Countdown

By: Iris Johansen

Narrated by: Kate Burton

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.©2005 Iris Johansen; (P)2005 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

“Trust crowd-pleaser Johansen.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Johansen knows exactly what her devoted readers want and gives it to them.”—Publishers Weekly

“Johansen delivers a top-notch sequel filled with great chases, original characters, and intricate plot twists, creating a unique supernatural twist on the classic thriller.”—Booklist

Wonderfully written

I loved it, once again Iris Johansen has kept me Spellbound! The characters were exceptional.

wonderful author

I absolutely love Iris Johansen's books, especially the Eve Duncan series. I don't think though that I have heard the right person narrating them yet. She however is a brilliant author.

Excellent abridgement makes this novel fun to read

This excellent abridgement has livened up this old, slow-going adventure novel. The characters are all still there and well developed, and no intimate scene was left behind. But the frequent leng5hy grief-focused character scenes are gone! The plot actually moves along without having to skip pages. Even Eve has become interesting! i think I'll try another one!

One more good listen in a series of good listening

I found this extension of characters from her earlier works to be very compelling. Once again she holds all the surprises right up too the end.

Drugs

Drugs are what you believe you're on when you're listening to this dreadful abridged book by Ms. Iris Johansen. Ms. Johansen's work is beyond the realm of terrible with an inspid plot and writing--which isn't the complete product of the abridgment. The plot, if you can call it that, does not surface early on and revolves on a number of people with accents--which the reader frequently confused with one another. Because it is abridged, it skips right along of course, and half the time you don't know what the hell is going on (not that you will care). The producer of this piece should be forced to listen to their work. My friend and I were listening to this in a car--and at first we were angry-but by the end we were screaming with laughter at every turn because the book became so unbearably bad.