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    Chasing the Night
    Chasing the Night
    Chasing the Night
    Audiobook10 hours

    Chasing the Night

    Written by Iris Johansen

    Narrated by Jennifer Van Dyck

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A CIA agent's two-year-old child was stolen in the night as a brutal act of vengeance. Now, eight years later, this torment is something Catherine Ling awakens to every day. Her friends, family, and colleagues tell her to let go, move on, accept that her son is never coming back. But she can't. Catherine needs to find someone as driven and obsessed as she is to help her—and that person is Eve Duncan. She knows that Eve shares her nightmare, since closure is also something that eludes Eve after the disappearance of her daughter Bonnie. Now, Eve must take her talents as a forensic sculptor to another level, using age progression as a way to unite Catherine with her child. As Eve gets drawn deeper into Catherine's horror, she must face looming demons of her own.

    Bonnie's killer is still out there. And a new killer is taunting Eve and Catherine at every turn. Is Catherine's son alive, or not? These two women endure the worst fear any mother can imagine in Iris Johansen's latest thrill ride, a gut-wrenching journey into the darkest places of the soul.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateOct 19, 2010
    ISBN9781441885425
    Chasing the Night
    Author

    Iris Johansen

    Iris Johansen is the author of over twenty novels - including Final Target, Body of Lies, No One to Trust, Dead Aim and Fatal Tide - and consistently hits the top end of the bestseller lists in America. She lives in Georgia, USA, where she is at work on a new novel.

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    • 5/5
      A CIA Agent's 2 year old was kidnapped 8 years ago, and his mother goes to forensic sculptor Eve Duncan for help with age progression. At first reluctant, Eve is quickly drawn deeper into the horror. While a bit typical of an Eve Duncan novel at the beginning, it quickly became fascinating, with twists that had me turning the pages quickly and biting my nails awaiting the next installment in the Eve Duncan series!
    • 5/5
      Chasing the Night is Iris Johansen at her finest and the best book in the Eve Duncan forensic series in a while. While the story focuses on a new character, Catherine Ling and her mission in life to find her son, Luke, there is still plenty of Eve, Joe and Bonnie. If you’ve read the previous books, you will still find Eve’s long obsession with finding Bonnie’s body, so she can “bring her home” and how this obsession affects her life with Joe. Catherine Ling will have a strong impact on Eve and Joe’s relationship and the hunt for Bonnie’s killer. This is a must read for fans of the Eve Duncan series. You will not want to miss it.
    • 3/5
      I have an earlier Iris Johansen Eve Duncan book on my to-be-read shelf, but I received this one for review so I decided to read this first. Although part of a series, it is certainly a stand-alone book. Eve and Joe are both interesting characters, but as a couple the spark seems to be missing. There was nothing that would make me look forward to another book about them or run to a previous book to find out how they reached this point in their relationship. The other characters in the book are all over the top in whatever they do. There is some sarcastic attitude, which I can appreciate, but they are too much like comic book characters. All in all I can say that it is not a bad action/adventure/thriller but I just couldn’t enjoy reading about the sadistic psychological torture, rape, and other physical abuse especially when a child is involved.
    • 4/5
      This was my first time reading an Iris Johansen book even though I've heard about her for awhile and kept meaning to pick up one of her books. It certainly did not disappoint.The CharactersI fell in love with Eve and Joe right away. Both characters were strong without being overbearing, co-dependent or pig headed. I want to learn more about Bonnie especially when I found out there are several books about Eve Duncan so I assume there is a back story there. Catherine also began to grow on me although I was initially turned off by just how ruthless she could get in her mission to save her son. I started to empathize with her because I couldn't even begin to imagine how it would feel to lose a child at 2 years old and always wonder what is happening to him. Even the villains in the story were so well fleshed out that you loved to hate them and could not wait until they got what they had coming to them.The only character I had issues with was Kelly. I understand she was supposed to be a teen age whiz kid but I found her to be extremely irritating and way too pushy. I know it worked with the plot line but that does not mean I have to like her.The Story LineThis story grabbed me from the start and did not let me go. It was a roller coaster of a read as the tension starts building and although you know when you get to the top there is going to be the ultimate show down as Catherine confronts her son's kidnapper you still feel that rush when you get there. Yes, a lot of the details about how things come about are unbelievable but just enjoy the story and go with the flow.The RomanceIt seems that every book has to have some sort of romantic encounter thrown into the mix and in this one Eve and Joe have a long standing relationship that works well without over powering the main plot line. There was some tension when you wonder what affect Catherine, a beautiful, strong and intelligent woman, may have on their relationship but that was woven in nicely.This book definitely leaves me wanting to read more of Iris Johansen's books.
    • 3/5
      Normally, I enjoy Iris Johansen's books; I think I've read most of them, but this one left me cold. The dialogue seemed stilted and the characters quite unbelievable. Although I finished the book, it was a struggle, and I could never quite immerse myself in the story.
    • 5/5
      I received an advance readers' edition of this novel via the Early Reviewer's group here at Library Thing.Chasing the Night was my first Iris Johansen novel. This one blew me away from the beginning. I love thrillers and this one grabbed me and held on the whole way through. The writing was perfect and seemed to flow straight from the page to my brain. I was so into the story that it did not seem like I was reading a book.The story delivered lots of violence and action mixed with strong tugs on the emotional heart strings. Cruelty to children always adds an extra punch with me. The villain is cruel and easy to hate, while the hero characters are instantly likeable.This was a fast read for me, very hard to put down. I picture this work as the result of sitting a Kathy Reichs novel too close to a Brad Thor novel. Very interesting outcome.
    • 5/5
      Eve Duncan, forensic sculptor, enters her studio to find a beautiful and possible lethal woman awaiting her. Eve responds not with fear but anger and refuses to hear the woman’s request. She eventually gives in and takes on the woman’s cause as her own – a search for a missing child taken as a hostage to punish his mother, a CIA agent. This is Iris Johansen at her best. The character will captivate you and the story, combining international terrorism, gifted children and grieving mothers, will keep you reading late at night.
    • 2/5
      This one has a rather convoluted plot, but primarily focuses on Catherine, a CIA agent who was abandoned as a child in Hong Kong when her mother died. She was the product of an American soldier in Saigon and a half Korean, half Russian prostitute mother. The CIA became aware of her and recruited her when she was about 17. She is tough. She is ruthless. She is resourceful. She is also a mother. Her son, Luke, was kidnapped when he was 2 years old by Rakovac, a Russian mafia baddie, when she was on an assignment in Russia. He has delighted in tormenting her about it ever since. Nine years now. The CIA has refused to intervene since Rakovac has been providing them with useful information. For some reason that I either didn't catch or was not explained, Catherine has convinced Venable, her handler, to provide her the agency's file on Rakovac so that she can mount her own rescue attempt.Her first action is to contact Eve Duncan, a gifted forensic sculptor, for help in providing an age-progression of Luke based on an old photo of him. Eve is driven and passionate about her work since her own daughter was taken and murdered years earlier. Law enforcement has never located the body or identified the killer, but Eve knows that Bonnie is dead because she is periodically visited by the girl's ghost. Eve and Catherine instantly develop a relationship that is both wary and trusting.After the completion of Eve's age progression of Luke, Catherine plans to travel to Russia to find him. Inexplicably, both Eve and Joe, Eve's S-O and former navy SEAL and former FBI, go along with her. Venable, who is trying to place roadblocks in Catherine's way, keeps sending Kelly, the 14-year old girl that Catherine rescued in Columbia in chapter one, to stay with her. Even to Russia. Eventually Venable himself travels to Russia to try to track down Rakovac to get information from him that the CIA needs before Catherine has a chance to kill him. But even though Venable is evidently someone with some authority in the CIA, Joe attaches himself to him and ends up taking over the effort to locate Rakovac - even going so far as convincing the NSA to provide surveillance information when Venable was unable to do so.From the very beginning, I thought the characters and the plot were forced, too convenient, and totally unrealistic. The weakest link is the Venable character. I simply cannot imagine a CIA agent allowing a civilian to take such a dominant role in any official effort. And the thought of him sending a minor child anywhere without the knowledge or consent of the parent is incomprehensible. Evidently, there are several recurring characters here whose past connections in other Johansen books were implied but never explained. Since this book makes no mention of being part of an ongoing series (there is no series indicated here on LT, either), I think that those connections should either be explained if relevant or ignored. Perhaps knowing the characters' history would have made their unusual behavoir in this book more understandable. I also think the book could benefit from additional editing. For example, the "visits" that Eve experiences from her daughter's ghost suddenly stop somewhere in the middle, never to be mentioned again. I usually enjoy thrillers of this type and do not require that my books all be absolutely true-to-life. But this book goes beyond the usual indestructable hero. I thought the whole thing was ridiculous and will not recommend it except to devoted fans of Iris Johansen.
    • 2/5
      An okay read but somewhat formulaic in my opinion in that the main characters are always off to save the world in recent books.
    • 2/5
      Eve Duncan is on another case, this time trying to save an 11 year old boy who has been separated from his mother for 9 years. Instantly forgettable.
    • 4/5
      Catherine Ling is a top operative in the CIA, having been recruited as a child from the streets of Hong Kong. Almost 10 years ago, her 2 year old son was kidnapped by a Russian terrorist bent on seeking revenge on Catherine. Over the years, Rakovac has kept Luke alive, taunting Catherine about his whereabouts. Catherine finally has enough information to track Rakovac and find her son. She asks Eve Duncan, forensic sculptor, to do an age progression on a photo of Luke when he was 2 years old so she knows what he looks like now. Eve finds herself being drawn further into the search for Luke, and soon Eve and her partner, Joe, have put their lives on the line to help Catherine find her son and stop Rakovac before he not only kills Luke but unleashes a series of terrorist attacks on major cities in the world.I've read the Eve Duncan series from the beginning, mostly because I'm fascinated by her work as a forensic sculptor. Some titles have been more interesting than others, but "Chasing the Night" is one of the best. After a slow start setting the stage and introducing the major characters, the story takes off at a furious pace, leaving readers breathless and unable to put the book down until the very last page. AND, the final paragraph opens the door to something that readers of the Eve Duncan series have been waiting for a long time.
    • 3/5
      Maybe I'm a bit too Pollyanna, but I just found it difficult to believe that the situation created by the CIA in this book could ever happen to the extent described in this book. A US Citizen child was kidnapped at age two and allowed to be held for a period of 8 years by a known Russian captor simply for the information he was able to provide?!?! (Being a argent reader of thrillers and mysteries I somewhat doubt this, but I'll allow that it's possible) In addition, to CIA Agent Venable’s character, I also found Kelly, a 14 year-old child genius, just I little too demanding on my suspension- of-belief levels. The read was entertaining but I wasn't buying it enough to be fully engrossed.
    • 5/5
      I was excited to hear I received Chasing the Night for early review. I was growing tired of the Eve Duncan series and hoped this one would revive my interest. After finishing this book in just one day I would say this series is again one of my favorites. It drew me in from the beginning and kept me hooked throughout. It had plenty of action and heart-wrenching moments. But what I liked most was that Iris added 3 new characters that I hope will continue to appear in her future Eve Duncan books. This one is definitely a five-star!
    • 4/5
      classic johansen. great plot, good introduction of new characters I hope we will see again and an ending that leaves me anxiously waiting for the next book.
    • 5/5

      Catherine Line, a CIA agent's child was stolen from her 9 years ago. Now, she has finally manipulated the situation to where she can go after him, by rescuing Kelly from a hostage situation in Columbia. To help her, Catherine turns to Eve Duncan, a forensic sculptor, who lost her own daughter to a killer. At first, Catherine only wants Eve to develop a computerized generated, aged picture of Luke, Catherine's son, since he was only two when he was stolen. Eve and her partner Joe Quinn end up caught in the search for Rakovak, a total sociopath, in Russia. Things really start popping when Venable begins to perceive Rakovak's future plans.

      I've read several of Iris Johansen's books, and enjoyed most of them, but I really enjoyed this one. It kept hooked through the entire book. The novel has many twists and turns, with a catch at the end that promises another Eve Duncan book. Unlike some of Johansen's other books, this one is not a romance. It is darker, and more suspense filled. I borrowed this from the Nicholson Memorial Library in Garland.