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Countdown

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by Iris Johansen
Bernadette Dunne
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When it reaches zero, you die.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen sets her readers’ pulses racing once again in this relentless psychological thriller of a young woman caught in a maze of secrets and stalked by a merciless killer. The countdown begins the moment you open this riveting novel that only grows more electrifying as the pages turn, more exciting as time runs out. . . .
“Don’t kill her. She’s no good to us dead.” These words haunt Jane MacGuire after a shocking attack shatters her world in an instant. Was it a random kidnapping attempt–or the countdown to something far more sinister?
Who is after her–and what do they want so badly they’ll kill anyone in their way? That’s what Jane is determined to find out, without the help of the police, the FBI, or her adoptive parents, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan and her husband, Joe Quinn, of the Atlanta PD–because whoever is after her won’t hesitate to hurt those she loves the most. Now Jane will go on the run with the only man who may be more dangerous than those who are pursuing her. A smuggler, a con man, and who knew what else, Mark Trevor had his own mysterious reasons for wanting to keep Jane safe and out of the hands of a killer obsessed with a two-thousand-year-old mystery that could rock the modern-day world.
Orphaned at an early age, Jane grew up the hard way, but she was given a new life, a loving family, and a chance to pursue her interest in one of the greatest archaeological finds ever unearthed. Now someone was trying to destroy that new life before it could even get started. The past is returning with the kind of vengeance that knows no mercy. The countdown has already begun, and it’s approaching zero faster than anyone thinks.

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  • Release date

    May 10, 2005

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780739329719
      • File size: 339672 KB
      • Duration: 11:47:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Grozak, a racist intent on destroying two U.S. capitals, believes that Jane MacGuire is a mirror image of Cira, who escaped with a treasure near Herculaneum when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. Johansen's action-packed adventure takes the listener from Atlanta to Boston, from Herculaneum to Scotland, from Italy to a booby-trapped hideaway in Idaho. Bernadette Dunne's skillful narration, filled with Highland brogues and Italian and Aussie accents, moves the narration at the speed of a time warp. She makes it believable that 21-year-old Jane can outwit international terrorists, Homeland Security forces, the CIA, and various mercenaries. K.A.T. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 25, 2005
      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.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      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. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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