TAYLOR STEVENS is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Catch, The Informationist, and The Innocent, all featuring Vanessa Michael Munroe. Her novels have received critical acclaim, have been published in twenty languages, and The Informationist has been optioned for film by James Cameron's production company, Lightstorm Entertainment. Raised in communes across the globe and denied an education beyond the sixth grade, Stevens broke free of the Children of God and now lives in Texas, where she is currently at work on the next Munroe adventure.
“I read The Doll in one frenzied, caffeine-fueled sitting, then
re-read it slowly and luxuriantly, just for the sheer pleasure of
it. Out of everything I’ve read ever, if I had to pick a fictional
character to have dinner with, Michael Munroe would certainly make
my Top 5. . . Stevens excels at depicting pulse-pounding danger,
and her prose and plotting are spectacular, especially given her
cult background. She was denied all but a sixth-grade education,
but her writing places her heads above most authors working in the
thriller genre. Only Dan Brown and Lee Child come close; not even
the lauded Larsson could turn a phrase or twist a plotline like
Stevens can. Really, my only complaint is that I’d like her to
please write faster.” —Dallas Morning News
“Munroe is a sensational character and Stevens is a sensational
writer, and together they put The Doll high on my books-of-the-year
list.” —Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author of the Jack
Reacher series
“If you are a fan of Jack Reacher, Lisbeth Salander, or Nina Zero,
you need to check out Vanessa Michael Munroe!” —BookPage
“If you can stand the heat, Stevens’ third thriller is a sizzler.”
—Minneapolis Star Tribune
“If Lisbeth Salander…had special-ops training and a knack for
languages, she'd be Vanessa Michael Munroe… [A] guilty-pleasure
thrill ride.” —Winnipeg Free Press
“This New York Times Bestselling author is back...with a truly
spellbinding story. . . Readers have finally found a ‘Bond girl’
that is actually Bond, himself. Vanessa is a heroine that will face
the worst facets of humanity and will fight to the finish to save a
soul from following in her blood-soaked footsteps.” —Suspense
Magazine
“Now for some fun. If you are a thriller buff, and especially if
you loved Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo you won’t
want to miss Taylor Stevens newest novel The Doll….Her new novel
takes readers on a cat-and-mouse trip through Central Europe as
Vanessa tries to outrun a villain. And, let’s say, a villain you
will never forget. Scary as hell!” —Hudson Valley News
“What a great gripping novel with a provocative heroine. Taylor
Stevens has done it again. This is her third novel and it, too,
should be an award winner.” —I Love A Mystery
“If you’re looking for a fast-paced thriller, The Doll and the two
previous Vanessa Michale Munroe novels are pretty hard to beat.”
—Huntington News
“Munroe, skilled at strategy, tactics, and languages, is a powerful
and dangerous figure whose violent aspect is reminiscent of James
Bond.” —Criminal Elements
“Taylor Stevens treads where the faint-hearted dare not go: the
land of violence, greed and opportunism, a vast underbelly of
worldwide criminal enterprise—in this case human trafficking… From
one frantic scene to another, Stevens creates unbearable tension.
…Stevens uses her protagonist's ability to morph from female to
male, her dexterity and her wits, to establish Michael as a viable
heroine. She moves confidently through a man's world with impunity,
but only her humanity stands between Michael and the monster she
might become…Couched in a non-stop thriller, this larger-than-life
revenge heroine never disappoints.” —CurledUp.com
“Prolific linguist and exquisitely honed killer Munroe is no less
effective here for still suffering from past trauma…Stevens’s third
series outing is another brisk, adrenaline-fueled adventure with a
trail of bodies and a damaged protagonist who may live to kill
another day.” —Library Journal
“Stevens’ third Munroe book is another international
action-adventure with a Bourne-like avenging angel at the reins.”
—Booklist
“Lean and mean thriller featuring Vanessa Michael Munroe, an
"informationist" with a scary dark streak… This book is strongly
influenced by the existential bare-bones approach of Lee Child's
Reacher books, and its brilliant but damaged heroine, the estranged
daughter of missionaries, owes much to The Girl with the
Dragon Tattoo. But Stevens stamps the novel with her own bleak,
punishing, bullet-flying outlook… Out of that gloomy intensity
comes edgy suspense. In Stevens' powerfully contained follow-up
to The Innocent, there is no release for the tormented
heroine, only license to live another day.” —Kirkus
“Good and bad deeds alike have a high price, as dramatically shown
in Stevens’s harrowing third Vanessa Michael Munroe novel…Munroe
remains as compelling as ever: violent yet protective of innocence,
imprisoned by not only her past but also the choices she has made
in response to it, and painfully conscious of her closeness to
sanity’s edge.” —Publishers Weekly
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