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Eve Duncan: Book 5

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by Iris Johansen (Author) (edit contributors)

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One obsessed killer...One deadly trap...One woman's darkest nightmare...Her job is to put a face on the victims of violent crimes. But as forensic sculptor Eve Duncan works on the skull of a newly discovered victim, she's about to get the shock of her life. The murdered Jane Doe's face has... read more

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The New York Times bestselling author of Firestorm, Iris Johansen, returns with a psychological thriller so terrifying, so relentlessly paced, it won’t leave you time to catch your breath before the next shock comes. A forensic sculptor is locked in a deadly duel with a serial killer... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

The New York Times bestselling author of Firestorm, Iris Johansen, returns with a psychological thriller so terrifying, so relentlessly paced, it won’t leave you time to catch your breath before the next shock comes. A forensic sculptor is locked in a deadly duel with a serial killer determined to destroy her—one life at a time.

Eve Duncan’s job is to put a face on the faceless victims of violent crimes. Her work not only comforts their survivors—but helps catch their killers. But there is another, more personal reason that Eve Duncan is driven to do the kind of work she does—a dark nightmare from a past she can never bury. And as she works on the skull of a newly discovered victim, that past is about to return all over again.

The victim is a Jane Doe found murdered, her face erased beyond recognition. But whoever killed her wasn’t just trying to hide her identity. The plan was far more horrifying. For as the face forms under Eve’s skilled hands, she is about to get the shock of her life. The victim is someone she knows all too well. Someone who isn’t dead. Yet.

Instantly Eve’s peaceful life is shattered. The sanctuary of the lakeside cottage she shares with Atlanta detective Joe Quinn and their adopted daughter Jane has been invaded by a killer who’s sent the grimmest of threats: the face of his next victim. To stop him, Eve must put her own life in the balance and question everything and everyone she trusts. Not even Quinn can go where Eve must go this time.

As the trail of faceless bodies leads to a chilling revelation, Eve finds herself trying to catch a master murderer whose grisly work is a testament to a mind warped by perversion and revenge. Now she must pit her skills against his in a showdown where the stakes are life itself—and where the unbearable cost of failure will make Eve’s own murder seem like a mercy killing.

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Joe watched the body wrapped in a dark green tarp being carefully lifted from the grave by the forensic team.

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Chapters 1 - 19

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This is book 5 of 16 in Eve Duncan. (standard series)

Preceded by Body of Lies, and followed by Countdown.

This is book 8 of 25 in Eve Duncan and Friends. (standard series)

Preceded by Fatal Tide, and followed by Countdown.

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  1. Iris Johansen (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 14, 2004
ISBN: 978-0553803419
Page Count: 352

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  • Library of Congress: PS3560.O275 B56 2004
  • Dewey: 813.54

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  • The Face of Deception
  • The Killing Game
  • Body of Lies

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