From Publishers Weekly
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?
Agent, Andrea Cirillo at the Jane Rotrosen Agency. (May) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Jane McGuire's dreams hold the key to the location of gold buried in Pompeii after Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. Mark Trevor takes Jane to Scotland to keep her safe. Enemies want her to reveal her secrets, and no one will stop without the gold. Kate Burton digs into her bag of tricks to bring Scots, Brits, and Americans to life. The action is fierce, and Burton keeps the tension at its peak using fast-paced dialogue and narrative. The abridgment is obvious--the story seems to start in the middle--but the pieces slowly come together, and the conclusion is shocking. This thriller is not for the faint of heart. M.B.K. ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine--
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