Countdown, Iris Johansen
Countdown, Iris Johansen
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Countdown

Author: Iris Johansen

Narrator: Kate Burton

Abridged: 4 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/10/2005

Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A young woman finds herself caught in a maze of secrets and stalked by a merciless killer in this breakneck Eve Duncan novel from renowned author Iris Johansen.

“Top-notch . . . a unique supernatural twist on the classic thriller.”—Booklist

“Don’t kill her. She’s no good to us dead.” These words haunt Jane MacGuire. She thought she’d escaped a random kidnapping, but she’s about to learn that the truth is far more terrifying. . . .

Now Jane is running for her life. Her adoptive parents, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan and Joe Quinn, of the Atlanta PD, can’t help. The FBI can’t help. No one can. Except a man who may be more dangerous than those pursuing her. A smuggler, a con man, Mark Trevor had his own mysterious reasons for wanting to keep Jane safe from a relentless killer and a two-thousand-year-old mystery that could rock the modern-day world.

For the past is returning with a vengeance that knows no mercy. The countdown has begun, and it’s closer to zero than anyone thinks.

About Iris Johansen

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, American author Iris Johansen went through the usual life duties of being wife and mother, until her children left home to attend college. In 1980, she began experiencing success with her writing of category romances. Next, Johansen started writing romance novels that had a historical and a suspense theme intertwined. One such novel was her successful, The Wind Dancer, published in 1991. Then, in 1996, she changed again, this time to crime fiction. To date, that has been her most successful genre. She has had seventeen consecutive New York Times bestsellers through 2006.

Johansen lives near Atlanta, Georgia, and has two children. Son, Roy Johnson, is an award winning screenwriter and novelist in his own right. Daughter, Tamara, serves as her mother's research assistant.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carl on February 14, 2016

In Countdown, Jane Maguire is a student at Harvard who has managed to elude serial killers in the past twice—a real believable premise to begin with—and now people are trying to get her again. If you detect the sarcasm, it’s because this novel has a major failing in believability. This time Jane is......more

Goodreads review by Marjolein (UrlPhantomhive) on January 17, 2016

Read all my reviews on [URL not allowed] It's been a while since I read this book, but I want to get all my reviews completed. It was also one of the earlier thrillers that I've read. I think this one was promoted back in the day as something almost Dan Brown-ish since it has some......more

Goodreads review by Emily on September 04, 2019

This book was good book but it focused on Jane vs Eve Duncan. It is more of a sequel to the Book Blind Alley. It takes place 4 years after the book Blind Alley. I gave it 2 stars as it just wasn't as good as the other books in the series. I have read 15 of the books in the series. This one just was......more

Goodreads review by M.M. Strawberry on November 28, 2018

This was the first Irish Johansen book I ever read. I noticed this in the store where I work at, and it looked interesting enough, so I thought, why not. I was expecting way more than... this. The story is not very well-constructed and focuses more on the character of Jane and her connection with a R......more

Goodreads review by Linda on December 24, 2019

This episode of the Eve Duncan series introduces the reader to McDuff, the Scottish Laird and Jock, the youth turned into assassin via brainwashing. It also introduces reader’s to Jock; not the Jock we have come to love; but the confused, scared kid he was when McDuff found him. It also give reason......more

Quotes

“Trust crowd-pleaser Johansen.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Johansen knows exactly what her devoted readers want and gives it to them.”—Publishers Weekly

“Johansen delivers a top-notch sequel filled with great chases, original characters, and intricate plot twists, creating a unique supernatural twist on the classic thriller.”—Booklist

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