Chasing the Night [Hardcover]

I've finished "Chasing the Night" the 12th book in her Eve Duncan series by Iris Johansen.

Product Description

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.

About the Author

IRIS JOHANSEN is the New York Times bestselling author of Blood Game, Deadlock, Dark Summer, Silent Thunder (with Roy Johansen), Pandora’s Daughter, Quicksand, Killer Dreams, On the Run, Countdown, Firestorm, Fatal Tide, Dead Aim, No One to Trust and more. She lives near Atlanta, Georgia.
 
Product Details
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition (October 19, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312651198
ISBN-13: 978-0312651190

My Review:

Chasing the Night is a very action packed and thrilling book and I highly recommend reading!

Storyline:  Catherine Ling is a very risky and highly skilled FBI agent with past of childhood poverty and abuse while living on the streets.  Nine years ago her 2 yr. old son Luke was kidnapped and she believes he's still alive.  She convince Eve to help her reconstruct an age progress model so she would know what he looks like when she rescues him.  Eve is reluctant at first but is won over by her passion.  She's aided by Kelly a 14 yr. old genious who can see patterns like no one else can and who Catherine rescued, Joe and Venables, Catherine's CIA superior.  They find out where Luke is hidden and set out to rescue him.
 
Characters:  Catherine is a very strong, capable, stubborn, clever and deadly women I have read about!  Kelly is a very likable and smart who is a great asset to the team.  Joe's miliatary training comes in handy in this book.
 
Romance:  The romance between Joe and Eve is very sweet and I'm glad that he's supportive and very protective of his family/friends!

Killer(s):  All the killers and their henchmen were very sadistic and very evil psychopaths/sociopaths.  They were quite brutal in their torture and killings.

I hope to see more of Catherine, Kelly and Luke in future books!

4/5

Thanks Rita from H.B. Fenn and Company for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!