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Summary: Don't start this book at 11 o'clock at night!
Review: Iris Johansen really knows how to grab your attention in this page-turner. I carried this book with me all around the house until I finished it. I loaned it to 2 friends and advised them to prepare to be mesmerized. Iris Johansen is a truly gifted author. All of her books flow naturally and I have never been disappointed.
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Summary: I did not like it much...
Review: .. Well I really did not like it period.! It was boring and unrealistic even for fiction and plain out stupid. There were a lot of unanswered questions AND where is the romance? not even one lousy kiss!
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Summary: A Good Read!
Review: Enjoyed all of Iris' suspense novels. This one is as good as the others. Can't wait for the sequel. I kind of figured out that there would be a sequel about half way through the book.
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Summary: Suspenseful, far-fetched
Review: I wasn't certain what to expect from this book after reading the reviews. Because I like Iris Johansen's books, I read this one anyway. I agree that the premise was truly unbelievable but the book did keep me interested enough to finish it very quickly. I do have one question, maybe I missed it, and maybe it will be addressed in the sequel the author talks about at the end -- but why did Joe Quinn marry his wife, Diane? At one point he said he hoped she never found out why and then when he was in the hospital, he asked her to close the door because they "needed to talk". What's the deal? Overall, a good read.
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Summary: I was NEVER so disappointed in my life!
Review: I waited for my newly released Face of Deception, to be sent to me. I couldn't wait to get home when I had found out it had arrived. My anticipation grew when I knew that I would the weekend to read. From reading her pass works, I knew that I was in for a treat. When I got to around page 200, and Ms. Johansen had yet to develop the main character fully, I knew that there would be no true ending of this book. I feel the plot was very well written, and overall it was above average. I just feel that I should have waited until the paperback came out, when I would not be waiting at least a year for the conclusion of this book, in my view, that the author should have spent 250 more pages to completing.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK!!!! LOVE THIS AUTHOR!!!
Review: The Face of Deception grabs you from page one. You feel like you know Ms. Johansens characters personally, and root for the good guy to prevail. I am looking forward to the next book with Eve Duncans character.
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Summary: This was a very disappointing book!
Review: Even with a premise this silly, a better writer might have made the story work. Unfortunately for the reader, the weakest character by far is the protagonist, Eve Duncan. She's totally one dimensional. It's hard to understand why either Joe Quinn or John Logan is interested in her. And, if you take out all the expletives (mostly Eve's), you'd have a book about half its current length and save a lot of trees in the process.
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Summary: A huge disappointment.
Review: Iris Johansen has jumped into the arena of ludicrous conspiracy theories with a novel that constitutes neither a thriller or romantic suspense. It's just plain nutty, going beyond the realm of credibility into something that had me exclaiming out loud in disbelief. Common sense tells one that nothing in her plot could ever happen in real life. I know it's fiction, but unless it's science fiction, I like a little dose of reality in a plot. I sure didn't get any in this book. I used to be a big fan of Ms. Johansen, but her last three books have really strained my fondness for her writing. Suffice it to say I'll be spending my money elsewhere from now on.
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Summary: Entertaining, with some good twists
Review: If you're tired of the overwritten, holier than thou Kay Scarpetta, you can find a new hero in Eve Duncan. She is tough, smart, yet vulnerable. This story uses many current themes (dominant first ladies, conspiracy theory, billionaires dabbling in politics) which I found amusing. The author surprises us, though, with some plot twists that had me guessing. Pick it up if you're looking for reading entertainment. I recommend it to Grafton fans.
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Summary: entertaining conspiracy theory
Review: Ralph Andrew Frazier shared plenty in common with Ted Bundy. Both had plenty of charm and were handsome, and both were mass killers. Before being stopped, Ralph murdered thirteen children even though he was legally executed for killing only one child whose corpse he was unable to dispose of in time. Eight years have passed since Ralph's reign of terror ended, but a mother of one of the victims, Eve Duncan, still has no closure because the psychopath never revealed where he interred the remains.To compensate for her inability to properly bury her child, Eve has become one of the nation's leading forensic sculptors. She has the uncanny ability to construct a face from a skull, thereby identifying the remains of missing people. Billionaire John Logan hires Eve to use her talent to ascertain the identity of a skull he possesses. Unbeknownst to Eve is that determining who the deceased is will become a very dangerous accomplishment. A conspiratorial group in the highest political offices in the land are perpetuating a hoax on the American public and will kill anyone who threatens to expose them and their secret . A mother's loss is turned into a crusade to help other people find the closure denied to her; while a true patriot needs to prove his conspiracy theory which he feels threatens the ssence of democracy. These two lost souls converge in a dangerous but believable situation that will enthrall conspiracy buffs as well as entertaining fans of psychological suspense. Iris Johansen accomplishes this and more in THE FACE OF DECEPTION, which is bound to be a bestseller. Harriet Klausner
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