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Countdown

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by Iris Johansen
Bernadette Dunne
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A young woman finds herself caught in a maze of secrets and stalked by a merciless killer in this breakneck Eve Duncan novel from renowned author Iris Johansen.
“Top-notch . . . a unique supernatural twist on the classic thriller.”—Booklist

“Don’t kill her. She’s no good to us dead.” These words haunt Jane MacGuire. She thought she’d escaped a random kidnapping, but she’s about to learn that the truth is far more terrifying. . . .
Now Jane is running for her life. Her adoptive parents, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan and Joe Quinn, of the Atlanta PD, can’t help. The FBI can’t help. No one can. Except a man who may be more dangerous than those pursuing her. A smuggler, a con man, Mark Trevor had his own mysterious reasons for wanting to keep Jane safe from a relentless killer and a two-thousand-year-old mystery that could rock the modern-day world.
For the past is returning with a vengeance that knows no mercy. The countdown has begun, and it’s closer to zero than anyone thinks.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Eve Duncan

  • Publisher

  • Awards

  • Release date

    May 10, 2005

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780739329719
      • File size: 339672 KB
      • Duration: 11:47:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Grozak, a racist intent on destroying two U.S. capitals, believes that Jane MacGuire is a mirror image of Cira, who escaped with a treasure near Herculaneum when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. Johansen's action-packed adventure takes the listener from Atlanta to Boston, from Herculaneum to Scotland, from Italy to a booby-trapped hideaway in Idaho. Bernadette Dunne's skillful narration, filled with Highland brogues and Italian and Aussie accents, moves the narration at the speed of a time warp. She makes it believable that 21-year-old Jane can outwit international terrorists, Homeland Security forces, the CIA, and various mercenaries. K.A.T. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 25, 2005
      Prolific bestseller Johansen subjects gutsy Jane Maguire to more troubles in her latest thrill ride. Jane, the adopted daughter of forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, was threatened by one serial killer in 1999's The Killing Game
      and another in 2004's Blind Alley
      , so it's no surprise that she's in danger again. The once troubled adolescent is now a brilliant Harvard student and talented artist who spends her summers at far-off archeological digs in Pompeii and Herculaneum, but she's still haunted by her resemblance to Cira, a woman who lived 2,000 years ago in the latter city. Suddenly she's being ambushed in alleys. Does the attempted kidnapping have something to do with Blind Alley
      's climax, in which Eve; her husband, Joe Quinn of the Atlanta PD; soldier of fortune Mark Trevor; and Jane, the bait, triumphed over the psychopath who was killing women who looked like Cira? You bet it does, as Trevor turns up in Cambridge, enigmatic but still definitely magnetic, determined to protect Jane from danger due to new developments regarding Cira, "the femme fatale of the ancient world." Seems all kinds of notorious criminals are after Cira's lost gold, but some people have mass murder on their minds. Action, romance, castles, bomb plots and a booby-trapped hideaway in snowbound Idaho—what more could Johansen fans want? Agent, Andrea Cirillo at the Jane Rotrosen Agency.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Jane McGuire's dreams hold the key to the location of gold buried in Pompeii after Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. Mark Trevor takes Jane to Scotland to keep her safe. Enemies want her to reveal her secrets, and no one will stop without the gold. Kate Burton digs into her bag of tricks to bring Scots, Brits, and Americans to life. The action is fierce, and Burton keeps the tension at its peak using fast-paced dialogue and narrative. The abridgment is obvious--the story seems to start in the middle--but the pieces slowly come together, and the conclusion is shocking. This thriller is not for the faint of heart. M.B.K. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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