Friday, February 26, 2010

Blood Game by Iris Johansen

Blood Game (Eve Duncan Series #8) by Iris Johansen: Book Cover

About this book

First comes darkness, then comes fear...

Eve Duncan is back! Blockbuster New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen’s latest thriller brings Eve closer to discovering her daughter’s killer…and into a web of danger from which she may not be able to escape…

Eve Duncan returns in a thriller that pits her against the most evil mind she has ever encountered: a ruthless killer who taunts her with his every move…and who has a special affinity for blood. When a Georgia senator’s daughter is found murdered, and her body drained of blood, Eve Duncan is drawn into the web of Kevin Jelak—a serial murderer who is on Eve’s short list of killers who might know something about her missing daughter Bonnie. When a goblet of blood is found in Eve’s refrigerator, she knows the taunting is over…and the games have begun. As Eve and Jelak engage in a dance of death, Eve must call upon those she loves and trusts the most…even if it means bringing them into the game as well.

I really enjoy the Eve Duncan series by Iris Johansen. However, Blood Game is a little weird even for my taste. I know that the last couple of books start delving into the supernatural but it is a bit more prominent in this book.

Eve is stalked by a wanna be vampire who happens to be on the short list of possible suspects of her daughter's kidnapping/murder years ago.


Somehow Eve gets on his radar again. He seems to believe that he must perform a series of sacrifices, ultimately ending Eve, in order to achieve his goal of being a true vampire.

Eve must act before too many lives are risked.

In the meanwhile, things are happening with Joe. Things that he is not comfortable with. In a prior book, he had contact with a woman whose apparent talent is to release latent powers within someone or to drive them insane. Now Joe is hallucinating, or so he thinks. He is on the hunt for the serial killer who is has killed a prominent politician's daughter. One and the same who is after Eve.

Joe has to decide whether he will let his new talents drive a wedge between himself and Eve.

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