The Face of Deception, Iris Johansen
The Face of Deception, Iris Johansen
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The Face of Deception

Author: Iris Johansen

Narrator: Jill Hennessy

Abridged: 5 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/05/2000


Synopsis

From Iris Johansen, the nationally acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of And Then You Die and The Ugly Duckling, comes her most electrifying novel yet.

Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan has a rare--and bittersweet--gift. Her unique ability to reconstruct the identity of the long dead from their skulls has helped bring closure to parents of missing children. For Eve, whose own daughter was murdered and her body never found, the job is a way of coming to terms with her personal nightmare.

When she is approached by billionaire magnate John Logan to reconstruct the face of an adult murder victim, only his promise of a sizable charitable contribution persuades her to accept. It's a simple bargain, yet it's the most dangerous one she'll ever make.

The warning signs are clear. There is the specially equipped lab Eve is taken to in a country inn turned high-tech security fortress in rural Virginia. Surveillance cameras monitor her every move. The telephones are tapped. And then there is Logan himself--by turns ruthless, charming, and desperate.

But it's too late for Eve to walk out. The skull has begun to reveal its shocking identity, trapping her in a frightening web of murder and deceit. To free herself, she has no choice but to expose that identity and to trust Logan, the man who put her life in danger, a man who may see her as an expendable pawn.

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 Diane on November 26, 2017

Good series! lovely storyline with a decent mystery,very suspenseful and it involves awesome characters that was also well written (paperback!)......more

Goodreads review by Paul on March 13, 2024

Fleshing out the bones of a fine thriller ... ! Eve Duncan, the finest forensic sculptor in the world, just can't seem to get past the grief of losing her daughter to a serial killer who was executed without disclosing the location of the body. As a method of dealing with her own psychological issue......more

Goodreads review by Diana on November 21, 2023

When a friend told me her favorite author was Iris Johansen, I said: Who? Well I’m so glad I am aware of Iris Johansen now! The Face of Deception is such a unique, creative, suspenseful and exciting book! I’ve never heard of a forensic sculptor — How different and refreshing! Eve Duncan herself is a......more

Goodreads review by Janie on August 27, 2016

I chose this book for my Month of Mystery because it is another book of a very long series in which I have been collection the books, but not reading them. So I thought it about time to pick up the first book and get started on knocking some of these out. Synopsis An unidentified skull... A trail of te......more

Goodreads review by Alex is The Romance Fox on September 18, 2012

I first read this book in 1999 and since then I have been following Eve Duncan’s life and her heartbreaking search for her daughter’s body, which had disappeared without a trace. Since then I have waited anxiously for the release of each book and to date have read them so many times to remember the e......more


Quotes

"One of her best...a fast-paced, non-stop, clever plot in which Johansen mixes political intrigue, murder and suspense."—USA Today

"The book's twists and turns manage to hold the reader hostage until the denouement, a sure crowd pleaser."—Publishers Weekly