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The Search (Eve Duncan)

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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.

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

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.

If you're a fan of Johansen's mysteries "The Search" will not disappoint.

Returning from her best-selling novel "The Killing Game," elevated from secondary to star status, are search & rescue team Sarah Patrick and her extraordinary golden retriever, Monty. Also repeating is Eve Duncan's millionaire companion, John Logan.

In this round we find a desperate Logan making Sarah an offer she can not refuse. Refusing means losing Monty, something she is not willing to do, ever. Sparks fly, not only between good and evil but between our two main characters. Fans will immediately wonder if this is a good thing.

What has the usually calm debonair Logan so distraught? And why does he feel Sarah and Monty are the only ones in the world who can help him?

Fair warning, get your drinks and snacks out now because when you pick up "The Search" you won't want to put it down.

Barbara (c)2000

Having previous read and enjoyed Iris Johansen's books with the Eve Duncan character, I was very disappointed with this offering. In her previous books when she introduced the John Logan character, I had mixed feeling about him. I felt like he was supposed to be a likeable good-guy character and he just doesn't come off that way to me. I just don't like the guy or care about him. The Monty (dog) and Maggie (wolf) romance was so completely stupid and unbelievable,that I almost shut the book right then and there. This book was BORING, BORING, BORING. Never did figure out what "search" the title was even talking about.

When I finished the book before this "The Killing Game", I was left with alot of questions about the main characters Eve, Joe, Logan, Sarah and Jane. "The Search" not only answered all of my unanswered questions, but also lead me into a book I couldn't put down.

Just when you thought you knew almost all there was to know about John Logan, he puts us right back in his loop of danger. To save a man that was kidnapped from a reaserch facility that had been burnt to the ground, Logan brings in Sarah and her search and rescue dog, Monty. And from there the danger only starts.

This was a very fast paced and fast read, and well worth my time. You could just read this book and not bother reading the others before, because this book could stand alone, but you would be missing out on so much. But I recommend reading from the begining starting with "The face of deception", " The killing game" and then " The Search". They are all great and must reads.

The Search is an excellent read. Iris Johansen is one of the few writers that I now buy in hardcover. The book's main characters are a real treat. Sarah and her dog Monty, a search and rescue team that seem to be able to read each others minds, were introduced by Johansen in the "Killing Game". They team up with Logan, a major player in both "The Face of Deception" and "The Killing Game".The result is a story that takes your emotions on a roller coaster ride. The author writes with such a descriptive talent, it's hard to remember that your reading fiction. You don't have to read her prior books to "get" this one, but you should because this author hasn't written a loser yet!

I haven't finished the book yet which is wonder with the large print, spacious spaces between the lines, too much indentation on the page all for the publisher to stretch the book to 384 pags. An English teacher would complain to a student about the padding if this were done in school.

Now for the story line. I was jazzed about the story of a golden retriever, John and Sarah. But there is no building of characters or words to help describe the situations around them. Sarah is one sad person and complains constantly about death in her business, I wonder why she is in the business of finding people. Monty is always sad. (At least let him find someone alive to build up his ego.) John, how can he have so much money and be so in touch with everything. Does he delegate anything? The most interesting character that hasn't been built up is Galen.

I am a fan of Iris J. but this books is so ho hum I wondered what the other folks were reading when I read their reviews. It doesn't even touch The Ugly Duckling or Reap the Wind.

John Logan, ultra-rich businessman, entrepreneur and power broker, has a serious problem. Devastated by the recent death of his Korean wife, Chen Li, from leukemia, he pulls out all the stops on the development of an artificial blood substitute at his state of the art research facility in South America. When the lab is destroyed by a saboteur's bomb and one of his key employees is kidnapped, Logan is determined to find the culprits at all costs, rescue the kidnap victim and finish the project at a second laboratory in the U.S. Unscrupulously pulling on any string he can, he all but blackmails Sarah Patrick and her extraordinary dog, Monty, members of an elite K-9 ATF search and rescue unit, into helping him in a near impossible jungle rescue. When the nasty of the piece catches sight of Sarah and Monty at work, he promptly adds them to his hit list and Logan realizes his duty to protect Sarah and Monty will stretch the limits of every resource on which he can draw!

"The Search" is brain candy at its finest and makes no pretense at aspiring to become literature! Johansen has given us a fine story - a strong female character; a strong male character; conflict between the two that allows each of their characters full rein; a romance that develops realistically without falling into the trap of being overwrought or silly; a psychopathic villain whose nastiness knows no bounds; love of animals (my wife would say that any story with "paws" is OK with her!); and, finally, a realistic glimpse into the selfless dedication of those men, women and animals that are part of disaster search and rescue teams.

Two thumbs up for a thoroughly enjoyable thriller! I'll be looking for Johansen's next story to see where she takes the tale of Logan and Patrick's romance.

Paul Weiss

"The Search" was an excellent book. It was like a hypnosis. I didn't want to put it down! The beginning seems a tiny bit boring but as you get further into the book it gets more intresting. Iris Johansen really wrote a story. I just don't mean ~a story~ I mean an ultimate page turner.Trust me. You WON'T be disapointed! Note: Has swearing in the book.