Iris Johansen has written another novel in the triology of books about her beloved characters, Eve, Bonnie and Quinn. Quinn gives us a little more window into where the author is intending to go with this series. Bonnie is Eve’s deceased daughter…Eve has been looking for her for years. Quinn is the love of her life…a former FBI agent who loves her more than life itself and he has made it his mission in life to help Eve Duncan find the remains of her daughter Bonnie who is believed to have been murdered by a serial killer.
We the readers have followed this journey…with each book believing that we are going to finally learn what really happened to Bonnie. Iris got me with this novel, Quinn. I believed as I made progress in the book that I would learn the truth of the story. In the end…I will have to read the final novel in the triology, Bonnie. I certainly hope we get answers by the end of that book. After all…I have invested years into the history of Eve & Quinn and young Bonnie and all of the other cast of characters.
Iris Johansen does a wonderful job of portraying the never ending grieving that takes place when a child goes missing in a family. What hooks you about this storyline is that all along…Eve is determined to find her daughter. She helps others along the way in her quest to the final truth and resting place of her beloved Bonnie. It is not that Eve doesn’t connect with others…but her focus never wavers. Her answers have been delayed for years but she has faith that she will know someday where Bonnie is and exactly what happened to her child.
Quinn was copyrighted in 2011 and published by Johansen Publishing LLLP. For information contact: St. Martins
Suzanne Forster is the author of, The Arrangement. It is a book of a bit of intrigue and mystery. The Arrangement, is a story about a man named Andrew Villard who is caught up in a strange predicament. He is being watched because his wife was mysteriously lost at sea.
Andrew is a millionaire….self made. His wife disappears under mysterious circumstances…so does his former client pop princess, Regine. His mother died in a freak accident too. He is under what they call the Villard Curse. This curse is a cause to investigate the man. Someone is taunting him with clues.
When another bruised and bloodied body presents itself in the sea…he goes to the hospital and convinces the victim to present herself as his wife. Her face was badly damaged and she needed cosmetic surgery. His wife is heir to a fortune. But there is a catch to claiming that fortune…will she be entitled under the circumstances? Who has reasons to keep her from her fortune?
Six months or so after the accident…the time has come to go back to the scene of destruction and try to find out who is trying to intimidate and frame him for his wife’s “murder”. Her real body has never been found.
In several understory twists, we find layer upon layer of lives that were woven together to reveal a pleasant picture; but, the knots on the back of the tapestry tell a different tale. Will Andrew and Marnie (his wife apparent) live the remainder of their lives behind bars due to others trying to appease their personal vendetta’s? With the FBI with an agenda put them away for fraud? Or will the truth reveal itself in an ever more complex telling?
This book, The Arrangement, was copyrighted in 2007. It was published by Mira Books. It makes for an interesting read. If you like mysteries and are driven to find the answers before they are revealed to you…you may find this book a challenge.