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    No Safe Place: A Novel
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    No Safe Place: A Novel

    Written by Richard North Patterson

    Narrated by Alexander Adams

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    In his first book since the national best-seller Silent Witness, Richard North Patterson uses his mastery of characterization and suspense to give us a story of startling realism and originality--an extraordinary novel of presidential politics.
            In the year 2000, Senator Kerry Kilcannon's insurgent campaign against Vice President Dick Mason has come down to the last seven days--the time remaining until the California presidential primary. Whoever wins in California is likely to win the Democratic nomination, a prize that the Vice President is determined to deny Kerry at any cost. And for all the votes and enthusiasm his passion and personal magnetism have gained him, Kerry's problems are formidable.
            He is haunted by the tragedy of his older brother, James, 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 for a national newsmagazine is striving to verify the lethal story that, two years ago, while still married, Kerry had a secret love affair with Lara Costello, a reporter assigned to him on Capitol Hill. And now, even more threatening, Kerry is being stalked by the abortion-clinic murderer himself.
            This narrative is seamlessly interwoven with scenes from Kerry's past: his youth as the son of a drunken and abusive father; his self-image as the less-gifted younger brother of a brilliant yet distant senator; his reluctant ascension to his brother's place; his poignant romance with Lara Costello. And when Lara is ordered against her will to cover Kerry in California, he is forced once more to evaluate his life, and the terrible cost of his ambition to become President of the United States.
            With rare authenticity, Richard North Patterson depicts the world of high-stakes presidential politics on the verge of an explosion that is as dramatic as it is thought-provoking. But No Safe Place is also a story of people at their best and at their worst: their passions, their ideals, their flaws. A novel that will hold the reader enthralled from the first to the last sentence.


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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJan 6, 1998
    ISBN9781415920657
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    No Safe Place: A Novel
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    Richard North Patterson

    Richard North Patterson is the author of over twenty bestselling and critically acclaimed novels. Formerly a trial lawyer, he was the SEC liaison to the Watergate special prosecutor and has served on the boards of several Washington advocacy groups. He lives in Martha's Vineyard, San Francisco, and Cabo San Lucas with his wife, Dr. Nancy Clair.

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    • 4/5
      An excellent thriller with some thought-provoking themes.
    • 4/5
      I'm on a roll of political thrillers and this is a pretty good one. Kerry Kilcannon is running for President. Today's real politics is so full of astounding plots that fiction along the same lines doesn't even feel like fiction most of the time. Such is the case with this. But, it is a good story.
    • 4/5
      don’t usually enjoy political campaign stories but No Safe Place by Richard North Patterson was so enriched with back story that I loved it. Knowing that Kerry Kilcannon, Presidential candidate had an abusive father and a brother so handsome that he was jealous makes you understand his actions. Knowing about his loveless marriage and feeling of isolation helps you know why he started an affair with Lara Costello. Kerry Kilcannon despite his poor background reminded me of JFK with all his idealism. That is not a bad thing. I think I would have voted for him. Important political issues are raised, the right to have guns versus gun control and abortion versus the right to life. The arguments for both sides were well handled. Also being in the public eye was subtly worked in.The reader of the tape cassette, Patricia Kalember did an excellent job with the voices of men and women. Anytime that I forget the sex of the reader I count it as a winner. Since this book is so long, I think it is best to relax and listen to than read it this time. This was an abridgement which helps too.
    • 2/5
      No Safe Place is a political thriller that has no interest in realism or believability. In this convoluted story line, Kerry Kilcannon is a senator whose brother is killed while running for the White House. He decides on his own run, even though he has an affair with a reporter that can bring him down. Also, in his past, he saved a boy from his father who wanted to kill him. Now the same boy wants to kill Kilcannon for his position on abortion. Yes, the plot is as ridiculous as that sounds.This novel is weak and barely readable. Obviously Patterson doesn’t care about whether or not his readers will buy into his plot. There was very little about this novel that I liked. Kilcannon is a weak character and the plot went from bad to worse. This is a novel that you will want to skip.Carl Alves – author of Blood Street
    • 5/5
      Loved it! Read it a while back but remember thinking that it's one of the best books I had ever read.
    • 3/5
      Too long. Character development was extremely superficial for the amount of time devoted to it. The plot was barely there and some scenes were taken out of Private Screening and inserted here which was disconcerting.I would advise that if you are not a Bush Sr fan to skip reading the ackowledgements at the endof the book, especially if you have any intention of reading the sequel.
    • 4/5
      The first book in the "Kerry Killcannon" series. The book delves into the politics of runing for president. Kerry's oponent is using underhanded tricks to try and defeat him. Someone is trying to bring an old afair he had into the debates. Vice president Mason is using all the tricks he can. Also, a killer stalks him and plans to kill Kerry because of his suppoesed view on abortion. The effects of special interest groups and how they distort the politics of an election are presented.
    • 3/5
      Beach book. Elizabeth bought it & I needed another book, so I read it. Turned out to be a soap opera--inspite of a purportedly male author. It was a great read, so I finished it, but the story turned out to be pretty uninteresting.