Stalemate.Stalemate Iris Johansen Bantam Dell 1745 Broadway, 24th fl., NY, NY 10019, 212-782-9008/800-726-0600 055380345X $26.00 www.bantamdell.com Eve Duncan is in the throes throe n. 1. A severe pang or spasm of pain, as in childbirth. See Synonyms at pain. 2. throes A condition of agonizing struggle or trouble: a country in the throes of economic collapse. of her latest reconstruction, emotionally at a high pitch, when she receives a telephone call with the one temptation to make her throw caution to the winds: a promise to find the remains of her kidnapped, and presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. murdered, daughter, and her killer. The deal is made by a reclusive arms dealer in Colombia who wants her to reconstruct the skull of his wife who was murdered by an arch enemy. Of course, her long-time lover is dead set against her going to perform the task. She ignores everyone and decides to go and finds herself in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of intrigue and pitted against a sadistic sa·dism n. 1. The deriving of sexual gratification or the tendency to derive sexual gratification from inflicting pain or emotional abuse on others. 2. The deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty. killer. She has to use all her talent and skills to fulfill her mission, and then save her paramour par·a·mour n. A lover, especially one in an adulterous relationship. [Middle English, from par amour, by way of love, passionately, from Anglo-Norman : par, by and a good friend who followed her from certain death. The story moves ahead with deliberate twists until the final pages, keeping the reader in a state of suspense. Recommended. |
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