I have always enjoyed Iris Johansen's books and the Eve Duncan books are very good. My only problem is with the main character, Eve, and her adopted daughter, Jane. For some reason this author seems to feel that in order to be shown as a strong woman, you have to be rude as hell and a total bitch. So we are to believe that these two woman who are always surrounded by very strong, professional, capable men have to be so bossy and rude that these same men couldn't function without them. I like a strong character and assertive women but it can be done in a way that the woman is appealing and feminine as well. In this novel, Jane just comes across as a woman you would really like to see become the sacrifice she is trying to avoid being. There is nothing appealing about her, no saving grace. In the real world she would be considered repulsive in the extreme. Iris has written some very good characters and I just don't get where she thinks she is going with Eve and Jane. She has tamed Eve down a bit but now we have to suffer through Jane. The interesting, involved stories keep me coming back and the fantastic men in the novels. They are the true stars of the stories, you just kind of have to suffer through the insufferable Eve and Jane.Get more detail about Eight Days to Live: An Eve Duncan Forensics Thriller.
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