Eight Days to Live: An Eve Duncan Forensics Thriller (Eve Duncan Forensics Thrillers) [Bargain Price] [Hardcover]

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Eight Days to Live: An Eve Duncan Forensics Thriller (Eve Duncan Forensics Thrillers) [Bargain Price] [Hardcover]

Product Details

Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition (April 20, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312368151
ASIN: B0047GNCTO
Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

By : Iris Johansen
Price : $11.20
You Save : $16.79 (60%)

Customer Reviews

My daughter's the Eve Duncan addict, but here is my take on this one:
This one's more about Eve's adopted daughter, Jane - but that's just fine. It has shades of Dan Brown's works, because there are distinct "quasi-religious" elements (and a cult, Sang Noir - Black Blood!) and paranormal aspects tangled up in the plot and the mystery (not a lot of forensics, either...)
You'll travel to interesting ports of call during the course of this novel - and its pace is good throughout. There's just enough tension between Jock and Seth to keep the pages turning, and Jane herself faces some decisions that add to the thrill.
All in all, a good ride, if not quite in the more familiar Eve Duncan/forensics mode.

I really enjoyed Iris Johansen's Eve Duncan thrillers for a long time. But then it just got to the point where I think to myself, how many serial killers can one woman go through. And it's bad enough that Eve gets her share but come on, Jane too. It's gotten beyond ridiculous. I really wanted to enjoy this book. I really would like to see that day that Eve finds her daughter's body. But I realized with this book, I just couldn't do it anymore. I didn't even make it 1/2 way through. I think it's time Johansen wound this series up and came up with something new. But then again, as long as she's making money off of it, I'm sure the series will continue. Can't exactly blame her. But I won't be recommending this book either.