false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173314696m/272279.jpg 272279 16 Just as there are sculptors who insist they liberate forms imprisoned within marble and granite, Eve Duncan, the strong-willed heroine of <I>Body of Lies</I>, 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. <p> In <I>Body of Lies</I>, 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 <I>Body of Lies</I> 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. <I>--Tom Keogh</I> 263987 2002 Body of Lies (Eve Duncan, 4) total:1325|5:342|4:517|3:382|2:72|1:12| 1325 5080 1729 63 2 1 false false Sat Dec 01 08:08:33 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 01 08:08:43 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 05:22:30 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 05:26:19 -0700 2009
This is another winner. This time you see political manipulation of bureaucracy, an FBI which bumbles a bit, an angry lasting exchange between two lovers, and bombs.

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In this one, Eve finds out that Joe has lied to her - and has lied the biggest lie that he could ever lie while trying to protect and help Eve. For her part, Eve ta...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jul 01 04:33:49 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 17:31:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 15 19:02:19 -0800 2007 Mon Apr 28 17:17:00 -0700 2008
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I picked this up after having the first two chapters sent to me on the chapteraday mailing list and reluctantly allowing myself to get intrigued. The first chapter really does pack a wallop. I just with the rest of the book could have carried out t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 16 13:58:34 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 13:59:44 -0800 2007
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