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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Great book! I love this character and the story line, but this particular book was great because I never suspected the ending! A real page turner!! (  ) jlouise77 | Sep 8, 2009 |  More dialogue than anything and not very good dialogue at that. If I had been told that Jane was twelve, then I would have thought her a mature adult. (  ) baleclerc | Jun 13, 2009 | As a forensic sculptor, Eve Duncan deals in death every day of her life. A call from a senator brings her to Baton Rouge to identify the remains of an unknown murder victim. She is forced to work in secrecy and given only the sketchiest of information. Eve can't help but wonnder if the high-level security that surrounds her is meant to protect her or imprison her. She hasn't even begun work on the reconstruction when the first death occurs. (Not that good) (  )  jepeters333 | Nov 16, 2008 | Another great book by a great author. I have read two Johansen works now, and I must say that I am definitely hooked. I was unaware until msg. 50 that this was a part of a series, and so now I find myself fighting with me on whether to run out and buy the rest of them. I bet I win no matter what. Anyhow, back to the task at hand, I found it hard to quit reading once I started. I absolutely adored Jane, she's a tough cookie for a little girl. I wish that I would have read the other books first so that I knew Eve and Joe's background better. Other than that, I was very happy with this book and enjoyed it immensely. molly4407 | Nov 13, 2008 | .... I read this awhile ago so I must skip the details... "Body of Lies" was my first read of the Eve Duncan series and i loved it. I was hooked from the first chapter. It was full of suspense and action. Great story line and written well. It has likeable and interesting characters (who jump around from book to book throughout the series). A real page turner that i'm sure wont disappoint the Iris fans. (  ) Babygirl25661 | Oct 31, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0553582143, Mass Market Paperback)Just as there are sculptors who insist they liberate forms imprisoned within marble and granite, Eve Duncan, the strong-willed heroine of Body of Lies, is a forensic sculptor driven by a need to liberate innocence from the shroud of death. Tops in her field, Eve obsesses over recreating the likenesses of faceless, decomposed murder victims, using only their bare skulls as a guide. It's a spooky career that began when Eve's own daughter, Bonnie, vanished and was later discovered, the girl's remains unrecognizable.In Body of Lies, a killer uncovers a shocking truth about Bonnie, driving a rattled Eve to take a dangerous assignment in the darkest heart of bayou country. There, at the weird behest of a shady senator, Eve rebuilds the visage of the politician's late rival, a challenge that nearly results in her murder, strains her romance with a hard-bitten detective, and uncovers a fantastic global conspiracy over energy profits and much else. Wildly ambitious, Iris Johansen's Body of Lies inspires paranoia about the rich and powerful, though it gets unwieldy when Johansen's action writing and characters don't plausibly sustain the image of a secret society hell-bent on world domination. More effective are her bright supporting characters (especially Eve's Liverpudlian protector, Galen), bursts of descriptive wit, and insights into her wounded but dogged heroine. --Tom Keogh (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:10 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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