The Face of Deception / Iris Johansen - 2**

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The Face of Deception – Iris Johansen
Digital audiobook read by Laurel Lefkow
2**

First in a series starring Eve Duncan, a forensic sculptor, whose job it is to create a likeness based on skulls retrieved from crime scenes. She particularly passionate about “finding” images of children, as her own daughter, Bonnie, was kidnapped and presumed murdered a few years before the beginning of this novel. But now she’s been asked by billionaire John Logan to work for him for two weeks, and an extremely high salary, plus an equally large donation to Eve’s favorite charity. The identity of the person whose skull she is given stuns Eve and explains why so many people are obviously trying to stop her and Logan from discovering and revealing the truth.

There are plenty of twists and turns and plenty of action as Eve moves from crisis to disaster to being chased and having her mother in danger. Political intrigue and power-hungry people with evil intentions further muddy the waters. Then Johansen throws in a romantic tension, with a push/pull attraction between Logan and Eve that just didn’t ring true for me. Plus, I wanted more about the forensics.

It held my attention and kept me reading – but I’ve already forgotten it.

Laurel Lefkow did a good job of narrating the audiobook. She sets a good pace and differentiates the characters enough so as to avoid confusion.




LINK to my review

[Sue]

Good review - I recall reading this series, but eventually dropping it because it seemed like the same book over and over. At least the early books were somewhat believable. Later in the series it takes a very unexpected turn into the paranormal.

I had to laugh when you wrote "I've already forgotten it". I saw this book on the board and before opening your review I thought to myself "I wonder which one that was - I can't remember it specifically."