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l1brarygirl's review
5.0
#3 The Search - ★★★★★
#4 Body of Lies - ★★★★★
#5 Blind Alley - ★★★★★
#6 Countdown - ★★★★★
#7 Stalemate- ★★★★★
#8 Quicksand - ★★★★★
#9 Blood Game - ★★★★★
#10 Eight Days to Live - ★★★★★
#4 Body of Lies - ★★★★★
#5 Blind Alley - ★★★★★
#6 Countdown - ★★★★★
#7 Stalemate- ★★★★★
#8 Quicksand - ★★★★★
#9 Blood Game - ★★★★★
#10 Eight Days to Live - ★★★★★
robinlovesreading's review
5.0
This eleventh book in the Eve Duncan series is also listed as the first book in the Catherine Ling series. We are introduced to the fearless CIA agent Catherine Ling. Catherine grew up on the streets of Hong Kong and she met a unique man named Hu Chang, an ageless genius with a gift of creating poisons. At a very young age she was recruited by the CIA and has proved to become an invaluable agent.
As this book begins, she is deep in the middle of the rain forest on a dangerous rescue mission with hopes of rescuing a father and his fourteen-year-old daughter. She swiftly takes men down and she gets finds them, the father has been killed, leaving Catherine to rescue the daughter, Kelly. Catherine expertly whisks Kelly to safety.
Meanwhile, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is approached by Agent Venable of the CIA to do an age progression. However, despite this book being a part of the Eve Duncan series, the focus is on Catherine and her search for her son, who was kidnapped at two years of age. It has been nine years and Catherine truly believes he is still alive. Eve can truly relate to Catherine's situation because her daughter Bonnie was kidnapped and killed when she was seven years old and Eve has been trying to locate her remains in order to come to peace with her tragic loss.
Eve turns her attention to Catherine's plight, as well as Kelly, the girl who was rescued. As it turns out, Kelly is a majorly gifted teen, who sees patterns in situations, and plays a major role in the search for Catherine's son Luke. During all the years Luke has been missing, Catherine has been plagued a man who is indeed a monster, Rakovich, who taunts her about what has happened to Luke. Eve, her long-time lover Joe, and Kelly make the trek to Russia in order to find Luke.
This exciting book (whether considered to be the eleventh book of one series or the first book in this series) has everything - romance, action and danger. It strikes a chord for every parent's worst fear of their child being taken.
I admit to being hung up on Iris Johansen and have recently binge read the entire Eve Duncan series and now this entire Catherine Ling series and will continue this blog post with the next book.
As this book begins, she is deep in the middle of the rain forest on a dangerous rescue mission with hopes of rescuing a father and his fourteen-year-old daughter. She swiftly takes men down and she gets finds them, the father has been killed, leaving Catherine to rescue the daughter, Kelly. Catherine expertly whisks Kelly to safety.
Meanwhile, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is approached by Agent Venable of the CIA to do an age progression. However, despite this book being a part of the Eve Duncan series, the focus is on Catherine and her search for her son, who was kidnapped at two years of age. It has been nine years and Catherine truly believes he is still alive. Eve can truly relate to Catherine's situation because her daughter Bonnie was kidnapped and killed when she was seven years old and Eve has been trying to locate her remains in order to come to peace with her tragic loss.
Eve turns her attention to Catherine's plight, as well as Kelly, the girl who was rescued. As it turns out, Kelly is a majorly gifted teen, who sees patterns in situations, and plays a major role in the search for Catherine's son Luke. During all the years Luke has been missing, Catherine has been plagued a man who is indeed a monster, Rakovich, who taunts her about what has happened to Luke. Eve, her long-time lover Joe, and Kelly make the trek to Russia in order to find Luke.
This exciting book (whether considered to be the eleventh book of one series or the first book in this series) has everything - romance, action and danger. It strikes a chord for every parent's worst fear of their child being taken.
I admit to being hung up on Iris Johansen and have recently binge read the entire Eve Duncan series and now this entire Catherine Ling series and will continue this blog post with the next book.
lettemeread's review
4.0
I received the Advanced Reading Copy from Librarything's Early Reviewer giveaway. When I first saw they were giving away arc's of Iris Johansen I was extremely excited. I received the book and I continued to be excited, the cover is engaging, the colors of the sunset or both settling and uneasy at the same time. Kinda weird.
I settled in to read another story about Eve Duncan.
This story wasn't so much about Eve, as it is about Catherine Ling. Years earlier Catherine helped to discredit a very powerful and ruthless man, in retaliation this man kidnapped her son and has been holding him hostage. Catherine is done waiting for this man to return her son, she is done waiting for government agencies to help her, she turns to Eve to enlist Eve's help with a computer aging program to see what her son would look like today. This is not Eve's specialty and it takes some convincing by Catherine to enlist Eve's aid.
Through many twists and turns, do Eve and Catherine go. Finally ending in the confrontation with the wicked powerful and psychotic man.
The story was relatively fast paced, which I like in these type of books. Which is strange because I kept getting the feeling that there should be a little more dialogue here and a little more description there. Other than the tiny little feeling, I enjoyed the plot and it kept me engaged which is always a good thing with a book. If you have read Iris Johansen before and liked the read, you'll like this one.
I settled in to read another story about Eve Duncan.
This story wasn't so much about Eve, as it is about Catherine Ling. Years earlier Catherine helped to discredit a very powerful and ruthless man, in retaliation this man kidnapped her son and has been holding him hostage. Catherine is done waiting for this man to return her son, she is done waiting for government agencies to help her, she turns to Eve to enlist Eve's help with a computer aging program to see what her son would look like today. This is not Eve's specialty and it takes some convincing by Catherine to enlist Eve's aid.
Through many twists and turns, do Eve and Catherine go. Finally ending in the confrontation with the wicked powerful and psychotic man.
The story was relatively fast paced, which I like in these type of books. Which is strange because I kept getting the feeling that there should be a little more dialogue here and a little more description there. Other than the tiny little feeling, I enjoyed the plot and it kept me engaged which is always a good thing with a book. If you have read Iris Johansen before and liked the read, you'll like this one.
archerkel's review against another edition
1.0
I have never read a book by Iris Johansen, and, after finishing this story, I will probably never bother to read one again. I found the story lacking and difficult to engage with. The characters were one dimensional and nothing happened with the plot for more than half the book. At page 176 out of 362 I found myself still waiting for the story to start.
I did not realize I was jumping into the middle of the series, which may be why I was not impressed with the book.
I did not realize I was jumping into the middle of the series, which may be why I was not impressed with the book.
melodytime's review
4.0
I have gotten so tired of Eve Duncan. But this was one of the best Duncan stories in a while. Catherine's two-year-old son was abducted nine years ago in an act of revenge. She knows he's still alive, and she convinces Eve to do an age progression to determine what he looks like today. Eve completes the job but is drawn into the plan to rescue her son. Through it all, a friendship is forged between Eve and the very wary Catherine. Hopefully, with the upcoming novel, Eve, we are approaching the end of this series, and Eve will be able to find closure by bringing her Bonnie home.
sarcrawsh's review against another edition
2.0
I had a really hard time getting into this one. I found it moved very slowly at the beginning, and I wasn't nearly as invested in the characters as I have been in previous novels - which is weird, since they're the same characters. Maybe I'm just getting tired of the series...
lpcoolgirl's review against another edition
5.0
Yeah, loved rereading this book! A great mystery, we get introduced to Catherine, and that's going to lead to the 2011 Eve trilogy! Need to read more!