Smokescreen (Eve Duncan Series #25)

by Iris Johansen Narrated by Elisabeth Rodgers

Overview

In this pulse-pounding thriller from #1 New York Timesbestselling author Iris Johansen, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan journeys to Africa to help families torn apart by a violent attack deep in the jungle -- but she may be putting herself in more danger than she knows.

A journalist shows up on Eve Duncan's doorstep with a plea for help. Jill Cassidy has just come from a small African village with a heart wrenching story: half the villagers -- many of them children -- have been killed in a horrific attack by guerilla soldiers, the bodies burned beyond recognition. Now, the families desperately need Eve's help to get closure and begin to heal.

But when Eve arrives in the remote jungle, she begins to suspect that Jill's plea may have been a cover story for a deeper, more sinister plot. Isolated and unsure who she can trust, Eve finds herself stranded in an unstable country where violence threatens to break out again at any moment and with only her own instincts to rely on if she hopes to get home to her family alive . . .

#1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen is back with one of her most exhilarating and dangerous adventures yet in this "riveting" high-stakes thriller (Publishers Weekly).

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Dive into the explosive world of Iris Johansen, where villains get exactly what they deserve and the good guys-eventually-win the day. That's a world I want to live in!"—Tami Hoag, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"SMOKESCREEEN is supercharged, combustible and totally addictive-there's no one like Iris Johansen!"—Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author

"A master storyteller, Iris Johansen brings characters to life like no other. A tension filled novel-her plot is intricate, her characters compelling. SMOKESCREEN is great fun."—Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author

"Johansen keeps readers on the edge of their seats."—Booklist

"Just by seeing the Iris Johansen name....you know [it] will be an explosive, unforgettable story."—Suspense Magazine

New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen

Supercharged, combustible, and totally addictive. There’s no one like Iris Johansen!”

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag

Dive into the explosive world of Iris Johansen, where villains get exactly what they deserve and the good guys-eventually-win the day. That's a world I want to live in!

Booklist

Johansen keeps readers on the edge of their seats.

New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni

A master storyteller, Iris Johansen brings characters to life like no other. A tension filled novel-her plot is intricate, her characters compelling. SMOKESCREEN is great fun.

Suspense Magazine

Just by seeing the Iris Johansen name....you know [it] will be an explosive, unforgettable story.

Kirkus Reviews

2019-05-13
An emotional and highly deceptive plea entices forensic sculptor Eve Duncan from Atlanta to Africa, where all hell promptly breaks loose.

Journalist Jill Cassidy wants Eve to drop what she's doing and book passage to the fictional country of Maldara, where an attack by Botzan rebels on a village school has left 27 children dead. Eve can render the bereaved parents a priceless service, urges Jill, if she uses her matchless skills to reconstruct busts of the deceased from their skulls, and she plies Eve with enough sob-story details to overcome her resistance. But she doesn't tell Eve the truth, or at least not the whole truth. The real reason Jill and CIA agent Jed Novak want Eve to come is so she can determine that a 28th skull—that of mercenary Nils Varak—isn't really Varak's at all but another skull intended to make the world believe he's dead. Eve, already stung by Jill's deception, points out that the skull has tested positive for Varak's DNA; Jill counters that it must have been faked. While Jill and Novak try to come up with evidence that would support their theory and Eve begins her painstaking reconstructive work on the skulls, Zahra Kiyani, who accepted the presidency of Maldara after her father, the incumbent, was assassinated, seizes more and more greedily the power she thinks is due her as a descendant of Cleopatra's daughter Kiya and the country's rightful queen. She uses her sexual dominance over U.N. diplomat Edward Wyatt to wring concessions from the international community and holds terse exchanges with an unseen party over what to do about this interloping American. How can Eve and her ragtag allies possibly prevail against such entrenched and well-armed adversaries? Readers who take this last question seriously are clearly newcomers to Johansen's venerable franchise (Dark Tribute, 2019, etc.).

No matter how intense the action gets, the outcome, for better or worse, is never in doubt.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173669001
Publisher:	Hachette Audio
Publication date:	07/30/2019
Series:	Eve Duncan Series , #25
Edition description:	Unabridged

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