The Bullet (Eve Duncan Series #27)

by Iris Johansen

Overview

Eve Duncan and Joe Quinn must protect the life of a brilliant scientist so that she can live long enough to bring her discovery to the world, in this fast-paced thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen.
 
Diane Connors is a dedicated doctor with the world’s biggest secret, a discovery that could have shocking global ramifications.  But while conducting private research trials, word has gotten out. The wrong people have heard the news and now want to hide Diane’s achievement for their own ends.

With nowhere else to turn, Diane finds herself on the doorstep of the last man she wants to ask for help: her ex-husband, Joe Quinn. Joe has remarried, and he and his wife, Eve Duncan, seem blissfully happy in their quiet, rural life until they are faced with the challenge of risking it all—even their marriage itself—for the greater good …

Now Eve is trapped in a web of murder and deceit as powerful enemies rush to cover up the truth, determined that Diane’s discovery goes with her to the grave—even if Eve and Joe get buried with her.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538713181
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	01/25/2022
Series:	Eve Duncan Series , #27
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 7.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Iris Johansen is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than fifty consecutive bestsellers. Her series featuring forensic sculptor Eve Duncan has sold over twenty million copies and counting and was the subject of the acclaimed Lifetime movie The Killing Game. Along with her son, Roy, Iris has also co-authored the New York Times bestselling series featuring investigator Kendra Michaels. Johansen lives near Atlanta, Georgia.

Editorial Reviews

"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."—Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author

"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

"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

"A best-selling writer whose talent is out of this world."—San Francisco Book Review

"Readers who have followed the amazing emotional, spiritual and physical journey that forensic sculptor Eve Duncan has undergone know just how truly great this series is... Johansen is a spellbinding storyteller and in a class by herself!"—RT Book Reviews

From the Publisher

04/26/2021

In bestseller Johansen’s overstuffed 28th outing for forensic sculptor Eve Duncan (after 2020’s The Persuasion), scientist Diane Connors, the beautiful ex-wife of Eve’s husband, Det. Joe Quinn of the Atlanta PD, turns up on Eve’s doorstep and asks her “to perform a reconstruction on the skull of a man who is supposed to be buried somewhere in the Rocky Mountains of Nevada and help me identify him.” The reconstruction of the skull gets lost in the main plot, in which Diane, who has found a way to synthesize a plant that can cure cancer and practically everything else, Eve, and Joe do battle with billionaire Joshua Nalam, who has the “power and money and ability to bend governments and companies to his will” and covets Diane’s discovery. Paranormal elements include the ability of Eve’s psychic 10-year-old son, Michael, to achieve a sort of emotional contact with various players in the drama. Readers should be prepared for long stretches of expository dialogue in which characters lay out their CVs to one another. This one’s strictly for series fans. Agent: Andrea Cirillo, Jane Rotrosen Agency. (June)

Publishers Weekly

An intense story from beginning to end. Iris Johansen never disappoints.”

Fresh Fiction

01/01/2021

In Bentley's Tom Clancy Target Acquired, Jack Ryan Jr. is on a seemingly simple stakeout in Israel when he is targeted by trained killers. Ellroy delivers Widespread Panic in his latest, which features a former cop negotiating his way through dark-and-dirty Fifties Los Angeles as a private eye. In The Maze, retired NYPD Homicide Detective John Corey answers the call to help investigate when bodies are found buried on the beach. Broadcast journalist-turned-cybersecurity expert Ali Reynolds must deal with both a serial killer and a former employee of her husband just out of prison in Jance's Unfinished Business (100,000-copy first printing). In Johansen's The Bullet, it's bad news for forensic sculptor Eve Duncan when the former wife of her beloved Joe Quinn returns with dangerous secrets (100,000-copy first printing). In Lippman's tense fantasia, novelist Gerry Andersen is trapped in bed after an accident and fears he is losing his mind when he thinks he's getting phone calls from the main character in his big-deal novel Dream Girl (200,000-copy first printing). From mega-best-selling Patterson and former President Clinton, The President's Daughter features a new family in the White House—and a former White House family targeted by an international assassin (one-million-copy first printing). Joined by Quartermous, Woods hits the Jackpot with another Teddy Fay thriller, as Teddy investigates threats to a film festival in sumptuous Macau.

Library Journal

In this latest Eve Duncan outing, Dr. Diane Connors has discovered a medical miracle. Evil forces will do anything to get to her. Her protectors—Eve Duncan, forensic sculptor, and her husband, Joe Quinn—will do anything to prevent it. Diane is Joe’s ex-wife. The audiobook revolves almost as much around the relationships of everyone involved as it does the chase. Narrator Elisabeth Rodgers gives Eve a slight Southern intonation to differentiate her, which is important because of the many conversations among women. Rodgers especially shines in portraying the men who are pursuing Diane. They take on growling stop-at-nothing voices that fit their relentless mission. Rodgers also excels at portraying Eve’s empathic 10-year-old son, whose voice becomes high-pitched when he is forecasting danger. M.B. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

JULY 2021 - AudioFile

In this latest Eve Duncan outing, Dr. Diane Connors has discovered a medical miracle. Evil forces will do anything to get to her. Her protectors—Eve Duncan, forensic sculptor, and her husband, Joe Quinn—will do anything to prevent it. Diane is Joe’s ex-wife. The audiobook revolves almost as much around the relationships of everyone involved as it does the chase. Narrator Elisabeth Rodgers gives Eve a slight Southern intonation to differentiate her, which is important because of the many conversations among women. Rodgers especially shines in portraying the men who are pursuing Diane. They take on growling stop-at-nothing voices that fit their relentless mission. Rodgers also excels at portraying Eve’s empathic 10-year-old son, whose voice becomes high-pitched when he is forecasting danger. M.B. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

JULY 2021 - AudioFile