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Pandora's Daughter
by Iris Johansen
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Synopses & Reviews The number-one blockbuster bestselling author delivers her most explosive and compelling novel yet, in which a woman must unlock the secrets of her own mind before she loses her life. She has a gift of unspeakable power. . . . He must control her or destroy her. . . . For as long as she can remember, successful young physician Megan Blair has tried to silence the voices in her head---voices that bring her to the edge of madness and terror. Megan possesses psychic powers that have been dormant for years, hidden deep in the past she’s tried so desperately to forget. But now everything has come to a boiling point---someone is trying to kill her, and others are trying to use her, including the deadly and seductive Neal Grady. Shocking secrets about her life and her mother’s death bombard her as she fights to take control of her heritage and save herself and everything she believes in. Grady holds the key to understanding her future, a future in which Megan’s life will never be the same. If she survives to have a future. A fast-paced thrill ride, Pandora’s Daughter is Iris Johansen as you’ve never read her before. Review: "Orphaned at 15 and raised by her Uncle Phillip, the adult Megan Blair is an Atlanta pediatrician who hears terrified voices. Revelation comes when childhood friend Neal Grady, who is now a shadowy government agent, arrives to apprise Megan of her psychic powers. And to warn her: Molino — the relentless villain who killed Megan's mother, believing her touch killed his son — is targeting Megan next. Molino thinks Megan was born to an ancient Sephardic family of psychics, and plans to force her to reveal the location of the Ledger, a book that contains the family's secrets and finances. He then plans to kill her, if Megan, Neal and Neal's sidekick, Jed Hartley, don't find him first. Johansen increases the tension by alternating point of view, but two-dimensional characters, repetitious explanations and stilted dialogue make staying tuned difficult." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Review: " What is the secret of Iris Johansen's overwhelming popularity? Based on 'Pandora's Daughter,' it can't be nuanced character development, crisp dialogue or keen expository skills. Maybe her many readers (according to her publisher, she has racked up 16 consecutive bestsellers) just like her plots. If so, here goes: On her commute home, Atlanta doctor Megan Blair ... Washington Post Book Review (read the entire Washington Post review) is forced off the road by a tailgating truck, just one strand of an international web of intrigue: good versus evil in a race to track down the Ledger, an elaborate family tree dating from the Spanish Inquisition that contains information on people with psychic abilities. Megan's mother had been able to release other people's dormant psychic traits. Unfortunately, the power often brings dire results, and the father of one of her unintentional victims is intent on revenge. Having already murdered Megan's mother, he now wants to kill Megan, then work his way branch by branch up the full family tree. Megan has to come to terms with her nascent powers, revenge her mother's death and help protect the Ledger and the larger family. Surprisingly, these paranormal angles are less unrealistic than the paper-thin characters or stilted speeches. Characters don't develop so much as make abrupt shifts in attitude — irritation to adoration, suspicion to trust and back again — and intimate revelation typically amounts to trite dialogue: 'You're not alone. I'm here for you. I care for you. If I had a daughter, I couldn't love her more. I wish you were my daughter.' Repetitive, melodramatic — you could say soap opera-ish, but daytime TV is better. Art Taylor is an assistant professor of English at George Mason University. His mystery fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Mystery Scene, the Strand, among other publications." Reviewed by Art Taylor, Washington Post Book World (Copyright 2006 Washington Post Book World Service/Washington Post Writers Group)
(hide most of this review)Synopsis: Bestselling author Iris Johansen delivers a novel about a woman who is unaware that she has psychic powers, but must uncover the mysteries of her own mind when strangers start trying to kill her.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780312368043
- Author:
- Johansen, Iris
- Publisher:
- St. Martin's Press
- Subject:
- Suspense
- Subject:
- General Fiction
- Subject:
- Psychic ability
- Subject:
- Psychics
- Subject:
- Thrillers
- Publication Date:
- October 2007
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 374
- Dimensions:
- 959x639x127 134
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