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Blind Alley (Eve Duncan, Bk 5)
Blind Alley - Eve Duncan, Bk 5
Author: Iris Johansen
ISBN-13: 9780553803419
ISBN-10: 0553803417
Publication Date: 9/14/2004
Pages: 278
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 216 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Hardcover
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crysteena73 avatar reviewed Blind Alley (Eve Duncan, Bk 5) on + 54 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Although this book is advertised an Eve Duncan book this book is mainly about Jane her foster daughter. The book starts off with a bang but then among the history of a 2000 year old death it loses somthing along the way. A crazed killer is killing all women who resemble this 2000 year old dead woman and Jane happens to look like her. At one point I thought it would have some sort of big explosive climax but kind of left the reader hanging. Yes, the bad guy bit it, yes the good guys won but there was almost no point in Eve's part of the book. She reconstructed a skull only to state "Dear God in Heaven." and then the book never explains. It's the cliffhanger from hell and makes this one book that cannot stand alone, which is my idea of an excellent thriller.
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Helpful Score: 3
If you are a Patrical Cornwell fan you will fall in love with this author. Eve Duncon's job is put faces that has been destroyed by time or a murder.By supplying a face it is easier to indentify the victim and than hope the trail will lead to the murder.
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Helpful Score: 2
Lovely mystery--easy to read and no graphic sex or violence. Just a nice, comfortable read instead of summer re-runs. Not complicated or confusing. Just a nice read--
LoveBeingMOM avatar reviewed Blind Alley (Eve Duncan, Bk 5) on + 134 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Iris Johansen has done it again...she pulls you into the story and you do not want to put the book down.

Eve Duncan is a forensic sculptor and the mother of Bonnie, a child that has been murdered. Now Eve's adopted daughter, Jane, is the focus of a twisted psychopath. Will the past revisit Eve? Will she loose Jane, as she did Bonnie or will there be a happy ending? You will have to read this page-turner to find out.
Nightcrawler avatar reviewed Blind Alley (Eve Duncan, Bk 5) on + 207 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Only Iris Johansen can get away with writing about re-incarnation in a realistisc setting and have me buy into it. In this novel, the adopted child of Eve Duncan is somehow made the trget of a serial killer, Aldo. Aldo is ridding the world of the face of a woman he scorns, and has been dead 2,000 years. The Story is told through quick dream sequences and quick chapters.
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Helpful Score: 1
It was a page turner and of course at the end you wanted it to keep on going..
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I always enjoy her books. This series is very interesting and exciting. Hard to put down.
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Very good Eve Duncan mystery.
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One obsessed killer.......one deadly trap.....one woman's darkest nightmare.
Another good book from Iris johansen. Good to the very end
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Typical Johansen with fast action and details that keep you on the edge of your deat!
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I've read several of the Eve Duncan Forensic thrillers and this is a good one. When asked to reconstruct an "ancient" skull to determine its identity, she finds the face of someone close to her---who isn't even dead yet. A good yarn.
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If you like forensic thrillers this is good.
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I just like this author. She is not real accurate, in the way of reality but the story is still fun.
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I just love all her books with Jane in them. If you have never read her books you are missing out.
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I love Eve Duncan....the forensic sculpter who is the main character in this book. This book is a thriller, and will keep you turning pages and missing sleep until you know who the victim and perpetrator are.
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I'm a fan of anything Johansen writes. This murder mystery has a twist & I enjoyed it like all the others I've read by her.
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An Eve Duncan thriller!
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Intriguing suspense
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one of my favourites by this author: a definite don't miss forensic artist thriller
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This book held my interest the whole way through. I have enjoyed all of the Iris Johansen books I have read so far. I think her main character, Eve Duncan is a real spunky gal no matter what is thrown her way.
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Very good Book I reccomend reading it
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I really like Iris Johansen. The binding of the book shows that I have read this book several times but it is still in good condition.
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an Eve Duncan Forensics Thriller!
Chesara avatar reviewed Blind Alley (Eve Duncan, Bk 5) on + 153 more book reviews
The New York Times bestselling author of Firestorm, Iris Johansen, returns with a psychological thriller so terrifying, so relentlessly paced, it wont 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 herone life at a time.

Eve Duncans job is to put a face on the faceless victims of violent crimes. Her work not only comforts their survivorsbut helps catch their killers. But there is another, more personal reason that Eve Duncan is driven to do the kind of work she doesa 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 wasnt just trying to hide her identity. The plan was far more horrifying. For as the face forms under Eves skilled hands, she is about to get the shock of her life. The victim is someone she knows all too well. Someone who isnt dead. Yet.

Instantly Eves 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 whos 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 itselfand where the unbearable cost of failure will make Eves own murder seem like a mercy killing.
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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 wont 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 herone life at a time.

Eve Duncans job is to put a face on the faceless victims of violent crimes. Her work not only comforts their survivorsbut helps catch their killers. But there is another, more personal reason that Eve Duncan is driven to do the kind of work she doesa 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 wasnt just trying to hide her identity. The plan was far more horrifying. For as the face forms under Eves skilled hands, she is about to get the shock of her life. The victim is someone she knows all too well. Someone who isnt dead. Yet.

Instantly Eves 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 whos 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 itselfand where the unbearable cost of failure will make Eves own murder seem like a mercy killing.
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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.
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Not my favorite style. Didn't finish
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on the edge thriller
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A forensic sculptor is locked in a deadly duel with a serial killer determined to destroy her.
amy77 avatar reviewed Blind Alley (Eve Duncan, Bk 5) on + 2 more book reviews
Another wonder Eve Duncan novel. Iris Johansen keeps the reader guessing at every turn.
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Good, but not her best Eve Duncan.
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If you lik Iris Johansen you'll love this book....if you have never read anything that she has written you have been missing out.
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I absolutely love this author and her characters in this series.
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In her latest thriller about Atlanta detective Joe Quinn and the love of his life, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, Joe gives Eve a skull to reconstruct. Eerily enough, the face resembles 17-year-old Jane MacGuire, who has been offered sanctuary by Eve and Joe after surviving a rough-and-tumble life on the streets. Now it seems that a killer is trying to erase all evidence of her face because it is identical to that of a statue of a woman who died during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Several look-alikes have already been killed in Europe, and Scotland Yard sends in hunky Mark Trevor to help. Eve mistrusts him, but Jane, who has had recurring nightmares related to the killings, believes that he's there to help her. Eve and Joe want to protect Jane, but the intrepid teenager knows that unless she confronts the killer, she will live the rest of her life in fear. Johansen has become adept at mixing supernatural elements with intriguing suspense, and her new tale will please both fans and new converts with its unpredictable journey from Atlanta to the archaeological digs of Herculaneum in Italy.
Giggy avatar reviewed Blind Alley (Eve Duncan, Bk 5) on + 42 more book reviews
I liked this one very much.
Ellaina avatar reviewed Blind Alley (Eve Duncan, Bk 5) on + 42 more book reviews
An Eve Duncan book. She puts a face to a skull and discovers that it resembles her adopted daughter.

A good read.
WildOrchid avatar reviewed Blind Alley (Eve Duncan, Bk 5) on + 222 more book reviews
Another great Eve Duncan forensic thriller.
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A psychological thriller--terrifying and fast-paced. A forensi sculptor is locked in a deadly duel with a serial killer determined to destroy her. As she works on recreating the skull of a new victim, she gets the shock of her life--the victim is someone she knows.
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Love reading about Eve, Jane & Joe- they are some of my favorite characters to visit!
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part of the eve duncan series. but not one of her best
ocnsangel avatar reviewed Blind Alley (Eve Duncan, Bk 5) on + 224 more book reviews
a fast paced forensic thriller,keeps you guessing
great read.
Honeygirl62 avatar reviewed Blind Alley (Eve Duncan, Bk 5) on + 165 more book reviews
This was my first Iris Johansen book and I really liked it. Now I want to go to the beginning of the Eve Duncan books and read all of them.

In this book, Eve and Joe's foster daughter Jane is being targeted by a crazy serial killer and she talks them into allowing her to help them catch him by using her as bait.
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Very good suspense, with real imperfect characters that I just want to know more about. Iris Johansen writes with style and insight, and Blind Alley leads you on a wild roller coaster ride of emotions, fear, suspense and terror as she plunges the reader into a world of the unknown.
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A very good book, I really like this series. This book keeps you guessing, and saying "No!" several times!
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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 been erased beyoud recognition. But whoever killed her wasn't trying to hide her identity. The plan is far more horrifying. For as eve's skilled hands reveal the murdered girl's face, she recognizes someone she knows all too well. Someone who isn't dead. Yet.

To stop this trwisted psychopath, Eve must put her own life in the balance. But that's not the worst of it-when her adopted daughter Jane reveals a bizarre connection to the case, Eve can't stop her from joining the hunt for the killer. A hunt that will lead to a terrifying confrontation...BLIND ALLEY

Page turner, lot's of twists and turns to keep you guessing.
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A forensic sculptor Eve Duncan thriller
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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 been erased beyond recognition. But whoever killed her wasn't trying to hide her identity. The plan is far more horrifying. For as Eve's skilled hands reveal the murdered girl's face, she recognizes someone she knows all too well. Someone who isn't dead. YET.
To stop this twisted psychopath, Eve must put her own life in the balance. But that's not the worst of it-when her adopted daughter Jane reveals a bizarre connection to the case, Eve can't stop her from joining the hunt for the killer. A hunt that will lead to a terrifying confrontation...

I really enjoyed this book - I usually always enjoy Iris Johansen's books
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Another thriller from Iris. What more can I say?
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This is an original and chilling suspense!
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Great Book, Wonderful Author.
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Another good one by Iris Johansen! Edge of your seat thriller.
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.An adept mixing of supernatural elements with intriguing suspense

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Part romance, part Indiana Jones
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This was my first read by this author and I'm hooked! I have already ordered the next book in the series from PBS!
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good read.
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Good mystery
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Another great Eve Duncan book.
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An Eve Duncan book that invloves one of her own family....Excellent book, hard to put down. You really become involved with the characters.
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One obsessed Killer . . . One deadly trap . . . One woman's darkest nightmare
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As Eve Duncan works on a skull she gets the shock of her life. The murderded girls face has been erased. Whiever killed her wasn't trying to hide her identity, his plan was far mor horrifing. Eve puts her own life on the line to protect the ones she loves.
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Eve Duncan thriller. Forensic sculptor works on skull of newly discovered victim and gets the shock of her life. She recognizes the face as a girl not yet dead. Gripping!
Marcia avatar reviewed Blind Alley (Eve Duncan, Bk 5) on + 378 more book reviews
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 nwly discovered victim, she is about to get the shock of her life.
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One obsessed killer...one deadly trap...one woman's darkest nightmare. To stop this twisted psychopath, Eve must put her own life in the balance. But that's not the worst of it - when her adopted daughter reveals a bizarre connection to the case. Eve can't stop her from joining the hunt for the killer.

Great read, couldn't put it down, and it has an archelogical twist.
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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 been erased beyond recognition. But whoever killed her wasn't trying to hide her identity. The plan is far more horrifying. For as Eve's skilled hands reveal the murdered girl's face, she recognizes someone she knows all too well. Someone who isn't dead. Yet. To stop this twisted psychopath, Eve must put her own life in the balance. But that's not the worst of it--when her adopted daughter Jane reveals a bizarre connection to the case, Even can't stop her from joining the hunt for the killer. A hunt that will lead to a terrifying confrontation.
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This is part of the Eva Duncan series. I really like this writer and her charaters. If you like Johansen then you will like this one.
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Part of the Eve Duncan series
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A little bit of supernatural mixed with intrigue provides a good balance for a story that may please you. It did me.
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Kept me on the edge from the first chapter 'til the last.
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I usually love her Eve Duncan books, but this one was a bit slow....still enjoyable
timetravelgirl avatar reviewed Blind Alley (Eve Duncan, Bk 5) on + 153 more book reviews
Great can't wait to read countdown!
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Further adventures of Eve Duncan and her family
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love the 'eve duncan forensics thrillers'. this one starts the story of jane and trevor that is continued in countdown. interesting plot with physic connection to a powerful slave named 'cira' that lived when a volcano erupted and destroyed the whole town.
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From the back cover, "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 been erased beyond recognition. But whoever killed her wasn't trying to hide her identity. The plan is far more horrifying. For as Ev'e hands reveal the murdered girl's face, she recognizes someone she knows all tooo well. Someone who isn't dead...Yet.
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This author writes some of the best novels! This book is about a forensic sculptor named Eve Duncan - who works on the skull of a newly discovered victim to try to find out an identity.
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Her job is to put a face on the victims of violent crimes. But as forensic sculptor Eve Duncan works ont he skull of a newly discovered victim, she's about to get the shock of her life. The murdered Jane Doe's face has been erased beyond recognition. But whoever killed her wasn't trying to hide her identity. The plan is far more horrifying. For as Eve's skilled hands reveal the murdered girl's face, she recognizes someone she knows all too well. Someone who isn't dead. Yet.
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This is the fourth installment of Eve Duncan thrillers. I loved this book. I truly felt I was right there in the middle of the drama!
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Her job is to put a face on the victims of viloent crimes. But as forensic sculptor Eve Duncan works on the skull of a newly discovered victim, she is about to get the shock of her life. THe murdered Jane Doe's face has been erased beond recognition. But whoever killer her wasn't trying to hide her identitiy. As Eve;s skilled hands reveal the murdered girl's face, she recognizes soeone she knows all too well, sommeone who isn't dead. Yet!
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About Forensic Sculpter. Eve Duncan, and a Psychopath out to kill Her adopted Daughter, Jane.
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Eve Duncan works on a newly discovered skull with a face erased beyond recognition. She is shocked when the face is revealed to find it is someone she knows and they are not dead yet. Very good book with lots of thrills and intrigue.
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Love Iris Johansen but didn't care for this one. A little too 'science fiction' for me.
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Her job is to put a face on the victims of violent crimes. But as forensic sculpter 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 been erased beyond recognition. But whoever killed her wasn't trying to hide her identity. The plan is far more horrifying. For as Eve's skilled hands reveal the murdered girls face, she recognizes someone she knows all too well. Someone who isn't dead yet. To stop this twisted psycopath, Eve must put her own life in the balance. But that's not the worst of it-when her adopted daughter Jane reveals a bizarre connection to the case. Eve can't stop her from joining the hunt for the killer. A hunt that will lead to a terrifying confrontation...
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I enjoy Iris Johanson's books, but the Golden retriever x wolfdog makes me nuts, enough so that I haven't re-read this book. (Yet somehow, the telepathic Golden in the first on eof this set didn't bother me nearly as much- perhaps it's the romnaticisation of the wolf and wolfdogs....) Suspenseful and fun read though, other than that.
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AWESOME!
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Another good author! I love to read books with the same characters and their lives. This is another wonderful Eve Duncan book.
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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 been erased beyond recognition. But whoever killed her wasn't trying to hide her identity. The plan is far more horrifying. For as Eve's skilled hands reveal the murdered girl's face, she recognizes someone she knows all too well. Someone who isn't dead. Yet.

To stop this twisted psychopath, Eve must put her own life in the balance. But that's not the worst of it-when her adopted daughter Jane reveals a bizarre connection to the case, Eve can't stop her from joining the hunt for the killer. A hunt that will lead to a terrifying confrontation...
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Another good one
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Good book; enjoyable; easy and very fast read
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Mixing of supernatural elements with suspense; part romance; part Indiana Jones thriller.
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I found this book at the airport but actually purchased it when I had returned home. This started me on reading others by Johansen.
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it was pretty good
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Library copy.
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Great book.
The murdered Jane Doe's face has been erased beyond recognition. But whoever killed her wasn't trying to hide her identity. The plan is far more horrifying.
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A forensic sculptor is locked in a deadly dual with a serial killer determined to destroy her---one life at a time.
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In her latest thriller about Atlanta detective Joe Quinn and the love of his life, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, Joe gives Eve a skull to reconstruct. Eerily enough, the face resembles 17-year-old Jane MacGuire, who has been offered sanctuary by Eve and Joe after surviving a rough-and-tumble life on the streets. Now it seems that a killer is trying to erase all evidence of her face because it is identical to that of a statue of a woman who died during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Several look-alikes have already been killed in Europe, and Scotland Yard sends in hunky Mark Trevor to help. Eve mistrusts him, but Jane, who has had recurring nightmares related to the killings, believes that he's there to help her. Eve and Joe want to protect Jane, but the intrepid teenager knows that unless she confronts the killer, she will live the rest of her life in fear. Johansen has become adept at mixing supernatural elements with intriguing suspense, and her new tale will please both fans and new converts with its unpredictable journey from Atlanta to the archaeological digs of Herculaneum in Italy
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Forensic Sculptor Eve Duncan is shocked to see the face she has reconstructed on a murder victim is the face of her 17-year-old adopted daughter. A serial killer has moved through Europe and the USA, killing women who resemble a statue of a woman killed during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Scotland Yard's Mark Trevor has been sent to help find him. Eve doesn't trust him, but Jane believes he can help find the killer before the killer targets her.

I thought the first part of the book was interesting, especially the addition of Mark Trevor. But somewhere in the middle of the story, it lost steam for me. This was more a story of Eve's daughter, Jane, dealing with a serial killer who has specifically targeted her. My rating: 3.5 Stars.
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I generally love the Eve Duncan series, but Eve was secondary in this story. It's mainly about her foster daughter Jane and a killer who is after her. Didn't like it as much as other books in this series.
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Wonderfully packed with suspense
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GOOD READ
Mel avatar reviewed Blind Alley (Eve Duncan, Bk 5) on + 186 more book reviews
Blind Alley is extremely creepy. It is a good read if you like supernatural thrillers. I have to admit I couldn't get into it much and that I had to force myself to finish it. It was too easy of a book to put down.
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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 been erased beyond recognition. But whoever killed her wasn't trying to hide her identity. The plan is far more horrifying. For as Eve's skilled hands reveal the murdered girl's face, she recognizes someone she knows all too well. Someone who isn't dead. Yet.
To stop this twisted psychopath, Eve must put her own life in the balance. But that's not the worst of it--when her adopted daughter Jane reveals a bizarre connection to the case, Eve can't stop her from joining the hunt for the killer. A hunt that will lead to a terrifying confrontation.
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Good storyline, interesting characters, and some facinating history thrown in to boot. Like Iris Johansen's writing style.