The Search (Eve Duncan) [Mass Market Paperback]

Iris Johansen (Author)

Book Description

Series: Eve Duncan | Publication Date: July 25, 2006

He strikes without warning....he kills without mercy....he's only just begun....

Iris Johansen, the New York Times bestselling author of The Killing Game and The Face of Deception, delivers a gripping new novel of breathtaking suspense and explosive adventure. It is the story of a courageous woman who is coerced into tracking down a ruthless killer--but as she hunts out her prey with stunning accuracy, she becomes the object of his wrath....

As part of an elite K-9 search and rescue team, Sarah Patrick and her golden retriever, Monty, have a gift for finding what no one else can--whether it's a survivor buried alive by an earthquake or the skeleton of a murdered child. But their latest assignment is not like the others. This time Sarah is being forced to take part in a deadly mission...by a man who knows enough about her past to ensure her cooperation. A man who won't take no for an answer.  John Logan is used to getting what he wants, and what he wants now is Sarah's help. His top-secret venture has been sabotaged, its facilities destroyed, and its handpicked staff massacred. The sole survivor is being held for ransom. Logan knows that the only way to save the man--and the secrets he holds--is to find him as soon as possible.

Smart, tough, and uncompromising, Sarah is furious when she is strong-armed into joining Logan on his search. And once she takes the perilous assignment, she realizes that Logan's promises that she and Monty will be safe may not be enough to protect them.  Because a killer is devising a sadistic vengeance...and he may soon find use for Sarah.  Racing against time to stop the bloodshed before more victims are claimed, both Sarah and Logan will look straight into the heart of true evil. And when the killer's search for revenge finally ends, no one will ever be the same again....


From the Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Search-and-rescue worker Sarah Patrick and Monty, her talented golden retriever, take center stage in this deft, suspenseful outing. The immensely appealing heroine was introduced as a secondary character in Iris Johansen's previous thriller The Killing Game. Back, too, is John Logan from Face of Deception, the charismatic billionaire whose very personal vendetta against a stop-at-nothing killer pulls Sarah into a high-stakes game of search and destroy.

When Logan's top-secret research station in South America is attacked and his chief scientist kidnapped, Sarah and Monty manage to track the hostage through the jungle and save his life. But that's only the beginning in what turns out to be a series of sadistic and deadly attempts to destroy Logan. Despite Sarah's initial distrust, she comes to respect and ultimately love Logan--which makes her and Monty targets for the killer's vengeance, too. The action moves swiftly across the globe, from the American Southwest to Colombia to Taiwan, and finally to North Dakota, in a tense, dramatic denouement. Johansen manages to explicate her characters' back-stories and illuminate their motivation as she moves the action forward with skillful pacing. Fans of the author's previous suspense thrillers featuring forensic sculptor Eve Duncan won't be disappointed that she plays only a bit part in Johansen's newest; Sarah and Monty are worth a series of their own, and The Search is a terrific beginning. --Jane Adams --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Publishers Weekly

Two strong-minded women from Johansen's bestselling Killing Game make return appearances in her latest thriller, with their billing reversed: Irish-Apache search-and-rescue worker Sarah Patrick is the star, while her friend, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, takes a supporting role. The center-stage love story also features a twist. Eve's billionaire entrepreneur ex-lover, John Logan, falls for Sarah even while risking her life in his war with hyper-evil Martin Rudzak, who has already killed his own half-sister, Chen Li, rather than lose her to John. Johansen's roots lie in historical romance, but her thrillers ooze enough testosterone to suggest she also descends from the house of Robert Ludlum. Sarah and her fabulous canine partner, golden retriever Monty, slog into the aftermaths of a Turkish earthquake and a Taiwanese mudslide, and engage in a heartbreaking search for drowned teens in a lake near Sarah's Arizona cabin. They deal with bullets and bombs and collaborate to save a cruelly trapped wolf, dubbed Maggie, whose unlikely cross-species passion for Monty provides neat commentary on female-male attraction in general--and there's no need to be a dog-lover to revel in Sarah and Monty's empathetic closeness. On the downside, Johansen seems more interested in telling her story than in writing it. To create a sense of urgency, she relies heavily on the device of the two-word sentence and the one-sentence paragraph; parts of the book read like shorthand. Sarah and John globe trot, but there's scant sense of place, and minor characters like nasty Sen. Todd Madden are one-dimensional. Then again, the novel admirably eschews gush and wallpaper--in a postfeminist way, Sarah's ruggedness simply is. For better or for worse, Johansen pushes the gender boundary in popular fiction, offering up that rarity: a woman's novel for men. Major ad/promo. (June)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Bantam (July 25, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553589482
• ISBN-13: 978-0553589481
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (118 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,213,056 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Iris Johansen is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pandora's Daughter, Stalemate, Killer Dreams, On the Run, and many more. She lives near Atlanta, Georgia.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

80 of 82 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If You Love Romantic Suspense--Read This Book Immediately!, June 8, 2000

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paula_k_98 "paula_k_98" (Muskogee, OK USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Search (Iris Johansen) (Hardcover)

There are some stories you just don't want to end. The Search by Iris Johansen is one of those stories. This book not only brings back all the characters from Ms. Johansen's last two novels but provides a story that went way beyond my expectations of this book.

John Logan, that wonderful millionaire who helped Eve Duncan search for the reamins of her murdered daughter is suddenly slapped in the face with horrendous evil from his past. When one of his research facilities is blown up and a brilliant scientist is kidnapped, Logan calls in Sarah Patrick and her golden retriever, Monty. Logan knows his only chance of rescuing the scientist alive is through the special talents of Sarah and Monty. He promises Sarah that this is a one-time job and then he will never bother her or Monty again. However, what is suppose to be a one-time deal explodes as Logan frantically tries to confront his past and save those in the present.

The chemistry between Logan and Sarah sizzles. The evil is enough to give even hard core suspense readers chills up their spines. There are no words to adequately describe this novel and sensations it makes you feel. This book is fantastic. I especially love the way Ms. Johansen not only shows the communication between Sarah and Monty, but also gives Monty his own story line that keeps the reader intrigued. I would love for Ms. Johansen's next novel to feature one of the secondary characters in the story named Galen. He definitely sounds like a lead character that deserves his own story.

Put out your hard-earned money for this novel. It is well worth the investment.

30 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ANOTHER WINNER...FROM JOHANSEN, June 6, 2000

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Nick G - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Search (Iris Johansen) (Hardcover)

John Logan is in a desperate situation, his top secret project has been sabotaged, all employed are dead except for one man being held for ransom by a madman hell-bent on revenge. Logan knows he must rescue the man in order to find out what secrets he knows, and to save his life. For this mission to work, Logan will need the cooperation of the expert search/rescue team of Sarah Patrick and her golden retriever, Monty.

Sarah is not a big fan of Logan and is furious that she is forced to help him.

Once the mission has begun, Sarah realizes Logan's promises of safety may not be enough...for Sarah has become an object in the killer's plan.

The clock is ticking for Sarah and Logan to put a stop to anymore killings.

"The Search" is EXCELLENT summer reading. It is an exciting, fast-paced and well-written thriller, that all readers will enjoy.

Iris Johansen has scored another HIT, bringing back characters from her previous novel "The Killing Game".

A MUST read.

Nick Gonnella

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Search, October 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Search (Eve Duncan) (Mass Market Paperback)

KLR
October 9, 2001
The Search
This novel, The Search written by Iris Johansen, is a great book that you find yourself not wanting to put down. It is a very action filled, intense novel with a little romance thrown in.
Eve Duncan is a forensic sculptor whose daughter was brutally murdered. John Logan helped Eve to find her daughter's body and bring her home. When Logan suddenly faces a horrible problem from his past he calls on a friend of Eve's, Sarah Patrick. Sarah and her dog Monty are part of a search and rescue team and Logan knows he must have her cooperation to deal with this horrible fate. Logan promises to help Sarah get away from her boss as long as she will help him do this one job. But the one job Logan had planned turned out to be a whole lot different.
As Sarah and Logan stay together longer to help innocent people, they start to develop a chemistry between them, something that will last a while.
Iris Johansen did a great job in keeping the book suspenseful. She makes all the characters have their own story line and she shows them interacting well together.