Eve Duncan
Eve Duncan is a fictional forensic sculptor in a series of suspense thriller novels by American writer Iris Johansen. Several of the books have been ''New York Times'' bestsellers. The series includes three self-contained trilogies that incorporate familiar characters from the rest of the series while standing on their own: ''Eve'', ''Quinn'', and ''Bonnie''; ''Taking Eve'', ''Hunting Eve'', and ''Silencing Eve''; ''Shadow Play'', ''Hide Away'', and ''Night and Day''. Laura Prepon Laura Helene Prepon (born March 7, 1980) is an American actress. She rose to fame with her role as Donna Pinciotti in the Fox sitcom ''That '70s Show'' (1998–2006). She is also known for portraying Alex Vause in the Netflix comedy-drama ser ... portrayed Eve Duncan in a 2011 adaptation of ''The Killing Game'' for Lifetime."Iris Johansen's Eve Duncan series to provide basis for Lifetime Television movie", Examiner.com, August 14, 2011. Books #''The Face of Deception'' (1998) #''The Killing Ga ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Forensic Artist
Forensic art is any art used in law enforcement or legal proceedings. Forensic art is used to assist law enforcement with the visual aspects of a case, often using witness descriptions and video footage. It is a highly specialized field that covers a wide range of artistic skills, such as composite drawing, crime scene sketching, image modification and identification, courtroom drawings, demonstrative evidence, and postmortem and facial approximation aids. It is rare for a forensic artist to specialize in more than one of these skills. Many forensic artists do the job as a collateral duty to their "regular" job in law enforcement, such as police officer, crime scene tech, etc. Such forensic artists perform their work while on a fixed salary and are not additionally compensated for artistic duties. There are few full-time forensic artist jobs available. Most full-time artists work in large cities, or in state or federal agencies. "Freelancing" in forensic art is a difficult c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thriller (genre)
Thriller is a genre of fiction, having numerous, often overlapping subgenres. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the mood (psychology), moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, Psychomotor agitation, excitement, Surprise (emotion), surprise, anticipation (emotion), anticipation and anxiety. Successful examples of thrillers are Alfred Hitchcock filmography, the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Thrillers generally keep the audience on the "edge of their seats" as the plot builds towards a climax (narrative), climax. The cover-up of important information is a common element. Literary devices such as red herrings, plot twists, unreliable narrators, and cliffhangers are used extensively. A thriller is often a villain-driven plot, whereby they present obstacles that the protagonist must overcome. The most common genres that overlap with the thriller genre include crime fiction, crime, horror fiction, horror and detective fiction. Characteristics Writer Vla ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Iris Johansen
Iris Johansen (born April 7, 1938) is an American author of crime fiction, suspense fiction, and romance novels. Biography Iris Johansen left a job as an airline reservations agent in the early 1980s to begin writing romance novels. She changed direction slightly and began writing historical romantic suspense novels in 1991 with the publication of ''The Wind Dancer''. She settled in to suspense writing as her main genre with the crime fiction thriller ''Ugly Duckling'', published in 1996 and soon after became a New York Times bestselling author. Johansen was born in St Louis Missouri, lives in Georgia, and is married. Her son, Roy Johansen, is an Edgar Award-winning screenwriter and novelist. Her daughter, Tamara, contributes as her research assistant. Bibliography A complete list of the works by Iris Johansen Contemporary Romance Novels * ''Stormy Vows'' (1983) * ''Tempest At Sea'' (1983) * ''Reluctant Lark'' (1983) * ''The Bronzed Hawk'' (1983) * ''The Lady and the Uni ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The New York Times Best Seller List
''The New York Times'' Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. John Bear, ''The #1 New York Times Best Seller: intriguing facts about the 484 books that have been #1 New York Times bestsellers since the first list, 50 years ago'', Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1992. Since October 12, 1931, ''The New York Times Book Review'' has published the list weekly. In the 21st century, it has evolved into multiple lists, grouped by genre and format, including fiction and non-fiction, hardcover, paperback and electronic. The list is based on a proprietary method that uses sales figures, other data and internal guidelines that are unpublished—how the ''Times'' compiles the list is a trade secret. In 1983 (as part of a legal argument), the ''Times'' stated that the list is not mathematically objective but rather editorial content. In 2017, a ''Times'' representative said that the goal is that the lists reflect authentic best selle ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Laura Prepon
Laura Helene Prepon (born March 7, 1980) is an American actress. She rose to fame with her role as Donna Pinciotti in the Fox sitcom ''That '70s Show'' (1998–2006). She is also known for portraying Alex Vause in the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2019). Prepon made her film debut in 2001 with the independent drama ''Southlander''. Her other films include the romantic drama ''Come Early Morning'' (2006), the comedy ''Lay the Favorite'' (2012), the thriller '' The Girl on the Train'' (2016), and the drama '' The Hero'' (2017). Early life Prepon was born in Watchung, New Jersey. She is the youngest of five children of Marjorie (née Coll), a high school teacher and gourmet home chef, and Michael Prepon, an orthopedic surgeon. Prepon's father died during heart surgery in 1993 at age 49; she was 13 at the time. She attended Watchung Hills Regional High School and later studied at the Total Theatre Lab in New York City. Her father was Jewish, of Russi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Killing Game (2011 Film)
''The Killing Game'' is a 2011 Lifetime Original Movie based on the novel '' The Killing Game'' by Iris Johansen. It was directed by Bobby Roth. The film premiered on Lifetime on October 30, 2011. Plot Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan (Laura Prepon) who, 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her seven-year-old daughter Bonnie, is contacted by a man claiming to be her killer. Taunted by the man's mysterious clues about Bonnie's case, Eve becomes involved in his sadistic game when he threatens to kill another little girl that he targeted because she resembles her precious daughter. Memories haunt her as she is caught in a web of deceit and gambles with her own life tracking down the deadly serial killer in the hopes of saving the girl's life's and discovering Bonnie's final resting place. Cast * Laura Prepon as Eve Duncan * Ty Olsson as Joe Quinn * Kavan Smith as Mark * Teryl Rothery as Sarah Patrick * Brian Markinson as Spiro * Naomi Judd as Sandra Duncan * Jamie Bloch as J ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lifetime (TV Network)
Lifetime is an American basic cable channel that is part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a subsidiary of A&E Networks, which is jointly owned by Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company. It features programming that is geared toward women or features women in lead roles. , it is received by 93.8 million households in America. History Predecessors There were two television channels that preceded Lifetime in its current incarnation. Daytime, originally called BETA, was launched in March 1982 by Hearst-ABC Video Services.(June 15, 1983Hearst-ABC, Viacom in Pact. New York Times.Lifetime Entertainment Services History . International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 32. St. James Press, 2000. Hosted on Funding Universe.com. Retrieved on December 4, 2013.< ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |