Chasing the Night by Iris Johansen

The provided text is an excerpt from "Chasing the Night" by Iris Johansen, focusing on the character Eve Duncan, a renowned forensic sculptor. The narrative follows Eve as she is pulled into a dangerous situation involving Catherine Ling, a former CIA operative desperate to find her kidnapped son, Luke, who has been held for nine years by the ruthless criminal Sergei Rakovac. Eve, who herself experienced the loss of her daughter, is initially reluctant but ultimately uses her unique skills in age progression to help Catherine. The story also introduces Joe Quinn, Eve's partner, and Kelly Winters, a young girl with exceptional pattern-recognition abilities who aids in the search for Luke, highlighting the intertwined themes of loss, revenge, and the pursuit of justice against a backdrop of international intrigue and personal peril.