Eight Days to Live, Iris Johansen
Eight Days to Live, Iris Johansen
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Eight Days to Live

Author: Iris Johansen

Narrator: Jennifer Van Dyck

Unabridged: 11 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/20/2010

Synopsis

It all begins with a painting called Guilt. Eve Duncan’s daughter, Jane, has no idea why she painted the portrait of the chilling face that now hangs in a Paris gallery. But the members of a cult that dates back to the time of Christ know both the face and the significance behind it. They believe that Jane must die—when the moment is right, and not an instant before she leads them to an ancient treasure whose value and power are beyond price. But for now they target those close to her, killing without mercy or conscience.Jane’s journey takes her from Paris to Scotland to a cave in the Holy Land, as she fights with all she has to save her life. Even with Eve’s help, can she possibly escape before the clock stops ticking?Eight Days to Live begins with an ancient conspiracy and a shocking betrayal, but will it end with the death of Eve Duncan and the sacrifice of Jane MacGuire? With Eight Days to Live, #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen delivers a thriller that will chill you to the core.

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

AudiobooksNow review by J M on 2011-01-11 10:35:23

Dialogue full of constant overstatement, cliched phrases, and way too much melodrama. More annoying than enjoyable.

Goodreads review by Becky on August 01, 2010

I'm giving this book two stars because of my lingering respect for Iris Johansen, but I will say that she needs to step it up or my ratings will start falling to one star and then eventually I'm going to stop reading her. This book involves Eve Duncan but is concentrated on Jane MacGuire, her adopted......more

Goodreads review by TJ on May 29, 2010

I think I'm going to have to give up on Iris Johansen. Her first books are some of the best I have read. The last few, however, have been standard stock and depressingly formulaic. The plots are exactly the same from book to book and the characters are cookie cutter to the extreme and totally one di......more

Goodreads review by Choco on May 22, 2023

La saga es entretenida. No más. Ni menos. Pero empezó siendo una serie negra con toques de thriller sobre una escultora forense y ha dado un extraño giro a lo paranormal en los últimos números, que no sé cómo encajar. Intrigada. Destripadoras......more

Goodreads review by Alex is The Romance Fox on July 24, 2012

Synopsis: Number-one New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen delivers a thriller that will chill you to the core: Eve Duncan’s adopted daughter Jane has been targeted by a mysterious cult who has decided that she has only eight days to live Eve Duncan and her adopted daughter, Jane Macguire,......more

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