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Iris Johansen
  • Bibliography:
    104 Books (16 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 1983
  • Latest Book:
    September 2024
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About the Author

Iris Johansen was born on April 7, 1938 in St. Louis, Missouri

Iris Johansen began writing after her children left home. She first achieved success in the early 1980s writing category romances. In 1991, Johansen began writing historical romantic-suspense novels, starting with the publication of The Wind Dancer. In 1996 Johansen switched genres, turning to crime fiction, with which she has had great success. She has had several New York Times bestsellers.

Johansen lives near Atlanta, Georgia with her beautiful dogs. Iris has two grown children, Roy and Tamara. Roy is a screenwriter and novelist and has collaborated on some projects with his mother. Tamara is her research assistant.

Full Series List in Order

Alisa Flynn

1 - Chaos (Sep-2020)
4.5 - Dead Aim (Apr-2003)

Catherine Ling

1 - Chasing the Night (Oct-2010)
2 - What Doesn't Kill You (Apr-2012)
3 - Live to See Tomorrow (May-2014)
4 - Your Next Breath (May-2015)
5 - Vendetta (Oct-2018)

Donovan Enterprises

1 - Stormy Vows (Aug-1983)
2 - Tempest at Sea (Sep-1983)

Eve Duncan & Friends

1 - The Face of Deception (Oct-1998)
2 - The Killing Game (Sep-1999)
3 - The Search (Jun-2000)
4.5 - Body of Lies (Apr-2002)
5 - No One to Trust (Oct-2002)
6 - Dead Aim (Apr-2003)
7 - Blind Alley (Sep-2004)
8 - Countdown (May-2005)
9 - Stalemate (Jan-2007)
10 - Quicksand (May-2008)
11 - Blood Game (Oct-2009)
12 - Eight Days to Live (Apr-2010)
13 - Chasing the Night (Oct-2010)
14 - Eve (Apr-2011)
15 - Quinn (Jul-2011)
16 - Bonnie (Oct-2011)
17 - Sleep No More (Oct-2012)
18 - Taking Eve (Apr-2013)
19 - Hunting Eve (Jul-2013)
20 - Silencing Eve (Oct-2013)
21 - Shadow Play (Sep-2015)
22 - Hide Away (May-2016)
23 - Night and Day (Jul-2016)
24 - Mind Game (Oct-2017)
25 - Shattered Mirror (Apr-2018)
26 - Vendetta (Oct-2018)
27 - Dark Tribute (Mar-2019)
28 - Smokescreen (Jul-2019)
29 - The Persuasion (Jun-2020)
30 - The Bullet (Jun-2021)
31 - A Face to Die For (Jun-2022)
32 - Captive (Sep-2022)
33 - The Survivor (Jun-2023)

Lion's Bride

1 - Lion's Bride (Jan-1996)
2 - The Treasure (Dec-2008)

Logan Tanner

1 - High Stakes (Sep-2021)

Murphy Jordan

1 - On the Hunt (Sep-2024)

Reluctant Lark

1 - The Reluctant Lark (Nov-1983)
2 - The Bronzed Hawk (Dec-1983)

Rescue

1 - One Touch of Topaz (1988)
2 - Tender Savage (Sep-1990)

Resolution Trilogy

1 - Eve (Apr-2011)
2 - Quinn (Jul-2011)
3 - Bonnie (Oct-2011)

Santa Flores

1 - Return to Santa Flores (Apr-1984)
2 - No Red Roses (May-1984)

Sedikhan

1 - The Golden Barbarian (Mar-1991)
2 - The Golden Valkyrie (Feb-1984)
3 - The Trustworthy Redhead (Mar-1984)
4 - Capture the Rainbow (Aug-1984)
5 - Touch the Horizon (Sep-1984)
6 - A Summer Smile (Dec-1985)
7 - And the Desert Blooms (Jan-1986)
8 - Always (Jul-1986)
9 - Everlasting (Aug-1986)
10 - 'Til the End of Time (Jan-1987)
11 - Last Bridge Home (Apr-1987)
12 - Across the River of Yesterday (May-1987)
13 - Star Light, Star Bright (Jan-1988)
14 - Man from Half Moon Bay (May-1988)
15 - Blue Skies and Shining Promises (Aug-1988)
16 - Magnificent Folly (Jul-1989)
17 - Notorious (Jan-1990)
18 - A Tough Man to Tame (Jul-1991)

Targeting Eve Trilogy

1 - Taking Eve (Apr-2013)
2 - Hunting Eve (Jul-2013)
3 - Silencing Eve (Oct-2013)

White Satin

1 - White Satin (Feb-1985)
2 - Blue Velvet (Mar-1985)

Wind Dancer

1 - The Wind Dancer (Feb-1991)
2 - Storm Winds (Jun-1991)
3 - Reap the Wind (Oct-1991)
4 - Final Target (Jun-2001)
5 - Body of Lies (Apr-2002)

Young Cara Trilogy

1 - Shadow Play (Sep-2015)
2 - Hide Away (May-2016)
3 - Night and Day (Jul-2016)

Multi-Author Series List

The Delaneys

York, the Renegade (Nov-1986)
Matilda, the Adventuress (Sep-1987)
This Fierce Splendor (Feb-1988)
Wild Silver (May-1988)
Satin Ice (Nov-1988)
Christmas Past (Nov-1992)

Book List in Order: 104 titles



  • Fiercely proud of her independence, Brenna Sloan felt her assurance crumble under Michael Donovan's forceful approach. They were both fighters--but Brenna wasn't strong enough to reach out for the love she needed, and Michael knew only how to...



  • Jane Smith sneaked aboard Jake Dominic's yacht on a dare, never dreaming she'd collide with the bronze playboy-director in the flesh! But the muscled arms that captured her were inescapable--and suddenly Jane found herself agreeing to a month...



  • Her dark eyes and haunting voice earned gypsy -Sheena Reardon fame as Ireland's mournful dove. Yet to Rand Challon the young Irish-American singer was not just a lark whose brilliant plumage was obscured... but a flesh-and-blood woman whom he desired...



  • Kelly McKenna would get her story and prove herself to her editor -- even if it meant using a bit of blackmail. She'd try anything to get dashing inventor-genius Nick O'Brien to take her along in his experimental balloon to Mexico. And though Nick ...



  • Janna Cannon scaled the high walls of Rafe Santine's private estate, afraid of nothing and determined to appeal to the powerful man who could save her beloved animal preserve. She bewitched his guard dogs, then cast a spell of enchantment over him as...



  • Feisty and beautiful private detective Honey Winston had been duped by a client into invading Prince Rubinoff's hotel suite by concealing herself in a too-small room service cart. When cigar smoke flushed her from her hiding place, Honey rose to ...



  • When Princess Rubinoff hired Sabrina Courtney to deliver very special birthday wishes to her husband's best friend, she never warned her that Alex Ben Rashid had a powerful weakness for red-haired ladies...an omission that made their first meeting a ...



  • Jenny Cashman had dreamed of returning from school in Europe to declare her love for Steve Jason, the rugged casino owner who had adopted her as a young girl when her father had died. She tried everything she could to make him see her for the woman s...



  • When singer Rex Brody took Tamara Ledford in his arms, he knew suddenly that the lady he'd been singing to all along was no longer just a hopeful fantasy. But could he convince her that his feelings were as sincere as the powerful desire that swept ...






  • Stuntwoman Kendra Michaels was just about fearless: tumbling down mountains and falling off horses were second nature to her. Until the night she met Joel Damon, though, she'd never been swept off her feet and into the arms of a man. Joel was a so...



  • With a madcap's bravado and a gypsy's soul, Billie Callahan had escaped from wild situations before -- but when a sandstorm gathered around her in the Sedikhan desert, she felt like Pauline in silent-film peril. Suddenly through the shifting...



  • Her skates sparkled as Dany Alexander spun on the glistening ice, tracing patterns in moonlight, lost in a shimmering fantasy. Suddenly Anthony Malik appeared beside her, matching his gliding steps to her own. With a cool, driven passion he had sha...



  • Part gypsy, part untouched golden child of the sea, Kate Gilbert was the most bewitching woman Beau Landry had ever seen. Rashly he agreed to help rescue her friends, risking his ship, his crew, even his life. But Kate was no damsel in distress, he d...



  • HE PROMISES NOTHING LESS THAN LOVE WITHOUT END Exquisite, radiant Tania Orlinov -- incomparable prima ballerina, renowned Soviet defector, she expresses the dreams of love only dance can reveal...but seeks none of them for herself. Brilliant, ...



  • He appeared in her life with the unexpected force of a desert sandstorm, sweeping her from terrifying danger into the sweet haven of his arms. Daniel Seifert was a fierce man, used to taking whatever he wanted, but Zilah, the spirited woman he'd ...



  • Pandora had always known there was no other man in the world for her but Philip El Kabbar, the magnificently arrogant sheikh who ruled the desert land where she'd grown up. As a reckless tomboy she'd refused to go unnoticed by the fascinatin...



  • It began as a daring, desperate scenario to flush out a terrorist, a man whose crimes were serious enough for Sedikhan security chief Clancy Donahue to kidnap a stunning American singer to act as bait. A man who'd never known any true lover but d...



  • Kira Rubinoff and Zack Damon had never met-but when their paths finally crossed, the Tamrovian princess and the powerful industrialist sensed they were not strangers. Desperate to enlist Zack's help in freeing a beloved friend from imprisonment, Kira...



  • Heirs to a great dynasty, the Delaney brothers were united by blood, united by devotion to their rugged land ... and known far and wide as THE SHAMROCK TRINITY. Powerful men... rakes and charmers... they needed only love to make their lives complete...






  • Risking his fife to save the stunning American woman from certain death. Sandor Karpathan felt his rebel's heart fill with fierce desire, and he knew no power on earth could stop him from possessing her! Alessandra Ballard was dizzyingly beautiful, b...



  • Jon Sandell was no more like his cousin Mark than the sunset resembled the dawn, Elizabeth Ramsey knew -- but her beloved Mark was gone, and she didn't know whom to trust anymore. Jon told her stories she didn't want to believe, his gaze savagely pos...



  • From the moment he saw seductive, violet-eyed Serena Spaulding, Gideon Brandt was imprisoned by the reckless longings of his heart. But Serena escaped from his arms, and he couldn't find her again until years later. And then his overwhelming need to ...



  • Matilda Delany, nicknamed Manda, felt the black flame opal calling to her from the abandoned mines on Deadman's Ridge, and she knew the missing jewel was the treasure she must find. She was always in search of the great adventure that was her destiny...



  • Brody Devlin had a notorious temper, a mesmerizing voice, and a presence so powerful he could hypnotize any audience into believing he was a king, a god, or the devil himself. But the man behind the jaded facade was what intrigued Sacha Lorion, made...



  • When the golden haired rogue in the black leather jacket dodged a barrage of bullets to rescue her, Quenby Swenson thrilled... with fear and with excitement. Gunner Nilsen had risked his life to save her, but when he promised to cherish her for a li...



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    a Loveswept Exclusive [1988] Samantha Barton was ethereal as moonlight and all fragile grace, but she was also Topaz, a woman whose courage had survived a revolution -- and Fletcher Bronson wanted to protect and ravish her all at once. The enigmatic...



  • Scottish beauty Elspeth MacGregor travels to Hell's Bluff to hire Dominic Delaney to lead her to the magical lost city of Kantalan, but at first he refuses -- the last thing he needs is to join a virginal scholar on a dangerous quest. But Elspeth...



  • Mysterious, enigmatic Prince Nicholas Savron had the face of a fallen angel, but Silver Delaney knew his devil's beauty was a snare, and she dared not be trapped by it. He understood she'd never yield to him without a struggle, but her hair like dark...



  • Surprise. Panic. Then desire like an electric shock filled Sara O'Rourke when she saw Jordan Bandor across the crowded room. For eighteen months she'd lived free of the man from the harsh, unforgiving Australian outback who'd swept her off her feet, ...






  • When she slipped into Cameron Bandor's hotel suite disguised in veil and harem costume, Damita Shaughnessy was determined to force the powerful executive to help her find her mother Lola Torres, who the world knew only as a glamorous sex goddess. Bu...



  • Sheikh Damon El Karim had kidnapped her son Michael and taken him to Kasmara! Cory Brandel was filled with fury at his betrayal -- and shattered by guilt. She'd kept the child a secret from his father when her passionate affair with Damon had ended f...



  • TO SAVE THE CHILD ETAINE, SILVER AND NICHOLAS MUST BATTLE THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS BUT WILL HIS DEFEAT COST THEM THEIR LIVES? In the glittering, endless white nights of a Russian summer Silver Delaney felt isolated, alone, even in the shimmering cry...



  • Why was Andrew Ramsey watching her daughter Cassie from the cliff above the beach, Lily Deslin wondered with a sudden chill in her heart. When she discovered the secret they shared, she was shocked-and terrified he'd try to take her beloved child fro...



  • Women called Jake Darcy mad, bad, and dangerous to know, but Mary Harland insisted rakes were a thing of the past...yet wondered if the stories could possibly be true. She felt too innocent to enchant such a wanton man, but when Jake swept her into h...



  • It didn't matter to Sabin Wyatt that the jury had acquitted gorgeous actress Mallory Thane of his stepbrother's murder -- she had become his obsession, his to punish for having enslaved and ruined Ben with her beauty and faithlessness. Tempted to abd...



  • The Charismatic Revolutionary... Ricardo Lazaro, legendary poet-warrior and rebel leader of Saint Pierre, had been captured saving her brother, and Lara Clavel had come to the Caribbean island ready to risk her life to free him. She knew the rescu...



  • THE BROODING, ENIGMATIC COMPOSER... When Jason Hayes heard Daisy Justine's spectacular voice, he felt a fierce joy, and a shocking need to possess her! She was born to sing his music for Desdemona, but when she refused his offer and wouldn't say w...



  • Legend held that whoever possessed it would rule the destinies of nations. Renaissance Italy, where intrigues were as intricate as carved cathedral doors and affairs of state were ruled by affairs of the bedchamber ... where the rustling richness ...



  • FROM THE HALLS OF A PALATIAL PRISON TO THE HOT SANDS OF AN ENDLESS DESERT... Here is a timeless story of love and adventure set among hills of gold, warring tribes, and fabled kingdoms -- the story of a fearless princess and a barbarian sheikh.....






  • Eighteenth-century France, where cunning intellects and glittering ballgowns concealed treacherous hearts...where madness swept a nation, and the last sound many noblemen heard was the terrible song of the guillotine's blade. Brilliant and reputed...



  • Her Fierce Protector -- or Savage Lover? Had she or fate chosen Louis Benoit to father the child she so desperately desired? Mariana Sandell wondered, as she evaded the stunningly handsome financial wizard's security and appeared without warning in...



  • A DESPERATE RACE AGAINST DEATH Alex. Brilliant Alex Karazov always regarded his wild talent as merely a tool in the high-tech chessboard of world events...until murder galvanized him into a global cat-and-mouse game that could cost him not only hi...



  • A Tanned, Tough, Reckless Lancelot... Jed Corbin slipped inside the island castle by night, determined to solve the mystery of the woman who'd won the prize that should have been his. But he never expected to tumble a captive princess to the floor...



  • From the moment he first laid eyes on her, Kevin Delaney felt a curious attraction for the rag-clad Gypsy beauty rummaging through the attic of his ranch at Killara. He didn't believe for a moment her talk of magic mirrors and second sight, but somet...



  • From the shimmering cities of a faraway land to the heather-scented hills of the Scottish Highlands comes this passionate tale of adventure and dangerous desire by one of America's bestselling and beloved authors, Iris Johansen. TIGER, TIGER, BURN...



  • GABE--A Larger-Than-Life Hero Who'd Always Be Her Light in the Darkness... The last thing Gabe Falkner expected was to be rescued by a golden-haired angel, but photojournalist Ronnie Dalton would dare anything to free the man who'd saved her life...



  • SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL PAWN IN A GAME OF LOVE AND DEATH When Princess Kathryn Kentyre is snatched from a life of captivity by the mysterious Black Robert of Craighdhu, she is torn between absolute terror and soaring hope. He had been chosen to protec...



  • SHE WAS A HOSTAGE TORN BETWEEN PASSION AND LOYALTY... Marianna Sanders realized she could not trust this dark and savagely seductive stranger who had come to spirit her away across the sea. She possessed a secret that could topple an empire, a se...



  • SHE WAS A PRISONER BOUND BY DUTY AND DESIRE.... Taken as a slave, fiery, tempestuous Brynn of Falkhaar was awed by the magnificent warrior who stood before her. Known for her skills as a healer, she had been brought to his battlefield tent to sav...






  • From the moment she heard of the arrival of the English ship, Cassandra Deville sensed danger. But she never expected the sensuous invader who stepped out of the shadows of the palms and onto the moonlit beach. Bold, passionate, electrifyingly mascul...



  • The darkly handsome warrior found her in the hot desert night, the last survivor of a caravan devastated by a brutal attack. But Thea could hardly have found a less likely savior. Brooding, powerful, boldly erotic, the infamous Lord Ware felt no need...



  • If fate suddenly made you more beautiful than you ever dreamed possible, would it be the beginning of a fairy tale, or your worst nightmare.... The brutal attack should have killed anybody, but Nell Calder did more than survive. She emerged a woma...



  • Someone wants her dead. But he has to catch her first. The first warning was triggered hundreds of miles away. The second warning exploded only yards from where she and her son stood. Now Kate Denby realizes the frightening truth: She is somebody'...



  • SHE EXPECTED SUNSHINE AND BALMY BREEZES. WHAT SHE SAW WAS EVERYONE'S WORST NIGHTMARE. Bess Grady has heard the unmistakable sound before. She knows what it means. But not even the eerie lament of the howling dogs can prepare her for what has tak...



  • AN UNIDENTIFIED SKULL... A TRAIL OF TERRIFYING SECRETS... AND A WOMAN WHOSE TALENTED HANDS COULD REVEAL THE SHOCKING TRUTH... As a forensic sculptor, Eve Duncan helps identify the dead from their skulls. With her own daughter murdered and her ...



  • A MERCILESS KILLER ON THE HUNT... AN INNOCENT CHILD IN HIS SIGHTS... A WOMAN DRIVEN TO THE EDGE TO STOP HIM... The killer knows Eve Duncan all too well. He knows the pain she feels for her murdered daughter, Bonnie, whose body has never been f...



  • HE STRIKES WITHOUT WARNING HE KILLS WITHOUT MERCY HE'S ONLY JUST BEGUN As part of an elite K-9 search and rescue team, Sarah Patrick and her golden retriever, Monty, have a gift for finding what no one else can. But their latest assignment is no...



  • A YOUNG GIRL IN JEOPARDY... TWO WOMEN DETERMINED TO SAVE HER... THE MAN WHO COULD BETRAY THEM ALL... Melissa Riley arrives at her sister's isolated Virginia country home to find herself plunged into a deadly drama. There the renowned Dr. Jessica...



  • A PAST SHE THOUGHT BURIED...A MURDER SHE WAS DRIVEN TO SOLVE... Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan has been summoned to Baton Rouge by a high-ranking government official to identify the remains of an unknown murder victim. Eve wants nothing to do with t...



  • THIS TIME THERE'S NOWHERE TO RUN... NO PLACE TO HIDE... NO WAY OUT OF HIS DEADLY GAME... He is the most terrifying of killers: ruthless, cunning, charismatic. And he has the means to get whatever he wants. And what he wants most is Elena Kyler. ...



  • SHE WITNESSES DEATH THROUGH THE EYE OF HER CAMERA.... NOW A RELENTLESS KILLER IS FOCUSED ON HER. What happens when a reporter does more than just report? What happens when she becomes the story? A celebrated photojournalist, Alex Graham has re...



  • Marine researcher Melis Nemid is treading dangerous waters--and she's about to be dragged under. Melis knows something that has already caused one oceanographer to disappear from the face of the earth ... and that's only part of a past torn by violen...



  • For Kerry Murphy, the inferno is never far away. The flames of that long-ago night still burn in her nightmares: the heat, the choking smoke, the helplessness. She can never run fast enough... Now Kerry works as an arson investigator with her evid...



  • ONE OBSESSED KILLER... ONE DEADLY TRAP... ONE WOMAN'S DARKEST NIGHTMARE... Her job is to put a face on the victims of violent crimes. But as forensic sculptor Eve Duncan works on the skull of a newly discovered victim, she's about to get the shock o...



  • "DON'T KILL HER. SHE'S NO GOOD TO US DEAD." These words haunt Jane MacGuire. She thought she'd escaped a random kidnapping, but she's about to learn that the truth is far more terrifying.... Now Jane is running for her life. Her adoptive parents, ...



  • The photograph was a warning. He'd found them again. Now she has no choice but to go ... Grace Archer hoped this day would never come. She'd taken her little daughter, Frankie, and started a new life at a remote Alabama horse farm. But the man st...



  • Someone is watching.... He's a shadowy figure from her darkest nightmare and he hasn't /forgotten her. In one shocking instant he'd shattered Sophie Dunston's world forever. Now she has only one thing to live for, her son, Michael. And their nightma...



  • The suspense begins with a phone call and leads forensic sculptor Eve Duncan onto the harrowing trail of a killer that even the most cold-blooded killers fear to face. Her skill in identifying murder victims was world- renowned, but Eve Duncan wor...



  • SHE HAS A GIFT OF UNSPEAKABLE POWER... HE MUST CONTROL HER OR DESTROY HER. For as long as she can remember, Megan Blair has tried to silence the voices in her head--voices that bring her to the edge of madness and terror. These voices have been do...



  • A NOVEL OF BREATHTAKING INTENSITY ABOUT A WOMAN IN A DESPERATE RACE AGAINST TIME TO BRING A KILLER TO JUSTICE. Do you still miss your little Bonnie? This one sentence, spoken by a male voice in an anonymous phone call, is al it takes to drag Eve D...



  • IT BEGINS WITH A SINGLE SHOT. Devon Brady is a devoted veterinarian working in a makeshift hospital on a remote search and rescue mission. When a man arrives with his wounded black Lab, Ned, she has no idea that she is about to be plunged into a w...



  • TWO UNLIKELY TREASURE HUNTERS... Lady Selene Ware was nothing more than a harem slave when reformed assassin Kadar Ben Arnaud helped her escape to her native Scotland. But she still wasn't safe from the sheikh who claimed her as his property -- and w...



  • WHAT BEGAN AS AN INNOCENT MISSION Emily Hudson is a renowned archaeologist who travels the world to save priceless artifacts from theft or destruction. Her best friend and partner, Joel Levy, is always at her side -- until one day, when her entire cr...



  • Eve Duncan is closer than ever to discovering the truth about her missing daughter in BLOOD GAME. TO WHET A KILLER'S APPETITE When a Georgia senator's daughter is found dead and drained of blood, Eve enters the world of a twisted psychopath -- a man...



  • In eight days they will take her. AN ANCIENT CONSPIRACY It all begins with a painting called Guilt. Eve Duncan's daughter, Jane, has no idea why she painted the portrait of the chilling face that now hangs in a Paris gallery. But those who belong to...



  • Eve Duncan won't rest until she finds the truth-- and a missing child -- in the latest adrenaline-pumping thriller from #1 blockbuster bestselling author IRIS JOHANSEN ONE WOMAN'S NIGHTMARE... A CIA agent's two-year-old child was stolen in the nigh...



  • Years ago, Eve Duncan's beloved daughter Bonnie went missing. Now, she's closer than ever to finding the answers she's been searching for. Eve Duncan's mission in life is to bring closure to the families who have experienced the agony of a missing c...



  • #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen explores the darkest corners of the human heart as forensic sculptor Eve Duncan closes in on the killer who stole her daughter so many years ago. As a former Navy SEAL turned cop, Joe Quinn has seen...



  • The truth has eluded her for years. . . . Now is she ready to face it? When Eve Duncan gave birth to her daughter, she experienced a love she never knew existed. Nothing would stand in the way of giving Bonnie a wonderful life---until the unthinka...



  • It's the deadliest poison known to man. He's the only one who knows its true power. She's the only one who can stop the evil. The chase is on... WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU In this breathtaking thriller, number-one bestselling author Iris Johansen...



  • HELD CAPTIVE FOR DECADES Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan knows what it's like to be haunted by the past. For years after her daughter Bonnie was stolen from her, she fought for closure. Now, as she strives to begin anew, she finds herself on another mi...



  • #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen is back with the first book in a chilling new Eve Duncan trilogy that asks the question: will Eve survive what lies ahead? Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan’s mission is to bring closure to the famil...



  • In the second book of Iris Johansen's heart-stopping new Eve Duncan trilogy, the stakes get higher. Eve Duncan is on the run. Kidnapped by Jim Doane, a mysterious man who wants her to complete a sinister forensic sculpture, she now has no time to sav...



  • WHEN IT COMES TO EVE DUNCAN. NEVER SAY NEVER... Is she dead or alive?That is the question on everybody's lips. Eve appears to have been killed - -that's what everyone attending her funeral thinks, at least. But not even some of her top-brass colle...



  • SHE'S ONE OF THE CIA'S MOST PRIZED OPERATIVES. Raised on the unforgiving streets of Hong Kong, Catherine Ling was pulled into the Agency at the age of fourteen, already having accumulated more insight and secrets than the most seasoned professionals...



  • She had the perfect life. She had the perfect cover. She was the perfect witness. Until they found her. When Teresa Casali was young she discovered she had a strange gift: the ability to read people’s memories. But the gift seemed more like...



  • Catherine Ling is one of the CIA's most prized operatives. Raised on the streets of Hong Kong, she was pulled into the agency at the age of fourteen. If life has taught her anything, it is not to get attached, but there are two exceptions to that rul...



  • Eve Duncan: the most sought-after artist in the field of forensic sculpting. Dedicated to her work ever since her daughter Bonnie was taken and killed at the age of seven, Eve feels a sense of duty to those whose lives were lost and whose bones are n...



  • DARK SECRETS World-famous forensic sculptor Eve Duncan has landed in a well-guarded hospital room in Carmel, California. But hidden danger looms for Eve, her beloved Joe Quinn, and Cara Delaney, the young girl they’ve both sworn to protect. With C...



  • Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan risked it all to protect Cara Delaney from the enemies who want her dead. The journey has led them from California to a remote mountain in the Scottish highlands -- and earned Eve the distinction of becoming their next ta...



  • Margaret Douglas has worked hard to put her painful past behind her. Raised off the grid in an abusive home, her only escape was the nearby forest where she sought refuge whenever she could. There, in the peaceful woods, she discovered a strange gift...



  • With Iris Johansen’s trademark adventure, intrigue, and explosive energy, MIND GAME is a propulsive thriller that’s impossible to put down. Scotland holds a treasure that Jane MacGuire has been hunting for years. But as she scours the Highland...



  • Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is once again thrown into a deadly game of intrigue when she receives a cryptic package containing a skull and a two sided mirror. Eve is determined to reconstruct the skull and uncover the mystery of the person’s ident...



  • With his dying breath, Carl Venable, head of the CIA task force on terrorism and Jude Brandon’s final link to terrorist ringleader Max Huber, gives Brandon a mandate: keep his daughter, Rachel, safe at any cost. But Rachel Venable has a shocking, t...



  • New York Times bestseller Iris Johansen is back with another high octane thriller that will leave your mind racing and your heart pounding. Despite her tragic childhood, violin prodigy Cara Delaney has finally found peace in her career as a profe...



  • In this pulse-pounding thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan journeys to Africa to help families torn apart by a violent attack deep in the jungle--but she may be putting herself in more danger...



  • When Eve Duncan's daughter, Jane MacGuire, becomes a madman's target, Jane must team up with longtime love interest Seth Caleb in this suspense novel from the #1 bestselling author of Smokescreen. Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan and ex-Navy S...



  • #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen introduces a new kickass female protagonist, Alisa Flynn, a CIA agent who may be willing to go rogue if it means catching the most heartless band of criminals she's ever encountered. Alisa is ...



  • Eve Duncan and Joe Quinn must protect the life of a brilliant scientist so that she can live long enough to bring her discovery to the world, in this fast-paced thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen. Diane Connors is a ...



  • All bets are off as #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen introduces gambler Logan Tanner, a man with a secret past that’s about to come back to haunt him. Logan Tanner lives the exhilarating life of a professional gambler, taking ...



  • Eve Duncan is in a fight against time while trying to unearth one of the lost secrets of the world's history in this installment from #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen. Archaeologist Riley Smith has been obsessed with Helen of...



  • Eve Duncan’s daughter Jane MacGuire seems to have found a perfect life with Seth Caleb -- until a ruthless madman threatens to destroy it all, in this gripping suspense novel from #1 bestselling author Iris Johansen. Jane MacGuire is enjoying ...



  • Eve Duncan and Riley Smith must solve their most exciting puzzle since A Face to Die For when asked to uncover the mysterious secret hidden on a remote island. When archeologist Riley Smith comes to ask Eve Duncan for help, Eve has to say no. Tra...



  • #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen introduces a bold new heroine in Murphy Jordan, who, along will with her talented rescue dog, will take on an explosive case with global implications....


Award-Winning Books by Iris Johansen

Always
1986 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Bantam Loveswept
Dark Summer
2008 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Suspense Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Iris Johansen has published 104 books.

The next book by Iris Johansen, On the Hunt, will be published in September 2024.

The first book by Iris Johansen, Stormy Vows, was published in August 1983.

Yes. Iris Johansen has 16 series.