• Booklist Reviews : Booklist Monthly Selections - #1 August 1999
  Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan was raised in poverty, with an absentee dad and a cocaine-addicted mother. She overcame all odds, escaped her past, and became successful, only to have her eight-year-old daughter, Bonnie, abducted and murdered. Although Bonnie's body was never found, her accused killer was eventually put to death. Now Eve's friend, cop Joe Quinn, is involved in the discovery of a mass grave, and one of the skeletons is that of an eight-year-old child who could be Bonnie. But before the skeleton can be identified, Eve finds herself stalked by a terrifying killer who calls himself Dom, claims he murdered Bonnie, and gleefully threatens to kill Eve in the most gruesome way imaginable. Clearly, Dom is insane, but he knows enough about Eve to be able to push all her buttons. Dom's cat-and-mouse tactics terrify Eve, but they also make her furious--and determined to fight back. She vows to play Dom's fiendish game, offering herself as the "willing" victim to catch the killer. A cross between King's nightmarish chillers and Cornwell's forensic thrillers, Johansen's novel of psychological suspense features a hair-raising plot, a fiendish killer, a brave heroine, and dozens of heart-stopping plot twists. A certain winner. ((Reviewed August 1999)) Copyright 2000 Booklist Reviews
• Booklist Reviews : Booklist Monthly Selections - #1 July 1999
  Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan was raised in poverty, with an absentee dad and a cocaine-addicted mother. She overcame all odds, escaped her past, and became successful, only to have her eight-year-old daughter, Bonnie, abducted and murdered. Although Bonnie's body was never found, her accused killer was eventually put to death. Now Eve's friend, cop Joe Quinn, is involved in the discovery of a mass grave, and one of the skeletons is that of an eight-year-old child who could be Bonnie. But before the skeleton can be identified, Eve finds herself stalked by a terrifying killer who calls himself Dom, claims he murdered Bonnie, and gleefully threatens to kill Eve in the most gruesome way imaginable. Clearly, Dom is insane, but he knows enough about Eve to be able to push all her buttons. Dom's cat-and-mouse tactics terrify Eve, but they also make her furious--and determined to fight back. She vows to play Dom's fiendish game, offering herself as the "willing" victim to catch the killer. A cross between King's nightmarish chillers and Cornwell's forensic thrillers, Johansen's novel of psychological suspense features a hair-raising plot, a fiendish killer, a brave heroine, and dozens of heart-stopping plot twists. A certain winner. ((Reviewed July 1999)) Copyright 2000 Booklist Reviews

Iris Johansen is the New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including Killer Dreams, On the Run, Countdown, Firestorm, Fatal Tide, Dead Aim, and No One to Trust. She lives near Atlanta, Georgia.