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Read in October, 2007
recommends it for:
Those who like lite mystery/romance books
General Outline:
Jane is trying to be a normal university student when she gets dragged into a life she thought she left behind. When her childhood friend is killed instead of her in a kidnapping attempts she must once again deal with her mysterious/dangerous protector named Trevor. She and Trevor have had several run ins over the years dealing with the lost gold of Cira, a famous actress in pompeii before its destruction. Jane looks like "Cira" so she tends to attract people who thi...more
Jane is trying to be a normal university student when she gets dragged into a life she thought she left behind. When her childhood friend is killed instead of her in a kidnapping attempts she must once again deal with her mysterious/dangerous protector named Trevor. She and Trevor have had several run ins over the years dealing with the lost gold of Cira, a famous actress in pompeii before its destruction. Jane looks like "Cira" so she tends to attract people who thi...more
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Read in May, 2008
Well, this grand experiment to try another book in this series failed for me. There were way too many characters in this book and not enough information about any one of them. The motivations for the characters were not clear. I like more in depth writing than this. I was trying to solve the mystery of Cira from "Blind Alley." Cira, a beautiful actress from the ancient city of Herculaneum, (Herculaneum in Rome was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius ) became the subject for J...more
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Read in May, 2005
Part of the "Eve Duncan Forensics Thriller" Series
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Read in January, 2006
i have yet to disclose my love of Iris Johansen, but man, it is deep. i have read everything she has written. and this was the book that set it off, my deep love for jane and eve duncan.
it's a tightly woven plot that has memorable characters in every area, it's got crazy psychological and historical stuff, and there's all this forensic sculpting, which reminds me of "bones". thinking about how much i love these books makes
it's a tightly woven plot that has memorable characters in every area, it's got crazy psychological and historical stuff, and there's all this forensic sculpting, which reminds me of "bones". thinking about how much i love these books makes
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Read in September, 2007
I was not a big fan of this book. I debated for some time if I should give it a one star rating, but I was able to finish it and I figure that would warrant a two.
Overall is ended up being much more of a preverbial romance novel than anything. I had never read this author before and picked it up on a road trip so I had nothing to go on at purchase.
The story was predictable and the characters didn't grab me in to their world at all.
Overall is ended up being much more of a preverbial romance novel than anything. I had never read this author before and picked it up on a road trip so I had nothing to go on at purchase.
The story was predictable and the characters didn't grab me in to their world at all.
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Read in January, 2008
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no onerecommends it for: anyone except young kids
I really loved reading this book along with a lot of the other books in this series with Eve Duncan her adopted daughter Jane and her husband Joe. I hope one day though there will be a book that will find Bonnie's killer. These books have been very good and all are well written
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recommends it for:
foresic mystery
If you're desperate for a read this is one to fill in the time. Not a book to pick up casually as the character development happened in previous books. The reader is assumed to have knowledge of characters and has to guess at filling in the holes.
I may try to find some of the earlier books and see if this catches on for me. But right now it's just a filler.
I may try to find some of the earlier books and see if this catches on for me. But right now it's just a filler.
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I wish I could get that 8 hrs of my life back. I will never read another book by Iris Johansen again. Her writing style reminds me of the nonsenical love stories we girls used to write in junior high. The characters don't act at all like real people would and the plot was ridiculous. Pee-wee's Big Adventure had more substance than this book.
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Read in July, 2008
Still seems like the bad guys are taken out, the guy gets the girl, and I need to find a new author. I just find that reading too many books by the same author usually leads me to thinking that the plots are all very similar. I will read the last one I have here... then it's time to read someone else. At least the books are all suspenseful...
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