No Way Out [Hardcover]

Andrea Kane (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books; Book Club (BCE/BOMC) edition (October 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739421611
• ISBN-13: 978-0739421611
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,912,831 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No Way!, November 26, 2010

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Shelley D. Edwards "Shelley Dawn" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Way Out (Mass Market Paperback)

I've read several of Andrea Kane's books and have enjoyed them overall, although I've had some problems with each of them. I finally figured out that the same problems occur in each book. A) the characters, B) the dialogue, C) the repetition of emotions and thoughts of the characters, and D) the length of the books--they're too long and drawn out due to the repetition of the emotions and thoughts of the characters.

In NO WAY OUT, a very affluent and powerful family, the Stratford's, are caught in a blackmail situation that threatens the oldest son's campaign for a New York Senate seat and quickly escalates to threaten the safety of his wife and young son.

Younger brother, Conner, steps in to yet again bail his big brother out of trouble and hide the blackmail from their imposing father. Conner loves his brother and will do everything he can to protect him, but his main concern is his nephew, Brian, and the emotional pain he's feeling due to the stress the blackmail is having on his parents and his home life.

Julia Talbot is Brian's second grade teacher, and an advocate for children's emotional wellbeing. She sees a change in Brian, who is described as 'exuberant', but comes across as a hyperactive and over-indulged kid. Still, he's a kid and I find him easy to care about.

Julia and Conner butt heads, even through the electric sexual awareness between them, over Brian's wellbeing. Julia wants to know what the root of the problem with Brian is while Conner fights to keep that root buried and protect his family.

The overall plot isn't bad, but there are a lot of distractions laced into the plot. There are also a lot of deep, meaningful looks, tender kisses, and declarations of exquisite love that grow old. And repetitive.

There is no huge, climatic scene. The ending is drawn out for over fifty pages and it felt like it took me forever to get through it.

I have two more of Ms. Kane's books to read. They will be the last two unless her overall game plan changes.

Shelley Dawn, author of Sweet, Sweet Jessie and Dark Nights

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Drawn out and predictable, May 7, 2007

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Tracy Vest (Northern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Way Out (Mass Market Paperback)

Concerned teacher Julia Talbot wants to know why her student Brian Stratford is pre-occupied and no longer his exuberant self. Brian is the son of the upstate NY town's mayor, Steven Stratford. When her inquiries with the Mayor fall on deaf ears, she continues to probe to find out what could be the cause. Enter Brian's uncle, Connor, a Manhattan venture capitalist who's used to cleaning up the messes caused by his older brother. Upon meeting Julia, Connor decides to seduce her to keep her from interfering when Steven's gambling addiction gets the family into hot water, and Julia only becomes more inquisitive. When Brian vanishes, Connor's game plan changes to finding the young boy and holding onto the woman he's wooed under false pretenses.

An early effort by Kane, her writing style has only gotten better, and her suspense, tighter. "No Way Out" suffers from far too much attention to detail and a long and drawn out plot that could've been at trimmed least 100 pages and still retained the plot. Better to skip this one and check out some of her later novels like her vastly superior "I'll Be Watching You."

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fun to read, October 30, 2002

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S. Gould "gouldpjaks" (Woodmere, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Way Out (Mass Market Paperback)

I read 'No Way Out' in one night. Is it great literature? Absolutely not. Did I enjoy it? I have to admit that I did.

Julia Talbot is a teacher who tries to help her young student, Brian Stratford. Her attempts to help bring her into the lives of Brian and his politically connected family. Of course, there are people who do not want Julia to meddle into their affairs. She soon finds that her life is at risk as she searches for the answers to Brian's problems. Her heart is also at risk when she allows Brian's uncle, Connor Stratford, to join her.

The likeable characters and light mystery make this fun to read.