liked when at 16 she turned up pregnant, but Bonnie soon became the apple of her eye and the sun in her morning, one day 7 years later the sun stopped rising when Bonnie was kidnapped and murdered, but her...more Eve
Iris Johansen
St. Martin’s Press
416 pages Pub date April 2011
ISBN-13: 9780312651206
In the beginning there was “Eve” come read the first in the brand new trilogy that will finally answer all our questions.
Eve Duncan after all the efforts not to, turned out to be more like her mother than she liked when at 16 she turned up pregnant, but Bonnie soon became the apple of her eye and the sun in her morning, one day 7 years later the sun stopped rising when Bonnie was kidnapped and murdered, but her body has never been found. Eve became a forensic sculptor to bring other lost children home, and in the same moment of her greatest tragedy met the man who stands beside her always, Joe Quinn. But Eve has one constant dream, a dream that has often come with a price between Joe and she and that dream is to bring Bonnie home. In Eve we will relive her early years and finally be introduced to the boy who broke through that tough untouchable exterior to find the hidden Eve and fathered Bonnie. We will in fact get as close as we ever have to finding out who killed Bonnie and if Eve and Joe survive the answer they may not survive the perpetrator.
Ms. Johansen amazing teller of tales has really outdone herself this time as she reveals secrets that her characters have kept for decades. She will do it with the storyline that have kept fans coming back year after year and have garnered new fans at every episode, the real story of what happened to Bonnie Duncan. She will do it with her trademark to the point narrative that works so well with her very direct and in your face characters. Some of these characters will be new to us and some will be like family or old friends but all of them play an intricate part of this story. Is this a love story, yes, but it might be a stretch to call it a romance even though there are love scenes involved, but they only exist in the periphery, but periphery or not they will still steam the lenses of your glasses, so keep out of reach of children and on the top shelf of the bookcase. Wherever you want to file it one thing for certain is that this is a thriller from the nail biting beginning to the edge of your seat ending.
Whether you’re the biggest Eve Duncan and Joe Quinn fan or a first time visitor to their world, you will not be sorry you made the trip.
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Jul 08, 2011 Amy rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

If you are reading this thinking that you will (finally!) find out the identity of Bonnie's killer...think again.

Sigh.

I *get* that Johansen has built her main character with a huge chunk of Eve's drive and reason for living all about finding Bonnie's killer...but how many more books will she be able to draw it out? My guess? 2 more. (Since Eve is the first book of a "trilogy"--followed by Quinn, where I guess we'll be able to understand why Joe is willing and able to be so pussy-whipped even tho...more

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Dec 24, 2012 Danica rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It was definitely refreshing to have something a little more realistic and different after reading 11 of the Eve Duncan series in a row. This had nothing to do with her reconstructions (thankfully! It also made things a little more realistic...how many times can she be put in danger because of a skull?) and we got to read about Eve as a teenager before she got pregnant with Bonnie. Throughout the Eve Duncan series we've heard about her rough childhood, but we had heard absolutely nothing about B...more

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Feb 21, 2012 Kate Willoughby rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Apr 09, 2011 Michael rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, read-in-2011, reader-s-club-review-request, reviewed, series, thriller

Eve Duncan is one of Iris Johansen's ongoing characters and a knowledge of her past is helpful in reading this book.

She is a well known forensic sculptor who is in demand by many police departments for her work.

She's been with her lover, Detective Joe Quinn for years and lives with the unanswered questions about the kidnapping of her seven-year-old daughter, Bonnie. This happened two years ago. Now, Eve's friend Catherine Ling, of the CIA asks her if she's considered Bonnie's father, John Gallo,...more

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Sep 26, 2012 Sarah rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Mar 04, 2012 Linda rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: child-molesters, crime, forensics, murder, mystery, psychopaths, suspense, thriller, violence

Eve Duncan is a forensic sculptor. She analyzes bones and pieces them together to try and identify dead people. It's her mission in life. She lost her child, Bonnie, years ago and Eve constantly hopes that one day she will find out what happened to Bonnie even as she brings other people's children home using her talent. Her good friend, Catherine Ling, now comes to Eve with some information which might actually help Eve finally find out what happened to Bonnie.

Eve is the first in a 3 book series...more

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Jan 14, 2012 Book Him Danno rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012

I've been listening to this for awhile when I walk alone. Losing a child has to be one of the worst things that could ever happen, and than not knowing where they are or even if they are still alive. Finding the body at least gives you closure, not knowing has to be almost impossible to survive. I enjoyed this book and look forward to the next three.
3 1/2 stars

I found that this author is a bit hit and miss with her books. Some have been great and others have floundered. This was not bad, but i...more

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Jan 13, 2013 Karen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The search is on for the individual who abducted Eve Duncans daughter Bonnie when she was seven. To understand the relationship between mother and daughter we are taken back to Eves teen years with an addictive mother in Atlantas housing projects and her relationship with John Gallo that lead to Bonnies birth. The chemistry was strong between the two young people but John disappeared and was presumed dead for years. Eve rose out of the despair of ghetto life and chose to better her life and that...more

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Dec 20, 2012 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Adam, Urchin

Recommended to Sarah by: happy library discovery

Shelves: genre__fiction, series, mystery, steamy, would-recommend, first-in-series

Holy. Whoa.
I had only read one other Iris Johansen novel prior to picking up Eve, and I have never wanted to brave a blizzard so much to go get the next book in this trilogy (hello, storm Draco). Luckily for my health, the library was closed today, but I will be there tomorrow!
The writing was excellent - Johansen does an excellent job of throwing you headlong into the main plot and then letting her main character reveal parts of her past as they become more important. All the characters were v...more

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Jun 17, 2012 Joti rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. OMG!!! such a great book! exciting & thrilling! :D
SO Eve Duncan is with the man she loves, Joe Quinn, ex-SEAL agent guy - and her daughter, Bonnie, whom she gave birth to at age 16 was supposedly murdered and ever since then, it's become an obsession of hers to find out her killed her daughter :( Her friend Catherine comes to her with information on another suspect in her daughter's murder - John Gallo - Bonnie's father - and Eve just about freaks out - she obviously doesn't want to believe...more OMG!!! such a great book! exciting & thrilling! :D
SO Eve Duncan is with the man she loves, Joe Quinn, ex-SEAL agent guy - and her daughter, Bonnie, whom she gave birth to at age 16 was supposedly murdered and ever since then, it's become an obsession of hers to find out her killed her daughter :( Her friend Catherine comes to her with information on another suspect in her daughter's murder - John Gallo - Bonnie's father - and Eve just about freaks out - she obviously doesn't want to believe it - and then the story jumps into the past when she was 16 and met John and he saved her - he wanted to have sex with her but she was resistant - at first, but then she gave in and for like about 3-4 weeks they had a relationship that was purely for sex - that's all they ever did - Eve used pills and didn't want to get pregnant - but she did - so she gave birth to the baby and Bonnie was the best thing in her entire life - up until someone took her from her - so now, John comes and kidnaps her --> she thought he was dead - because he went off to the Army and his uncle had gotten a letter saynig he'd died in service apparently - so it's a shock -and he tells her about where he was all those years ago - he'd been imprisoned in North Korea and tortured and stuff - but he escaped and got this ledger - and the government used him and his unreal fits of rage and sent him on suicide missions and stuff - the other man Paul Black was the other suspect -and John tells her he thinks Black killed Bonnie - and Queen the man who hired Black and Gallo both at one point - is using them both and trying to turn them against each other - so Catherine, Eve's friend is involved too as well as Joe - he wants to protect her from any/all danger - later on, Black kidnaps a little girl, Cara, Judy's daughter - Judy was Gallo's house cook and they're trying to save her ---so the confrontation happens - John had a house in the woods where he and Eve r hiding in a cave - Black reaches the woods with Cara and Queen comes too - and Joe and Catherine too ---so once Queen gets the ledger from Gallo, Black shoots and kills him in front of Cara which gives his position in the woods away - everyone is headed toward him and he - sick bastard he is, makes Cara start running, so he can hunt her down and kill her - Black was hiding behind a boulder and Joe surprised him and got him - Catherine goes to help Cara and then Black says he'll tell Eve where he buried Bonnie - but Black said he didn't kill her - he claims Gallo did -and John is horrified - i felt bad for the guy :$ - and when Black stabs Joe, John kills him and disappears - so the story ends with Eve at the hospital, Joe is in ICU and he might not survive but he could too - and she sees Bonnie standign by Joe's bed - (BOTH HER AND JOHN HAVE VISIONS OF BONNIE AS A LITTLE GIRL) -AND SHE FREAKING OUT, WONDERING IF BONNIE CAN SAVE HIM OR IF SHE'S THERE TO TAKE HIM AWAY FROM HER!!!!!

OMG CLIFFHANGER ENDING!! - REALLY LIKED THIS BOOK! IT WAS AWESOME! CAN'T WAIT TO READ THE NEXT ONE!! I LIKE JOHN AND JOE BOTH :D (less)

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Nov 11, 2011 Danica rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is my first and last Iris Johansen book. I think I followed it for not having read any of the others, but it was just a waste of my time. I don't like not finishing books and it was a quick read, so I just hoped for the best in the end. It reads like YA, but the content and material is not YA. The first 60 pages were dripping in raunchy, explicit sex, which would be fine if it were a romance or hot book, but 60 pages in a thriller is way too much. When it came back around the characters wer...more

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Apr 05, 2011 Sheryl rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: supsense, arcs

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3-1/2 STARS

After what seems like countless Eve Duncan books, Iris Johansen gives her readers "Eve"- the first in a "trilogy within a series"- which will supposedly finally give Eve a resolution to what really happened to her beloved daughter Bonnie when she disappeared many years ago. I have been disappointed with many of her recent Eve Duncan books, as I feel like they are repetitive and that Johansen has been dragging the Bonnie storyline on fo...more

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Feb 02, 2012 Melanie Chabrol- rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Eve Duncan is a smart 16 y.o with a good head on her shoulders,then one day she and her friend Rosa is being bullied by a gang, then she meets John Gallo. A good looking man her night and shining hero. Things change quite quickly. What happens when they chat? their friendship is a challenge when he goes away. After several years they reunite, will they pick up where they left off, are they the same after 7 years?
I must admit it was written differently from other authors I have read, but Iris kn...more

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Apr 24, 2011 E. rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: suspense

The one time I was too excited to see a new Iris Johansen book to examine the cover carefully! Be warned, this is the first in a trilogy that finally gives each of the major characters an in-depth treatment. Eve Duncan's overriding purpose in life has always been to find her daughter Bonnie and bring her home. All of the people in her life have known that this obsession supersedes everything else but not everyone has become resigned to this situation. Finally, Bonnie's origins are described and...more

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