Harm's Way [Paperback]

Stephen White (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Signet (2004)
• ASIN: B000NY1G06
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,739,146 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stephen White is a clinical psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of suspense novels, including Dead Time and The Siege. He lives in Colorado.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Memorable Characters Created By A Clinical Psychologist, November 14, 2004

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Peter Kenney (Birmingham, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harm's Way (Alan Gregory) (Mass Market Paperback)

Peter Arvin is brutally attacked while working late on a set at a theatre in Boulder. He dies in the emergency room of a hospital, the apparent victim of a ritual killing. Police Detective Sam Purdy asks Dr. Alan Gregory to create a psychological profile of the murderer. Peter's widow Adrienne also asks Alan to find out more about her dead husband's past. She realizes that there is so much she does not know about him.

The dark secret in Peter's background involved his work as a counselor at a wilderness camp for boys during the summer of 1982. Peter and two other young adults were leading a group of six boys on a survival experience. The group was caught in a wildfire and one boy died. The catastrophe converted Peter into a dedicated loner who seemed to have developed a total lack of trust in others. His sense of guilt became so severe that he built a coffin for himself with the date of the fire inscribed at eye level on the inside of the coffin's lid.

Alan concludes that there is a connection between the fire and Peter's murder. He sees the Denver murder as the act of a different person who probably committed suicide shortly after the crime. Detective Dale Hunter disagrees and argues that both murders were done by the same killer. Sam and Alan remain unconvinced and as they continue to follow their own leads, they begin to realize that they will be lucky to finish this case alive.

The author is a clinical psychologist whose greatest strength lies in the development of memorable chacters who come to life in his novels.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LIKE JONATHAN KELLERMAN AND PATRICIA CORNWELL, BECAUSE I LIKE TO READ ADULT SUSPENSE READER, I LOVE IT, November 12, 2005

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Ryan Blanck "Ryan Blanck" (Vernon, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harm's Way (Alan Gregory) (Mass Market Paperback)

When Dr Alan Gregory's good friend Peter Arvin is found dying on the stage of a Colorado theater, suspicion soars that he is the second victim of a serial killer. Now the police want Alan to create a psychological profile of the murder. Peter's widow wants to know her husband's secrets. And Alan is desperate to know who killed his friend--and why. Did the guilty party have a sick taste for show biz? Was the murderer inspired by greed or by vengeance? Or by forbidden sex? Alan Gregory follows the trail of naked violence and hidden shame from Denver to the peaceful town of Boulder and to the wanton wonderland of Jackson Hole. He thought he knew his late late friend--but what he didn't know could kill him....

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another exciting book from Stephen White..., July 9, 2006

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Niki L. Snowden (Palm Desert, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harm's Way (Alan Gregory) (Mass Market Paperback)

Stephen White has the courage to kill off a beloved recurring character in the first chapter! Another novel about beautiful Boulder, Colorado, fascinating lessons in psychology and a story that will surprise you with its ending. You won't be able to put this book down.