Out of Reach

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Summary: nondescript
Review: Characters not very believable except for Cody who seems to be a carbon copy of the hero in the movie "The Client". Very scanty explanations and far fetched plot. When did Claire have a child and by whom? How come Claire becomes so sensible towards the end and can serve breakfast to strangers who are guarding her. From post traumatic stress symptoms to alert chick. Don't see the merits of this author.

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Summary: exciting police procedural romance
Review: CIA Agent Erin Baker blames herself for what happened to her younger sister. When Erin was twelve, she was supposed to watch her eight year old sister Claire. Instead she was to busy playing and someone abducted Claire. A few years later Claire was found, but was not the same person. Now Claire resides in an institution while Erin and a family friend raise her niece Janice.

As the news flashes about missing children, Erin notices an ice cream truck vendor doing magic tricks that causes a recall back to the day Claire was taken as the hands of the magician seem the same though the person looks different. When a new abduction occurs, she informs the FBI Agent in charge of the case Alec Donovan what she saw. He breaks the rules as he recognizes that Erin is more than just a passerby with a tenuous connection. Instead he adds her onto the investigation team that soon leads the duo to mixed feelings as love flourishes between them. A battle against an evil soul that has no qualms about stealing the innocent soon looms and love might not be enough to overcome the fiend.

OUT OF REACH is an exciting police procedural romance that sub-genre fans will enjoy though the pit of the stomach will ache due to the abduction of children. The story line is fast-paced as Erin and Alec comb the country following up on clues. Though Claire's tale is not as clear as it needs to be to explain her further setback, fans will appreciate this entertaining serial kidnapper tale.

Harriet Klausner

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Summary: exciting police procedural romance
Review: CIA Agent Erin Baker blames herself for what happened to her younger sister. When Erin was twelve, she was supposed to watch her eight year old sister Claire. Instead she was to busy playing and someone abducted Claire. A few years later Claire was found, but was not the same person. Now Claire resides in an institution while Erin and a family friend raise her niece Janice.

As the news flashes about missing children, Erin notices an ice cream truck vendor doing magic tricks that causes a recall back to the day Claire was taken as the hands of the magician seem the same though the person looks different. When a new abduction occurs, she informs the FBI Agent in charge of the case Alec Donovan what she saw. He breaks the rules as he recognizes that Erin is more than just a passerby with a tenuous connection. Instead he adds her onto the investigation team that soon leads the duo to mixed feelings as love flourishes between them. A battle against an evil soul that has no qualms about stealing the innocent soon looms and love might not be enough to overcome the fiend.

OUT OF REACH is an exciting police procedural romance that sub-genre fans will enjoy though the pit of the stomach will ache due to the abduction of children. The story line is fast-paced as Erin and Alec comb the country following up on clues. Though Claire's tale is not as clear as it needs to be to explain her further setback, fans will appreciate this entertaining serial kidnapper tale.

Harriet Klausner

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Summary: Much like Patricia Cornwell...
Review: Erin Baker is highly regarded in the CIA. She is driven by guilt from her past. When she was only a child herself, her eight-year-old sister, Claire, was kidnapped from the park. Erin was supposed to have watched Claire. She failed. Claire was eventually found, but she had been changed forever. Now Erin may have a chance to finally catch the man responsible. He was known as The Magician.

Alec Donovan is an FBI agent on the hunt for a missing child. His record for locating missing children is high. His hunches are almost legendary! Erin is positive that the person who recently kidnapped the boy Alec is searching for, is the same one who took Claire all those years ago. On a hunch, Alec agrees. The two begin an investigation that digs up horrors, committed by untouchable people in very high places.

**** This one will keep you turning the pages at the speed of light. It is an intense plot that is all too real.

Much like Patricia Cornwell, this author seems to be creating a realistic hero and heroine in which the reader can grow attached to and look forward to seeing in future books together. These main characters are attracted to one another, but their romance will grow slowly and fans may watch as it blooms. I find myself eagerly awaiting the next release involving Erin and Alec! ****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

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Summary: Loved it!!
Review: Gripping read that grabbed me from Chapter one and never let go until I finished the book about 4 hours later. I really enjoyed "Blind Run" and I was hoping that this book would meet my expectations and it did. I would definately recommend this book to anyone.

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Summary: Out of Reach
Review: I think Patrica Lewin is great - this is the second book of hers that literally kept me up all night until I finished it!

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Summary: Fascinating Thriller
Review: Patricia Lewin, author of highly acclaimed novel BLIND RUN, returns again with her latest, a thriller whose main protagonist is a CIA operative. Dr. Erin Baker, a Georgetown University professor, is also a CIA agent, working undercover to ferret out possibly terrorist sentiment among the students there while also caring for her young niece. When a small girl is abducted from the park Erin visits for her morning run, the ice cream vendor working there that day trigger's memories of a magician present at a Miami park where her sister, Claire, was abducted nineteen years ago. Though recovered four years after her disappearance, Claire has suffered from psychiatric difficulties ever since. Convinced that the ice cream vendor is the magician that took her sister, Erin approaches FBI agent Alec Donovan, as the two attempt to put the pieces together and search for other missing children.

Ms. Lewin's complex plot ties together the disappearances of children with a slave ring, and a powerful German businessman, General William Neville. As Alec and Erin search together to connect General Neville and the child snatcher in his employ to the abduction and sale of children, their lives remain in constant peril, until the novel's surprising conclusion. With the popularity of espionage plots in both visual and written media, this newest novel from Ms. Lewin should prove fascinating for those enthralled with the subterfuge of covert operations.

Rating:
Summary: Fascinating Thriller
Review: Patricia Lewin, author of highly acclaimed novel BLIND RUN, returns again with her latest, a thriller whose main protagonist is a CIA operative. Dr. Erin Baker, a Georgetown University professor, is also a CIA agent, working undercover to ferret out possibly terrorist sentiment among the students there while also caring for her young niece. When a small girl is abducted from the park Erin visits for her morning run, the ice cream vendor working there that day trigger's memories of a magician present at a Miami park where her sister, Claire, was abducted nineteen years ago. Though recovered four years after her disappearance, Claire has suffered from psychiatric difficulties ever since. Convinced that the ice cream vendor is the magician that took her sister, Erin approaches FBI agent Alec Donovan, as the two attempt to put the pieces together and search for other missing children.

Ms. Lewin's complex plot ties together the disappearances of children with a slave ring, and a powerful German businessman, General William Neville. As Alec and Erin search together to connect General Neville and the child snatcher in his employ to the abduction and sale of children, their lives remain in constant peril, until the novel's surprising conclusion. With the popularity of espionage plots in both visual and written media, this newest novel from Ms. Lewin should prove fascinating for those enthralled with the subterfuge of covert operations.

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Summary: Out of Reach
Review: The heroine of Patricia Lewin's new novel, "Out of Reach," is Erin Baker. She is a Washington-based member of the CIA, a martial arts expert, and a Professor at Georgetown University. She's smart, she's fit, and she's self-confident. However, Erin is still haunted by the day when her mother asked her to mind her eight-year-old sister, Claire. Erin did not watch Claire very closely, and tragically, her sister was abducted. Although Claire was eventually found and returned to her family, she suffered an emotional breakdown. Years later, she still has not recovered from her ordeal.

The past comes back to haunt Erin when she spots an ice cream vendor who resembles Claire's abductor. Erin teams up with Alec Donovan, an FBI agent whose specialty is finding missing children. Together they try to track down a kidnapping ring led by a brutal and shrewd mastermind.

"Out of Reach" features attractive good guys, nasty bad guys, few surprises, and little suspense. Even though Erin Baker has no standing with the FBI, she effortlessly and unbelievably worms her way into Donovan's investigation. The book has lots of coincidences and quite a few far-fetched plot elements. At best, "Out of Reach" is a conventional and escapist thriller that is interchangeable with many others of its type.

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Summary: Spunky heroine vs. child abductors.
Review: The heroine of Patricia Lewin's new novel, "Out of Reach," is Erin Baker. She is a Washington-based member of the CIA, a martial arts expert, and a Professor at Georgetown University. She's smart, she's fit, and she's self-confident. However, Erin is still haunted by the day when her mother asked her to mind her eight-year-old sister, Claire. Erin did not watch Claire very closely, and tragically, her sister was abducted. Although Claire was eventually found and returned to her family, she suffered an emotional breakdown. Years later, she still has not recovered from her ordeal.

The past comes back to haunt Erin when she spots an ice cream vendor who resembles Claire's abductor. Erin teams up with Alec Donovan, an FBI agent whose specialty is finding missing children. Together they try to track down a kidnapping ring led by a brutal and shrewd mastermind.

"Out of Reach" features attractive good guys, nasty bad guys, few surprises, and little suspense. Even though Erin Baker has no standing with the FBI, she effortlessly and unbelievably worms her way into Donovan's investigation. The book has lots of coincidences and quite a few far-fetched plot elements. At best, "Out of Reach" is a conventional and escapist thriller that is interchangeable with many others of its type.