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1. Quicksand
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Series:
Champions volume 3
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Forced to trust Brock Tolman, the rancher who once swindled her father in a land deal, Tess Champion, working to save her family's ranch from foreclosure, tries to deny the attraction between them, especially when they are stranded together, and the truth of their relationship comes out.
2. Quicksand
Author:
Language:
English
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Description:
First published in 1928, "Quicksand" is the first novel by American author Nella Larsen. It is the semi-autobiographical tale of a young, mixed race woman who struggles to find her place in the world. Like her main character, Helga Crane, Larsen was the daughter of a Danish white mother and a West Indian black father who disappeared from her life as a baby. Larsen and the fictional Crane never feel that they belong in either the white world or the...
3. Quicksand
Author:
Series:
Eve Duncan forensics thriller volume 8
Pub. Date:
2008
Language:
English
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Description:
Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is still obsessed with finding her daughter, Bonnie. No stranger to looking for clues where there seem to be none, Eve enlists the unique skills of the mysterious Dr. Megan Blair to help bring Bonnie's elusive killer to justice. The tension and danger escalates as Eve and Joe Quinn go on a hunt that can either bring them the revenge and closure that Eve has long sought or the destruction of everything she holds dear.
4. Quicksand
Publisher:
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date:
[2004]
Language:
English
Description:
The workaholic head of the compliance section of a New York bank flies to Monaco to investigate unusual deposits from an offshore bank and meets a down-on-his-luck international film star who has become embroiled in criminal activities.
5. Quicksand
Author:
Publisher:
Other Press
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
Description:
"Quicksand is an incisive courtroom thriller and a drama that raises questions about the nature of love, the disastrous side effects of guilt, and the function of justice. A mass shooting has taken place at a prep school in Stockholm's wealthiest suburb. Maja Norberg is eighteen years old and on trial for her involvement in the massacre where her boyfriend and best friend were killed. When the novel opens, Maja has spent nine excruciating months in...
6. Quicksand
Author:
Series:
Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mystery volume 3
Language:
English
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Description:
A thousand-year-old secret room. A sultan's stolen treasure. A missing French priest. And an invitation to Paris to rekindle an old Historian Jaya Jones finds herself on the wrong side of the law during an art heist at the Louvre. To redeem herself, she follows clues from an illuminated manuscript that lead from the cobblestone streets of Paris to the quicksand-surrounded fortress of Mont Saint-Michel. With the help of enigmatic Lane Peters and a...
8. Quicksand
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Series:
Publisher:
KidHaven Press
Pub. Date:
[2003]
Language:
English
Description:
Discusses what quicksand is, how it is formed, its dangers, and how to avert disasters.
Author:
Pub. Date:
2017
Lexile measure:
600L
Language:
English
Description:
Twelve-year-old Jessie spends the summer with her family on Quicksand Pond, a New England vacation spot, where she develops a star-crossed friendship with independent Terri, and meets a reclusive old lady whose connection to a murder that took place decades ago still informs her present--and affects Terri in ways that Jessie gradually comes to understand the more time they spend together.
Author:
Language:
English
Description:
Nella Larsen was an important writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance. While she was not prolific, her work was powerful and critically acclaimed. Collected here are both, of her novels, 'Passing' and 'Quicksand'. 'Quicksand', was autobiographical in nature and examined a woman's need for sexual fulfilment balanced against respectability and acceptance amid a deeply religious society. The novel is deeply pessimistic and ends as the protagonist...
12. Quicksand
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Series:
Publisher:
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date:
2016
Lexile measure:
850L
Language:
English
Description:
"Learn all about quicksand, from how it is formed to what you should do if you encounter it"--
13. Quicksand
Author:
Publisher:
AuthorHouse
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
Description:
Quicksand A Family Foundation begins a family saga in the early 1800s that stretches across France, England, Wales, and eventually America. Deceit, lies, secrets, and character flaws weave their way into the lives of each family member and corrupt the quest for a solid foundation. Joseph and Emma experience love at first sight. He awakens in her dormant lust and unquenchable desire, but their love story is besieged by powerful circumstances beyond...
14. Quicksand
Author:
Publisher:
Turner Publishing Company
Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
Description:
As head of California's task force on narcotics and organized crime, Brock Andrews has earned his reputation as a tough, no-nonsense law enforcement agent. With his hardball tactics and skillful handling of informants, his team has successfully brought down some of the country's most violent and powerful criminals. But it's Brock's superior who's about to become his greatest adversary. Her name: Alison Andrews, First Assistant United States A and...
18. Quicksand
Publisher:
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
Ray and Paul are co-best men in their friend's wedding. When they lose the bride's ring just days before the wedding, their treacherous road trip to get it back on time accelerates into a loud exploration of life, love, and how to not die.
Publisher:
Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date:
1992
Language:
English
Description:
In this thriller, the idyllic life of an upstanding architect is nearly destroyed when his partner attempts to corrupt a city official. When murder ensues, the architect must evade the prying eye of a sleazeball detective--Container.