This book grabs you and doesn't let go until the end.
If you have read BLIND ALLEY, this is a MUST as it continues the story 4 years later. If not...still an excellent read!
Jane is no longer a child, she is in college. She has learned from her years as a foster child and on the street and from the love of Eve and Joe, who took her in many years before.
The man,Mark Trevor, she thought was left in her past is now back. Is he there to help her or use her or ??? Jane runs for her life and must help find those who want her. Does Trevor help or is he one she should be running from?
The book will keep you on the edge of your seat!
Jane McGuire, Eve Duncan's adopted daughter, is running from kidnappers. Very good read.

Kimberly W. (
4massage) wrote on 5/6/2007...
Cool book!
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?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY REVIEW

John G. (
johneg) wrote on 3/26/2007...
Good read for the beach. Something you will enjoy.
THE AUTHOR JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER. IT HAS ALOT OF TWISTS AND TURNS- JUST WHEN I HAD FIGURED OUT- WHAM! A NEW CURVE! :}
REALLY GOOOOOOOOD!!

Albert D. (
bookie) wrote on 3/18/2007...
Excellent plot; rather convoluted near the end but an exciting read!

Kathy B. (
MsLuLu) wrote on 3/17/2007...
"Johansen knows exactly what her devoted readers want and gives it to them." Publishers Weekly
an excellent read as always.