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The Quickie | 
| Authors: James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  267 reviews
Sales Rank: 964
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0446501646
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446501644
ASIN: 0446501646
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Product Description
When Lauren Stillwell discovers her husband leaving a hotel room with another woman, she decides to beat him at his own game. But while she's sneaking around, her husband is hatching a plan of his own. After a torrid quickie with a co-worker, Lauren hears a struggle outside her window and looks out just in time to see her husband loading her lover's limp body into the trunk of a car. When the body shows up in a pool of shallow water, she races to the scene of the crime. But Lauren Stillwell is no regular wronged woman. She's a NYC cop--and she's just been assigned to this case. Unable to tell anyone what she saw and unwilling to turn her husband in, Lauren is paralyzed by a secret that will tear her life apart. But as she attempts to point fingers away from her husband, she uncovers something shocking: her husband didn't have an affair--what he did was far worse than she could have ever imagined. A gripping story of secrets and infidelities that begins where Adrian Lyne's movie Unfaithful leaves off, THE QUICKIE will have readers' hearts pounding to the very last page.
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 Mass Production July 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Although I usually like books by Patterson, the Quickie wasn't as good as his other novels. I found it rather flat and underdeveloped, as if the author had to make a deadline and did not have time to devote more to the story and its characters. I did finish reading it but I do not recommend it as a good reading. What I do recommend instead is The Burden of Proof which I read recently. Turow's novel is just the opposite to Quickie - it is actually 'too well' developed and I would cut 100 pages of it if I could, but it is otherwise very good reading.
Flawed but fun July 7, 2008
The last Patterson book I read was Honeymoon. It was shallow, entertaining, but a heck of a page turner. What more do you need for a summer book? The Quickie follows a similar pattern; short chapters, lots of twists and turns, and plenty of action. The Quickie is written in the first person by a woman seeking revenge after seeing her husband with another woman; mayhem ensues (how's that for a quick plot summary?). The Quickie is definitely a quickie, I finished it in two days, and two days is probably about how long I will remember it. It is definitely a fun escape, but parts of the book are so implausible I caught myself rolling my eyes, even more than during Honeymoon.
The Quickie is full of just about every cliche known to this genre, including evidence tampering, blackmail, and others I won't list because they could be spoilers; but think of any cliche, and you will probably find it in this book.
Does all this mean I don't recommend The Quickie? Not at all. Just go in with the expectation to be entertained....and not much more.
 Loved it! July 2, 2008
This was one of my favorites by James Patterson. I couldn't put the book down.....the ending was awesome!
 putdownnable June 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I could figure out the surprises and turn of events long before they happened...plus I had no feelings at all for Lauren, the heroine, she was presented in a generic "paint by numbers" every woman manner..nothing interesting or unique......I read the first hundred pages...then zipped to the end....and sure enough I'd already figured it out..and since I didn't care about the people in it..since they were lifeless stereotypes, I forgot it....Crooked policemen..wow that's something new...the NO police chief was reputed to say....I try to catch more criminals...than I hire...(and often don't succeed)...Why don't they delve more into the main character's personality..make them seem human instead of cardboard......I forgot the novel instantly....Talk about "dumbing down" drivel..
unexpected ending June 30, 2008
This book starts off with a bang then takes you on many twist of the story. By the end of the book you are amazed at all the truths to the story and the outcome.
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