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A review by robinlovesreading
Chasing The Night by Iris Johansen
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.