Deadlock

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Author: Iris Johansen
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Media: Mass Market Paperback
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Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.3 x 1

ISBN: 0312368100
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780312368104
ASIN: 0312368100

Publication Date: October 20, 2009
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With lightning-fast pacing, startling plot twists, and shocking betrayals, #1 blockbuster bestselling author Iris Johansen is at the top of her game with DEADLOCK 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 crew comes under attack. Joel and Emily are held hostage by a sadistic captor who is determined to find the missing link to a legendary treasure. For weeks they struggle to survive against terrifying odds, pushed to their limits-and beyond? has become a desperate race for survival? John Garrett has worked for the CIA, British intelligence, and whoever else was willing to pay for his services. This time, a Washington operative hands him what at first appears to be just another assignment: to track down, and save, Emily and Joel. But it quickly becomes much more, especially when Garrett finds himself drawn to someone as dauntless and bent on revenge as Emily. Soon, they're catapulted into an astonishing adventure in which nothing-and no one-is what it seems. And lives hang in the balance as one man and one woman unravel the explosive truth behind a conspiracy hidden for generations. "Johansen keeps readers on the edge of their seats."-Booklist

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Don't read this if you are squeamish July 22, 2010
Nancy Jo Donnelly
Don't read this book if you are squeamish or have a vivid imagination. I just couldn't get beyond the descriptions of torture. They are truly awful.

I did try and a few bits were interesting, but the series of contacts between the good guys and the bad guys just didn't seem to be leading to a solution.

I usually like Iris Johansen books, not this one though.

1 out of 5 stars

Kept rewriting the dialogue.. June 30, 2010
C. Simpson (Chattanooga, TN)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I struggled to finish this book. It was terrible. Like some of the reviews I read, it was bland, dull, and very shallow. I kept rewriting the dialogue in my head as I read thinking, "Now, she wouldn't really say this." Or, "People don't really speak like this." I even looked at who published this book thinking that maybe it was self-published. What editor would let this drivel go to print???

5 out of 5 stars

Fast-paced and dialogue-rich, with plenty of international intrigue June 9, 2010
Bookreporter.com (New York, New York)
DEADLOCK opens in war-torn Afghanistan with archaeologist Joel Levy saying, "Most of those artifacts are less than a hundred years old" to friend, archaeologist, partner and protagonist Emily Hudson. Emily replies, "And you wanted to find Alexander's sword or a new version of the Bible." A prayer book may have been useful hours later, to keep Joel's fingers from being hacked off with a sword, just before single-named terrorist Staunton "burned out his eyes."

Iris Johansen, recently the author of DARK SUMMER and PANDORA'S DAUGHTER, introduces two new characters in this nightmare-while-awake thriller, her 34th novel. Successful authors of thrillers need a hook. With Johansen, her book is the hook.

The word "deadlock" is defined as a standstill resulting from opposition of two unrelenting factions. With piano-wire tension for the reader, Johansen defines DEADLOCK with international intrigue, plot twists and shocking betrayals. The standoff here is between former CIA operative John Garrett and Russian "Peter Joslyn, the big plastics industrialist...who was in control of all the money." The money in question manipulates many lives --- and leads to the tortuous death of Joel. All this in the relentless pursuit of the mysterious Zelov's hammer. This priceless artifact has hidden in it the fourth and most important amulet that is the key to discovering the location of untold wealth of the last Russian tsar, which has been accumulated by generations of the Romanov dynasty. But Peter is only a puppet pulled by strings of many others far more powerful. Or is that standoff between Emily and Garrett?

After rescuing Emily from certain gang-rape and probable death, Garrett questions her loyalty and gratitude, as she is out for vengeance, which may get them both killed. Garrett whisks Emily away to the tiny Greek island Mykala, when he rescues her with her virtue --- and soul --- intact, and explains to her that Greek friend Irana nursed him back to life when he had been riddled with bullets, after foolishly infringing upon a competitor's operation of smuggling relics.

"I'd trespassed into his territory and acquired a statue that he regarded as his property. He wanted to set an example."

"You're a smuggler?"

"Among other things."

Garrett is a soldier of fortune, dubious purveyor of antiquities, "an Indiana Jones wannabe." Emily and Garrett rack up more frequent-flier miles than a space shuttle crew, with stops in Greece, Kabul, New York, Paris, Miami and Moscow. And the only turbulence is a baker's dozen international thugs trying to kill Emily for an early dinner and Garrett for dessert. Multiple near misses add intrigue, while James Bond-like gizmos make Tech World Expo look like a manual typewriter compared to a NASA computer. Fortunately for Emily, caller ID cannot be blocked by the techno-geeks and international terrorists, and cell phone locations are traced --- while the users are flying to exotic places.

Other turbulence builds. Aloof and sexy jet-setter Garrett is attracted to Emily, but tells himself, "Get over it. It was probably purely sexual." Garrett has a job to do --- protect Emily. He tells himself that he must be patient, but "To hell with patience." Lock that virtue in a chastity belt, Emily. She intermittently is attracted to Garrett. But is that just a ruse to use Garrett as a means to an end, tracking down and killing Staunton? She knows how to use a man to her advantage. Go, girl, go! Emily ponders that "she would not make the mistake believing that Garrett could be involved with her on a more permanent basis. They were too different. It had to be the situation that was binding them together." Emily may convince her mind of that, but not her sex-starved body.

Those who want intimate descriptions of exotic locations will need travel or photo books. James Bond stars in films set in glamorous cosmopolitan cities, a Westerner's view of Russia, Turkey and Greece. Emily Hudson, who "has fragility beneath the strength," treks rugged mountain passes in desolate Afghanistan, parched farmlands in Ethiopia, and the seediest sections of Istanbul. With crystal-clear skies in remote areas, stars abound. The simple mention of exotic locations without detailed descriptions to let the audience know what the characters visualize allows the reader to see only three stars with this novel. Still, DEADLOCK is another solid effort from Iris Johansen --- fast-paced and dialogue-rich, with plenty of international intrigue.

1 out of 5 stars

I loathed this book May 20, 2010
Freida (PONCA CITY, OK United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Iris Johansen used to be one of my favorite authors and one of the few I was willing to pay out for a new hardback book rather than wait for it to come out in paperback. I loathed everything about this book. It is badly written. The characters are poorly developed and even the supposed good character does not garner my interest. The over the top torture was nauseating and repulsive. I bought it at the airport to read on trip to the UK and really regretted buying it. You know how some airport bookstores you can sell a book back for 50% of the purchase price? I sold this back as soon as I arrived back in the USA. And I never usually part with my books - heck I still have decades old books with price tags of pennies that I have have paid ridiculous sums to ship as I have moved round the world! I could not wait to get rid of this one. I honestly don't have a single good word to say about it - doesn't even deserve one star. I may look out for future Iris Johansen books at the library but doubt I will buy one again. What on earth happened to this author? It's as if it is a totally different person writing.

2 out of 5 stars

I'm done May 7, 2010
Nibot8 (Edgewater, NJ)
I've read and enjoyed several books by Iris Johansen, but I'm now done with her writing unless there are great reviews. This had the potential to be a great story, but kept losing my interest...every once in a while, she would stick in a predictable love scene. For the most part, I hated the fact that it was a bit too good to put down, but just barely

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