Book In Review

      Pandora’s Daughter, written by Iris Johansen, has left me feeling as if i have committed gluttony of the written word.  I have a love/sick addiction to her books.      I pick it up and i don’t stop reading until i have consumed the whole book.  By the time i am done reading, my eyes are blurry and i realize i have forgotten to eat or drink. 

          The book centers around a woman named Megan who is living the life of  a doctor.  She is having a little trouble keeping herself un-involved emotionally in her cases.  She cares deeply; others find this troubling.  One night driving home she is driven off of the road by a maniac.

         She is successful in avoiding death; but, is deeply upset when she gets home to her Uncle.  She later discovers that her whole life has been “constructed” by two men who set out to protect her from some evil men who have been on a mission to destroy her since she was a young woman. 

          Her memory has been put in storage for years.  She has flashes of memory that confirm things she doesn’t want to admit… she hears voices.   Megan finds out she is a Listener.   The flashes of memory scare her.  They also underscore that she and her mother have shared extra ordinary abilities; and, she is conflicted about being her mother’s daughter.

         She disovers things, about the past and her mother, that she finds unbelievable.  She discovers the meaning of Pandora’s Daughter as she leaves her profession temporarily to  explore her family history.

          There is an undercurrent of intrigue with the FBI, and, an international hitman is mixed into the story for good measure.   There’s  blood and gore; as well as some mystical mechanics of the mind.  It is a typical Iris Johansen masterpiece.  She makes us connect, with her characters, in such a way that is hard to say good bye to them.

           The book was #1 on the New York Times Bestselling list.  It was copyrighted in 2007 and was published by Johansen Publishing, LLP.