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by Iris Johansen
About 56 pages (16,808 words)
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Blind Alley tells the story of Jane Maguire, a seventeen-year-old woman who is the object of a serial killer's obsession. It begins with a series of grisly murders in which women have been killed in varying manners, with one constant - all of their faces have been peeled off.

Eve Duncan, a forensic sculptor, becomes involved in the case when Detective Joe Quinn asks her to do a facial reconstruction of one of the victim's skulls. After completing the reconstruction, Eve and Joe are both struck by the resemblance to Jane. In fact, all of the victims resemble Jane.

Both Jane and Eve are haunted by dreams. Eve sees visions of her young daughter Bonnie who was abducted and murdered by a serial killer years earlier. Jane dreams about dark tunnels and a woman named Cira. The same.....

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