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Out of range : a novel / Hank Steinberg.
Record details
- ISBN: 0062080539
- ISBN: 9780062080530 (hardback) :
- ISBN: 9780062083920 (mass market paperback)
- Physical Description: 346 p. ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : William Morrow, 2013.
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| Subject: | FICTION / Thrillers. FICTION / Suspense. Missing persons > Fiction. FICTION / General. Wives > Crimes against > Fiction. Husbands > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Suspense fiction. Spy stories. First novel. |
Available copies
- 6 of 6 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Elkford Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elkford Public Library | FC STE (Text) | 35170000344986 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Book News : Book News Reviews
The creator of the hit television series Without a Trace presents an action-packed thriller that follows Charlie Davis, a political reporter for the Los Angeles Times, as he, after his wife Julie is kidnapped, discovers that she isn't quite the person she seems to be. Original. 100,000 first printing. - Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2013 May #1
Steinberg, known for creating the popular TV series Without a Trace, delivers a moving and suspenseful first novel. Charlie Davis and his wife, Julie, barely escaped a riot in Uzbekistan six years ago. Charlie was there as a reporter, and after he and Julie got out with their lives, he vowed to never put himself or his family in harm's way again. That oath has slowly drained the spark from their marriage, to the point that Julie contemplates leaving Charlie. On a trip to Disneyland, Julie disappears, leaving the kids locked in the car. As Charlie tries to find answers to her kidnapping, he soon realizes that she was keeping major secrets from him. The police consider those new facts enough motive for Charlie to have arranged the kidnapping himself. Tense and intriguing to the last page, this domestic thriller promises a bright future in crime fiction for Steinberg. Recommend this to fans of Harlan Coben and Lisa Unger. Copyright 2012 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2013 April #1
Six years after ace newspaper reporter Charlie Davis and his British wife, Julie, barely escaped a Tiananmen-like massacre in Uzbekistan, she is abducted near their Los Angeles home. His efforts to find her lead him back to the roiling former Soviet state, where he must also thwart a terrorist plot. Charlie's marriage hasn't been the same since he gave up the international beat--understandably, since he got shot in Uzbekistan and his wife nearly lost her baby during an uprising there--to do menial work for the Los Angeles Times. After her disappearance, he discovers emails of Julie's that indicate she has been having an affair--possibly with her old Cambridge classmate Alisher Byko, once a potential force for good in Central Asia with his inherited wealth and charisma, and now a force for oppression. She may also be involved in some kind of secret operation, possibly with MI6. In due course, Charlie is abducted by the same Black Ops agents who carried off Julie, makes a daring escape and, with the help of an old, trusted friend, goes all-out to undermine Byko. This debut is fast-paced, well-plotted and scenic. But we're on familiar turf, storywise, even with the torture scenes. The characters are rather thinly drawn, and Steinberg could have done more to make the events of the past resonate unsettlingly through the present. Charlie and Julie survive their harrowing first visit to Uzbekistan too neatly, and the book never overcomes that. An above-average, if familiar international thriller, the first from the creator of TV's Without a Trace. Copyright Kirkus 2013 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2013 May #2
An intriguing idea gets lost in tepid writing and melodrama in this first novel from one of the creators of the hit TV show Without a Trace. Six years after being shot while covering a political uprising in Uzbekistan, journalist Charlie Davis has established a stable life in California with his wife, Judy, and their two children. Charlie believes he has left Uzbekistan behind until his wife is kidnapped, and all signs quickly point to events that transpired during the couple's time in that country. Charlie is soon drawn into the fray, first in figuring out what happened to Judy, then in trying to rescue her. VERDICT Drawing on an excellent premise, the book gets off to a rousing start that, unfortunately, descends into the unbelievable. Readers will have to suspend disbelief as they watch a mild-mannered journalist somehow transform into an action hero as the book works toward its inevitable conclusion. This title will appeal to readers who enjoy popcorn thrillers that aren't going to challenge them much, but Steinberg's debut could have been so much better. [See Prepub Alert, 12/14/14.]âCraig L. Shufelt, Fort Erie P.L., Ont.
[Page 75]. (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2013 April #4
Steinberg, the creator of the TV series Without a Trace, makes his fiction debut with a high-action thriller that stands out in a crowded field. In part one, set in 2005 Uzbekistan, journalist Charlie Davis covers a mass protest against the government in the provincial capital of Andijan. With him is his politically progressive British wife, Julie, who's pregnant with their first child. When government forces open fire on the protestors, Charlie and Julie are both wounded, though not critically. Six years later in Los Angeles, where the couple have settled after their recovery, Julie is kidnapped while stuck in freeway traffic after a trip to Disneyland with their two kids. Certain that someone from their past in Uzbekistan is up to no good, Charlie sets out to rescue Julie with all the determination of a Vince Flynn or Brad Thor hero. Good backstory, original characterization, and a cinematic prose style add up to an exciting read. Agent: Richard Abate, 3 Arts Entertainment. (June)
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