Run For Your Life [Hardcover]

Andrea Kane (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 464 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books (2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739413791
• ISBN-13: 978-0739413791
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,778,090 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional book, December 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Run For Your Life (Mass Market Paperback)

I have never taken the time to write a reveiw before; however, I believe this book deserves to be commented on. It was written with a style and thoroughness which makes it exceptional. I have read Ms. Kane's "Coin" books, and while they were enjoyable, I believe that her newest book has placed her among the ranks of Iris Johansen for writing superb romance/suspense novels. I look forward to her next novel in the same genre.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Suspense, only in the sense of, suspend all disbelief ..., November 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Run For Your Life (Mass Market Paperback)

I picked up this book to see just how the author would "weave in the exciting profession of competitive intelligence," as mentioned in the acknowledgments. It turns out, the author does a minimal job of describing the profession or using it to motivate the character Zach's behavior.

This book has all the basic ingredients - reunited lovers, a mysterious disappearance, an autocratic, disapproving father, etc. - but the whole thing falls flat and drags on far too long. Because of heroine Victoria's sister's disappearance, Victoria and her formerly spurned lover Zach are driven to discover the connection between an elite secret medical facility and a world wide drug syndicate. The few details they do manage to uncover become more and more ludicrous as the story unfolds. You also have to pretend the bad guys are so arrogant and busy with their evil money making schemes, they won't recognize the lovers when they infiltrate the clinic, even though they've been following Victoria from the beginning.

The characters are unidimensional and pretty unappealing, good and bad guys alike, so there's not much emotional impact when a chief suspect turns out worthy of redemption, and a seemingly innocuous sub-character zooms into focus at the end.

The author does have a nice touch with the sex scenes. Other than that, there are many more engaging reads out there in this genre.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Run for Your Life? More Like "Match Wits for Answers", February 6, 2001

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"sorsh" (Lanham, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Run For Your Life (Mass Market Paperback)

From the title of the book and the other reviews I read, I was expecting a fast-paced thrill a minute story. Sad to say, I was disappointed. The plot of the story was fairly interesting and it kept me guessing as to what was going on at the Hope Institute. However, the only thrilling thing were the love scenes. I also felt that the characters were rather cliched.