Nowhere to Run (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Robert Daley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1997 | Series: G K Hall Large Print Book Series

MysteryLarge Print Edition(Daley) again proves that as far as cop novels go, hes still the top brass around. starred, Publishers WeeklyNYPD detective Jack Dilger has been following the trail he suspects will lead him to a society art dealer fencing priceless works to Columbian drug traffickers when he is suddenly ordered off the case. Furious, Jack retires to the south of France where he meets a woman whose fate at the hands of the police bureaucracy mirrors his own. Together they doggedly push on. Unable to give up, Dilger has put his marriage and career at risk. Now unarmed and hunted hes put his life at risk also.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Former NYPD deputy commissioner Daley must have taken lots of notes before he retired to write such powerful thrillers as Prince of the City, To Kill A Cop and Wall of Brass. His portraits of police officers cracking under political pressure are absorbing and totally believable, and his latest adds a touch of exotic romance on the French Riviera. Ex-New York detective Jack Dilger and former Nice inspector Madeline Leclerq are both out of work because they crossed the wrong superiors, so it's not surprising that they wind up in danger as well as in bed. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Publishers Weekly

Returning to the southern French setting of his novel The Dangerous Edge (1983), Daley (Wall of Brass) crafts a crisp and intricate thriller about two detectives and two police systems that, for all its high-spirited writing, turns seriously dark at the end. Detective Jack Dilger has alienated some powerful NYPD superiors with his freewheeling ways. When his bust of a crooked art dealer and a couple of Colombian drug agents turns into a disastrous shootout, he's forced off the job. In immediate peril from the surviving drug dealer and with his marriage crumbling, Jack takes off for the French Riviera. There he hooks up with former Nice inspecteur Madeleine Leclerq, who herself has been forced out of her job, her case against some crooked politicians and industrialists quashed from on high. Jack and Madeleine begin an affair and soon realize that each is being stalked by enemies. Daley's leads are likable and believable, his French local color is first-rate and his complicated plot turns, buoyed by tension and splashed with violence, work beautifully. The ending isn't happy, but it rings true. Daley, once deputy commissioner of the NYPD, again proves that as far as cop novels go, he's still the top brass around. Major ad/promo.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 663 pages
• Publisher: G K Hall & Co (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0783820127
• ISBN-13: 978-0783820125
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,630,085 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars NOWHERE TO HIDE..., December 17, 2010

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Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nowhere to Run (Paperback)

This is an enjoyable thriller by the author of "Prince of the City". The strength of the book lies in the complexity of the plot, but the weakness lies in the characters, which are not all that likable. Notwithstanding that, the storyline kept me turning the pages.

There are basically two stories in the book, which eventually become intertwined. One is about thirty-three year old Jack Hilger, an NYPD detective, who is a bit of a loose cannon and on the outs with the police department. The other is about French police Inspector Madeleine Leclerq, who works in Nice and is having a bit of a tough time competing in what is essentially still a man's world.

Jack is on the trail of a drug dealer who buys expensive artwork by old masters, while Madeleine is fighting political corruption in her back yard, becoming a persona non grata. Neither is able to hoe the road alone. So, when their paths cross on the French Riviera, they will unite forces against a common enemy. Where this union will take them will keep the reader riveted, due to the labyrinthine plot twists.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What a Bummer!, October 26, 2005

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Crime Connoisseur "Brick" (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nowhere to Run (Hardcover)

I have to disagree with almost all the previous reviews. This book is not worth anyone's time - it has no moments - and is flat out boring. Jack is one of the most irresponsible, self serving and clueless characters I've come across to say nothing of being stupid. I can't imagine how he survived as a policeman for all those years.The French female character is slightly more likable and believable, but then going for a loser like Jack drops her I.Q. considerably and ruins whatever empathy one might have for her. I stuck it out to p. 337, but had made up my mind if he did one more stupid thing (which was inevitable) I would toss it, and I did. I realized I didn't care how it ended, but I hope he got what he deserved. This is not my idea of a good police thriller or procedural. I guess I expect too much of my heros.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Gave up on it, April 27, 2001

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Stephen L. Noe "Stephen L. Noe" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nowhere to Run (Hardcover)

Read to page 115 and completely lost interest. Not much here to keep you interested. Cop stories are worn so thin. Not a good book for your library.