Quinn

Eve Duncan, Book 13

By: Iris Johansen

Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck

Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's summary

As a former Navy SEAL turned cop, Joe Quinn has seen the face of evil and knows just how deadly it can be. When he first met Eve Duncan, he never expected to fall in love with a woman whose life would be defined by her dual desires to bring home her missing daughter and discover the truth behind her disappearance - no matter how devastating. With the help of CIA agent Catherine Ling, they make a shocking discovery that sheds new light on young Bonnie’s abduction and puts Quinn squarely in the crosshairs of danger. Eve’s first love, John Gallo, a soldier supposedly killed in the line of duty, is very much alive - and very much a threat.

Emotionally charged, with one shock after another, Quinn reveals the electricity of Joe and Eve’s first connection, and how they fell in love in the midst of haunting tragedy. As their search takes them deeper and deeper into a web of murder and madness, Joe and Eve must confront their most primal fears... and test their resolve to uncover the ultimate bone-chilling truth.

©2011 Iris Johansen (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

narration.....

This narrator is awwwfuulllll. The story is the same every book and it goes nowhere.

Don't waste your time and money

Maybe it was the plot, maybe it was the narrator, but I didn't like it. There was just way too much dialogue, this author isn't good at that. There would be a plot shift, and half the time I wondered how we got there. This story made me feel like when I had to write a paper in school, and I wrote to fill the space, so I could meet the word goal. The auther kept repeating herself regarding finding the missing daughter, and the stupid detective kept breaking the rules and allowing the mother to tag along. Everywhere! The plot was unbelievable! Never in a million years would a good detective allow the victim's family member to go along for the ride. Personally, I like the story to be a little more real, it makes for a better story. By the way, what happened to the forensics? There was so much diaglogue that I couldn't understand, I must have missed it.

The narrator made everybody sound panicky. She spoke a too fast, half the time I couldn't understand what she said, I bought the book, so by George, I was going to listen until the bitter end. Thank the Lord it finally ended.

I have read a lot of detective stories. This author is no Michael Connelly or Kathy Reichs. The narrator is no Len Cariou or Rusty Nelson. Perhaps with a different narrator, I could understand the book better, who knows? Sorry, Iris.

Abolutely Dreadful continued

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Only those who enjoy penny dreadfuls.

What do you think your next listen will be?

Anything but this series/author ...

Would you be willing to try another one of Jennifer Van Dyck’s performances?

Yes

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

None whatsoever.

Any additional comments?

Absolute drivel from beginning to end.

Nope!!

Horrible narration!! The story sounds good, but the narration was so bad. I’ll just have to read it myself. I could not finish. I want my credit back!

Quinn

I had to stop listening within the first couple chapters. I should have remembered how dramatic this narrator was in previous Johansen's books. I swear she makes stopping at the store sound melodramatic. As far as the story line goes, it's the same old thing. Maybe we could finally find out what really happened and get it over with rather than drag it on from novel to novel?

Disjointed

I though I had messed up the download when, in the second part, there began to be references to characters and situations never referred to previously. Perhaps I just jumped into a series in the middle, but if not, this was the most poorly edited book to which I have ever listened.

And where were the "forensics"?

The reader was superb. That was my first experience at listening to a woman read all the parts, including the male parts and do it so convincingly.

When the book ended, all I could think was"What the devil was that?"