Another exciting and timely suspense romance!

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	• Dead Aim Iris Johansen, 2003 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 48 reviews view larger image
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Another exciting and timely suspense romance!

First of all, I am an Iris Johansen fan and love most all of her work with very few exceptions. Secondly, I was shocked to see a review of this book by an 8th grader!! What is this kid's parents thinking? These are NOT young people's books but adult mystery/romance. Yes to some reviewers, Ms. Johansen does seem to follow a bit of a formula but I enjoy it.

I especially enjoyed this story as many of the characters are from her other novels of this type (John and Sarah Logan, Sean Galen, Judd Morgan) and we as readers got to learn more about them.

This story begins at a mudslide and collapse of the Arapahoe Dam where photojournalist Alex Graham is taking pics and digging for survivors along side her friend and ERT worker Sarah Logan and her dog Monty. It is exhausting work and depressing to see so many bodies and few found alive. Alex receives a call from her editor to hurry and send in her pics and the issue goes to press in a few days. After digging some more, she takes some shots around the work area and then decides it would be a good idea to get an overall view. She has her friend Ken, the Rescue team pilot, take her up in his helicopter and get some aerial shots and also has him set her down on the opposite hillside from the dam. She takes shot after shot going down the hill and into the trees for over an hour when she hears shouts and voices talking saying the name Powers and "let's go" so she starts coming back up the hill to the top where she sees a helicopter landing with no lights on landed and several men. Suddenly come the lights of Ken's helicopter and she sees the pilot of the dark helicopter with a rifle and he fires and hits Ken's 'copter so that it explodes. Alex screams and suddenly the men are after her. They shoot at her but stop and say "Let it bury the b----!" She runs down the hill toward the flood waters as her side of the hill suddenly seems to rumble and break apart. She goes into the water and manages to get to a floating rooftop and the next thing she wakes up in the hospital!!

Sarah Logan is with her and no one knows anything or saw the other helicopter. Alex tells her and Det. Leopold from the police but they tell her no evidence of anything than an earthquake caused the second landslide and no evidence in the wreck of the helicopter that shows a bullet brought it down.

Alex goes to the police station to look at mug shots with no results and starts on the way back to the dam with Sarah and Monty. Monty starts barking at a car following them and someone in the car shoots Sarah who is driving and they go off the side nearly getting all of them killed. Now John Logan is in the picture!!

The rest is quite exciting trying to find out who, what, when, where and why with some romance between Alex and Judd mixed in.

A great read!

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DEAD AIM - SHOT IN THE FOOT!

First, let me say I enjoyed this quick 'thriller'. Alex Graham as Wonder Woman, getting her own way = a lot = and even bullying her Protector who is supposed to be a No. 1 warrior. I admit IJ wrote him as a hunk and the dialogue between him and Alex was amusing, but you really had to bend reality and just enjoy the book.

The only thing that disappointed, was the fact that we (and I hope this isnt too much of a spoiler) never experience the action when Morgan caught up with Runne to save Alex. After hearing throughtout the entire book and salivating how evil Runne was and what he intended to do to Alex in front of Morgan, it was somewhat of a disappointment not to be clinging to my chair, biting my nails, not answering the phone when I expected such a scary result. It seemed like I missed a few pages, when I really did not. It was all tied up too quickly. I guess I have to wait for Reacher's next book. :D

The Epilogue was very nice. (I am a romantic.) It's been a long time since I read one of IJ's books. I may try another.

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a good read

I really enjoyed this book. I have read some of the other reviews written and I am not throwing stones -- to each his own. I just wanted to say that I have enjoyed all of the Iris Johansen books I have read so far. So what if you feel it's a little too unbelievable. That's why it's called fiction. A story doesn't have to be believable to be entertaining and keep you attention. I have enjoyed this book, and I like how Johansen introduces some characters as minor parts of a story then brings them back in other ones. all of her stories I have read so far (7) have all been good and have kept my attention. If it's entertainment and a good book your looking for...I really recommend this book.

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