Iris Johansen

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Iris Johansen
  • Bibliography:
    105 Books (17 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 1983
  • Latest Book:
    June 2025
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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)
34 - Death Mask (Jun-2025)

Kira Drake

1 - On the Hunt (Sep-2024)

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: 105 titles

  • Stormy Vows

    Donovan Enterprises - 1
    Loveswept - 14

    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...

  • Tempest at Sea

    Donovan Enterprises - 2
    Loveswept - 17

    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...

  • The Reluctant Lark

    Reluctant Lark - 1
    Loveswept - 24

    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...

  • The Bronzed Hawk

    Reluctant Lark - 2
    Loveswept - 27

    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 ...

  • The Lady and the Unicorn

    Loveswept - 29

    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...

  • The Golden Valkyrie

    Sedikhan - 2
    Loveswept - 31

    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 ...

  • The Trustworthy Redhead

    Sedikhan - 3
    Loveswept - 35

    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 ...

  • Return to Santa Flores

    Santa Flores - 1
    Loveswept - 40

    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...

  • No Red Roses

    Santa Flores - 2
    Loveswept - 44

    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 ...



  • Capture the Rainbow

    Sedikhan - 4
    Loveswept - 55

    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...

  • Touch the Horizon

    Sedikhan - 5
    Loveswept - 59

    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...

  • White Satin

    White Satin - 1
    Loveswept - 82

    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...

  • Blue Velvet

    White Satin - 2
    Loveswept - 86

    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...

  • The Forever Dream

    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, ...

  • A Summer Smile

    Sedikhan - 6
    Loveswept - 122

    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 ...

  • And the Desert Blooms

    Sedikhan - 7
    Loveswept - 126

    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...

  • Always

    Sedikhan - 8
    Loveswept - 148

    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...

  • Everlasting

    Sedikhan - 9
    Loveswept - 152

    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...

  • York, the Renegade

    Loveswept - 168
    The Delaneys

    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. ...



  • 'Til the End of Time

    Sedikhan - 10
    Loveswept - 176

    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...

  • Last Bridge Home

    Sedikhan - 11
    Loveswept - 187

    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...

  • Across the River of Yesterday

    Sedikhan - 12
    Loveswept - 191

    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, the Adventuress

    Loveswept
    The Delaneys

    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 des...

  • The Spellbinder

    Loveswept - 221

    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...

  • Star Light, Star Bright

    Sedikhan - 13
    Loveswept - 232

    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...

  • One Touch of Topaz

    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy
    Rescue - 1
    Loveswept

    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...

  • This Fierce Splendor

    The Delaneys

    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 Els...

  • Wild Silver

    The Delaneys

    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...

  • Man from Half Moon Bay

    Sedikhan - 14
    Loveswept - 257

    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, ...



  • Blue Skies and Shining Promises

    Sedikhan - 15
    Loveswept - 274

    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...

  • Strong, Hot Winds

    Loveswept - 280

    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...

  • Satin Ice

    The Delaneys

    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...

  • Magnificent Folly

    Sedikhan - 16
    Loveswept - 342

    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...

  • Wicked Jake Darcy

    Loveswept - 364

    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...

  • Notorious

    Sedikhan - 17
    Loveswept - 378

    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...

  • Tender Savage

    Rescue - 2
    Loveswept - 420

    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...

  • An Unexpected Song

    Loveswept - 438

    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'...

  • The Wind Dancer

    Wind Dancer - 1
    Bantam Fanfare

    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 ...

  • The Golden Barbarian

    Sedikhan - 1
    Bantam Fanfare

    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.....



  • Storm Winds

    Wind Dancer - 2
    Bantam Fanfare

    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...

  • A Tough Man to Tame

    Sedikhan - 18
    Loveswept - 481

    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...

  • Reap the Wind

    Wind Dancer - 3
    Bantam Fanfare

    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...

  • Winter Bride

    Loveswept - 522

    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...

  • Christmas Past

    in A Delaney Christmas Carol
    The Delaneys

    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...

  • The Tiger Prince

    Bantam Fanfare

    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...

  • Star-Spangled Bride

    Loveswept - 622

    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 save...

  • The Magnificent Rogue

    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...

  • The Beloved Scoundrel

    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...

  • Midnight Warrior

    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...



  • Dark Rider

    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...

  • Lion's Bride

    Lion's Bride - 1

    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...

  • The Ugly Duckling

    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...

  • Long After Midnight

    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'...

  • And Then You Die

    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...

  • The Face of Deception

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 1

    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 ...

  • The Killing Game

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 2

    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...

  • The Search

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 3

    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...

  • Final Target

    Wind Dancer - 4

    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...

  • Body of Lies

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 4.5
    Wind Dancer - 5

    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...

  • No One to Trust

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 5

    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. ...

  • Dead Aim

    Alisa Flynn - 4.5
    Eve Duncan & Friends - 6

    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...

  • Fatal Tide

    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...

  • Firestorm

    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...

  • Blind Alley

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 7

    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...

  • Countdown

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 8

    "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, ...

  • On The Run

    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...

  • Killer Dreams

    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...

  • Stalemate

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 9

    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...

  • Pandora's Daughter

    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...

  • Quicksand

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 10

    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...

  • Dark Summer

    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...

  • The Treasure

    Lion's Bride - 2

    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...

  • 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 cr...

  • Blood Game

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 11

    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...

  • Eight Days to Live

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 12

    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...

  • Chasing the Night

    Catherine Ling - 1
    Eve Duncan & Friends - 13

    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...

  • Eve

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 14
    Resolution Trilogy - 1

    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...

  • Quinn

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 15
    Resolution Trilogy - 2

    #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...

  • Bonnie

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 16
    Resolution Trilogy - 3

    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...

  • What Doesn't Kill You

    Catherine Ling - 2

    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...

  • Sleep No More

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 17

    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...

  • Taking Eve

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 18
    Targeting Eve Trilogy - 1

    #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...

  • Hunting Eve

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 19
    Targeting Eve Trilogy - 2

    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...

  • Silencing Eve

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 20
    Targeting Eve Trilogy - 3

    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...

  • Live to See Tomorrow

    Catherine Ling - 3

    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...

  • The Perfect Witness

    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...

  • Your Next Breath

    Catherine Ling - 4

    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...

  • Shadow Play

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 21
    Young Cara Trilogy - 1

    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...

  • Hide Away

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 22
    Young Cara Trilogy - 2

    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...

  • Night and Day

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 23
    Young Cara Trilogy - 3

    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...

  • No Easy Target

    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...

  • Mind Game

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 24

    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...

  • Shattered Mirror

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 25

    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...

  • Vendetta

    Catherine Ling - 5
    Eve Duncan & Friends - 26

    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...

  • Dark Tribute

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 27

    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...

  • Smokescreen

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 28

    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...

  • The Persuasion

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 29

    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...

  • Chaos

    Alisa Flynn - 1

    #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 ...

  • The Bullet

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 30

    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 ...

  • High Stakes

    Logan Tanner - 1

    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 ...

  • A Face to Die For

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 31

    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...

  • Captive

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 32

    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 ...

  • The Survivor

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 33

    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...

  • On the Hunt

    Kira Drake - 1
    Murphy Jordan - 1

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen introduces a bold new heroine -- and her search-and-rescue dog -- as Kira Drake begins an international search for an elusive killer. Kira Drake has come to Paris with her highly trained Go...

  • Death Mask

    Eve Duncan & Friends - 34

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen comes a new thriller starring fan favorite Eve Duncan as she uncovers the source of the priceless gold in King Tutankhamen’s tomb....

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 105 books.

The next book by Iris Johansen, Death Mask, will be published in June 2025.

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

Yes. Iris Johansen has 17 series.
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