Quicksand (Eve Duncan) | 
| Author: Iris Johansen
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 957
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 0312368062
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780739490754
ASIN: 0312368062
Publication Date: April 22, 2008
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Product Description
Returning from Johansen’s New York Times bestselling thriller, Stalemate, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is still reeling from the disappearance of her daughter, Bonnie. Deciding to take matters into her own hands, she enlists the clairvoyant skills of Dr. Megan Blair to help find her. No strangers to looking for clues where there seem to be none, the two women use their highly specialized talents to hunt down Bonnie’s elusive kidnapper and return her to her mother’s arms. But is Bonnie still alive? Will the two women find her in time? Iris Johansen strikes again with this non-stop, action packed thriller, keeping readers turning pages well into the night.
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 Excellent story for Eve Duncan fans June 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought this was great continuation of the Eve Duncan series. A whole cast of characters supported the story as Eve searches for victimized children and Bonnie. The book continued to reflect Joe's struggle with Eve's obsession with finding Bonnie.
 Getting ready to jump the shark, but there isn't one around June 21, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
The Eve Duncan series started out with a bang, but now it's just limping along. In various books, Eve has attracted the undying devotion of a series of wealthy and/or highly skilled and/or loving men, but I've never figured out why. Her main characteristic is that she is totally fixated on finding the body of her murdered daughter, Bonnie. Nothing gets in her way, nothing sidetracks her for a minute, and she makes absolutely no compromises for the sake of those who love her, or those she purports to love.
All the bad guys are bad without any possibility of redemption. It's as if Johansen sets up a cardboard target with BAD GUY printed across the heart. The one in this book, Kistle, has not one single human quality, no cause for his twisted soul is hinted at, and he seems to be there simply so that Eve can direct her laser sights on him.
The good guys are floundering; everyone wants Eve (why???) but no one can win her. Joe, who has been around since the first novel, actually comes to the point of saying he can't take this any more, but is sucker-punched at the end of the book in a way that guarantees he'll be back in the next installment.
The biggest problem is that all the female characters have exactly the same personalities and speak in exactly the same way. Megan, Eve and Jane are interchangeable. If someone read any of their dialog aloud to you, without telling you who was speaking, you'd have no idea. They're all driven, outspoken, blunt. One such heroine is fine, but there needs to be at least some variation in the characters.
Johansen switched from series and historical romances to romantic suspense thrillers some years ago, and, having found a method that works for her, she's driving it into the ground. I have all her books, but I'm starting to get very tired of the repetitious style.
"Quicksand" is the kind of book that, if you started reading it, put it down, and came back to it a year later, you wouldn't have missed it at all, and might not even bother to finish it. Time for Johansen to bring this series to a close before it sinks beneath the sands.
Quicksand, the Quick Read June 21, 2008
I enjoyed reading Quicksand and breezed right through it although I find myself growing a tad weary of the Montalvo/Joe thing. Where, if anywhere is this thing going and what's really the point? Joe has stuck by Eve through the worst of times. How much more does he have to give and why should he keep on giving so much? I get it that Eve's worth it and all, but dang! Does anyone really see Eve and Montalvo as anything more than a quickie? I do enjoy the fact that Johansen continues to write great stories and can incorporate things like this into them, but if they're going to get it on...let it be!
 Another one done June 18, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love this series, however, these last 2 books about Eve and Joe's situation are heart rendering - for Joe. I am sure that boy is done - and I am afraid that Ms. Johanssen has run this series to the ground. Time to find Bonnie - and let Eve move onto whatever comes next - because this story line has been run as far as it can go. One thing I know is that the author is capable of other stories - I have read them - and they are good.
Quicksand June 18, 2008
This is the first time I have listened to a story written by one of my favorite authors. I drive some distance to my job on a long stretch of barren highway. This story never lost its suspense or its intrigue. I actually looked forward to driving to work just so I could listen to the next event! Iris Johansen writes a great suspense story and the delivery by the reader was very good!
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