No Safe Place - Softcover

Patterson, Richard North

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099175320 ISBN 13: 9780099175322

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1999

Synopsis

No Safe Place centres on seven days in a closly contested Presidential primary, in which political violence, abortion politics and potential scandal all converge. Kerry Kilcannon is a young senator from New Jersey, the younger brother of a murdered presidential aspirant. Now Kerry, too, is seeking the presidency. But Kerry's past and present have begun to converge. Unknown to him, he is being stalked by Sean Burke, an anti-abortion fanatic intent on killing him before election day. And Nate Cutler, a political reporter for a national newsmagazine is trying to establish that two years before - while still married - Kilcannon had an affair with Lara Costello, another reporter covering Kilcannonm which resulted in an abortion. Through a narrative which weaves past and present, No Safe Place introduces the compelling character, Kerry Kilcannon, and raises questions about abortion politics, the gun culture in America, and the degree to which the press is - or should be - intent on exposing the private lives of political leaders. On the eve of the election, those forces converge in a sensational and shocking climax.

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Review

The intelligent, sophisticated narration of Alexander Adams lends an appropriate weight to this political thriller built around a beleaguered American senator's presidential run. "There's still a lot to do," the candidate declares. "And together we will do it." Well, maybe, if he can unburden himself of some hefty personal baggage, outlast a tenacious reporter who smells blood, and dodge a would-be assassin who's milling in the crowds.

Adams reads in eloquent, effective tones, allowing the action to dictate the pace as this 18-hour unabridged version reveals some all-too-familiar political maneuverings that ratchet ever higher, along with the rising sense of danger. (Running time: 18.5 hours, 11 cassettes) --George Laney

From the Inside Flap

4 CDs / 5 hours
Read by Patricia Kalenber
(also available on cassette and unabridged on cassette)
In his first AudioBook since the national bestseller Silent Witness, Richard North Patterson gives us an extraordinary novel of presidential politics.

Senator Kerry Kilcannon's insurgent campaign against Vice President Dick Mason has come down to the last seven days.  Whoever wins the California presidential primary is likely to win the Democratic nomination.  And for all the votes his passions and magnetism have gained him, Kerry's problems are formidable.

Kerry is haunted by the tragedy of his older brother, a presidential candidate who was assassinated in California twelve years earlier.  Kerry has stumbled in his advocacy of abortion rights, and a right-to-life fanatic has pushed this explosive issue to the forefront by murdering three people at a women's clinic.  In addition, a journalist is striving to verify the story that while still married, Kerry had a live affair with a reporter.  And now, ever more threatening, Kerry is being stalked by the abortion-clinic murdered himself.

With rare authenticity, Richard North Patterson depicts the world of high-stakes presidential politics that will hold the listener enthralled from the first to the last sentence.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0099175320
• ISBN 13: 9780099175322
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 585