The Face of Deception - Softcover

Johansen, Iris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340739304 ISBN 13: 9780340739303

Publisher: Bantam Books, 1999

Synopsis

When forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is asked to recreate a face from a skull, it seems like a routine job. Until the skull begins to reveal its shocking identity - it belongs to a man who's supposed to be alive, a man of vital importance to the nation. Then Eve finds she has some powerful enemies.

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Review:

After losing her beloved child to a serial killer, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan survives by focusing on her career. The best in her field at rebuilding faces from bare skull bones, Eve specializes in identifying missing children. When billionaire John Logan requests her help in identifying an adult skull, Eve--already swamped with work--tells Logan that she isn't interested. But when he volunteers to donate a large sum of money to a charity for missing children in exchange for her time, Eve reluctantly agrees. Logan neglects to tell her that there are powerful, desperate people who are determined to keep the skull's true identity a secret at any cost. Eve's gut instincts tell her that Logan is holding back vital information: Does the billionaire really believe that he's uncovered new insight into the Kennedy assassination? Or does the skull tie him to a mysterious murder? Eve's wildest guesses don't even come close to the stunning truth that she discovers when she at last studies the restored face. Now she and Logan have proof of a dark secret that could get them killed. And it will take all of their combined cunning and sheer nerve to survive. Well plotted, meticulously researched and spine-tingling, The Face of Deception is a fast-paced game of hide-and-seek, as Eve and Logan race to stay one step ahead of relentless pursuers while accomplishing the delicate, high-tech restoration for which Eve is famous. Leave all the lights on if you read this one at night alone. --Lois Faye Dyer

From the Publisher:

Praise for Iris Johansen and her novels:

"Iris Johansen is incomparable."
--Tami Hoag, New York Times bestselling author of Guilty as Sin and A Thin Dark Line

"Iris Johansen knows how to win instant fans."
--Associated Press

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0340739304
• ISBN 13: 9780340739303
• Binding: Paperback