In my life I needed the risk, wanted the change, desired new love and regretted the past; this predicament has completely transformed me. On the way, she finds herself at the aid of an elderly man that she befriends, Jay Pagnero. Little does she know their introduction will change her life forever. As Marie opens her eyes, she is remembering being thrown into a car, sedated and brought to the Pagnero estate; unable to leave the safe house. As Marie attempts to find answers and meets the family, she becomes enchanted into this new world of danger, seduction, love, and sacrifice.
She finds herself in a heated love affair and faced with another predicament: the choice to stay or flea. Rob Hale erwacht im Krankenhaus. Als er sich besorgt nach seiner Mitfahrerin erkundigt, erntet er verwirrte Blicke: Er war lange bewusstlos. Vielleicht belastet ihn ja der Selbstmord seiner Schwester noch. Ein zweites Unfallopfer hat es jedenfalls nicht gegeben. Rob zweifelt an sich selbst. Dann taucht Rebecca auf. Sie will ihm helfen.
Doch wer hat sie beauftragt? Und zwar schon vor dem Unfall? Wer garantiert nicht sein Freund ist, wird er indes bald schmerzhaft erfahren Download The Last Safe House A Story Of The Underground Railroad books , Stories, information and activities bring history to life in this moving portrayal of slavery and friendship, cruelty and kindness, prejudice and courage.
Realizing some of them would not survive being sent to an animal shelter, one of the group, a scruffy little dog named Bradley, decides to take his friends and run away to find a safe place to live out their lives in peace.
Follow the story as Bradley and his friends adventure their way to safety. Download Deckname Flamingo books ,. Bis er eines Tages, scheinbar aus heiterem Himmel, seinem Auftraggeber Anatole Madera die Kehle durchschneidet und flieht. Was war geschehen? Hidden away in a safe house with a bounty on her head, Lillian is the only witness who can destroy a drug cartel. Officer Kevin Weston is haunted by a nightmare he can't remember. Try as he might, he can't recall what happened the night his parents died.
Kevin is assigned to protect Lillian while in the witness protection program. As their feelings grow, and danger draws near, can they trust God to lead them to their safe haven? Be prepared to have your imagination tested to the limits. What if supernatural people actually existed?
Reviews of Safe House. Starred review, Pick of the Week! US Publishers Weekly. Independent on Sunday "Ewan keeps the twists coming. Sun Sentinel "Both an emotional story of a family dealing with a tragedy and an action-packed tale of a young man caught up in an elaborate kidnapping. Boston Globe "Ewan exerts an admirable discipline for keeping clarity at bay without letting the mystery get too oblique or the plot too outrageous. Lists with This Book.
Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Safe House. Local plumber is called out to a remote country house on the Isle of Man. An old boiler in need of repair is involved and a wrench from his van also makes an appearance.
But all is not what it seems Yes, it really is more exciting than that! It's a well-written and sometimes intense thriller. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Not to be confused with the Denzel Washington movie of the same name, where you won't find a plumber at any cost. But then I suspect you knew that Local plumber is called out to a remote country house on the Isle of Man.
But then I suspect you knew that It is what it is, a solid crime story as a debut stand-a-lone thriller from Chris Ewan. I liked it. View 2 comments. Feb 11, Sarah Vecchi rated it it was ok Shelves: mysteries , audio-books , british. I was pretty turned off by this book. The main female protagonists are consistently described in terms of their appearance and hotness. I lost count of the number of times their long legs were described or their shirts hiked up to reveal skin when they were reaching for something.
It felt like the author just imagined his ideal of an attractive women, described their appearances ad nauseam, but failed give them personalities at all. The only other woman introduced in any detail, a police de Meh. The only other woman introduced in any detail, a police detective, was also described in large part in relation to her appearance.
Only she wasn't desirable to our narrator so she was given bad skin, greasy hair, and baggy clothes. Things were described to death, whether the logo on a business card, or every characters' outfit. Sorry, I don't need to know that he completed his workout ensemble with white cotton socks. All in all: meh. Definitely not my cup of tea.
I used to like it when I was Full Review Click Here 2. Full Review Click Here Synopsis: When Rob Hale wakes up in hospital after a motorcycle crash he is told that Lena, the woman he claims was travelling with him, doesn't exist.
The woman he describes bears a striking resemblance to his recently deceased sister, Laura, but has he really only imagined her? Rob sets out to find the answers to who Lena is and where she has gone. He is aided by Rebecca Lewis, a London-based PI, who has come to the Isle of Man at the behest of his parents to investigate his sister's suicide. B Synopsis: When Rob Hale wakes up in hospital after a motorcycle crash he is told that Lena, the woman he claims was travelling with him, doesn't exist.
But who is Rebecca really and how did she know his sister? Together Rob and Rebecca follow the clues to discover who took Lena. In doing so they discover that even on an island where most people know each other, everyone hides a secret, and that sometimes your best option isn't to hide but to stay and fight. He barely knew her, he was seriously injured and yet he went on about her like she was the love of his life. It was misplaced and unbelievable, in my opinion. However, once you get over that, there is an intriguing story and parts of it are very engaging.
Other parts however are clumsy and so obviously inserted purely to tie in with something later on in the book - I won't list them so as not to spoil any of the plot but I really felt they stood out like the proverbial sore thumb. Overall an ok book with some good some awful characters in it and in places it was great but mainly it was just ok.
Jan 08, Jess rated it really liked it. It was definitely the right choice of book to read; perhaps not very festive but pretty gripping nonetheless. It was intense from the start, hooking you straight into the crazy story line and the adventure our hero was about to enbark on. The writing style was plain and simple, but i think this was an advantage; with such a heavy story line you want it to be an easy read, unlike a lot of other crime novels.
Every character was complex, which i liked, giving it so much more bite, and i appreciated that Ewan gave us every perspective of the events as possible. This made for a fast pace novel that has hundreds of cliffhangers and kept me wanting to turn the page.
For me, the end let it down. I could not give this book 5 stars as i was greatly disappointed with the so-called "justice" that was served. Rebecca was right to say that she couldn't tell Rob what she had done at the end, i think she knew just how wrong it was - and to leave the story in such a way for me did not to justice to Laura and Alex's deaths, or to the struggle that all those involved went through during the book.
However, i would recommend to anyone who has never really tried crime novels before. I never really liked the genre but i have officially been converted.
May 03, Eldritch Reading Reindeer Welcomes ! Shelves: mayreads. But the ride with Lena-which begins in near-secrecy-ends in a crash, injuring Rob, and disappearing Lena entirely. The police know nothing, and claim he is delusional from brain trauma.
Rob knows better; and the London P. Feb 16, Urbansurfer rated it it was ok. With conspiracy stories it helps to have something worthy of being uncovered by the main character. In this case, it was Who-cares?!
The atmospheric setting could not overcome a poor choice for the voice of this story. A dare devil, motorcycle-riding plumbing and heating serviceman But his dog had more of a personality. And then the attractive female private detective brought in to assist, hates dogs. Will she, won't she The premise of the book starts off fairly standard, a one-off meeting with a pretty girl, a risky date that ends with a crash and disappearance.
Fine, but there was no Big Picture in my opinion that lent the plot any weight in pursuing this private investigation. This story did not have IT.
Nice locale for a story setting though. Dec 22, D. I was given an audio book version of Safe House to help me pass the time whilst recovering from major surgery. It certainly worked, as this book is very absorbing and all too plausible.
I particularly liked how the author kept bringing the dog Rocky into it in significant ways. Great attention to detail! The only negative I found was that due to the I was given an audio book version of Safe House to help me pass the time whilst recovering from major surgery.
Not for the faint hearted. Having said that, I liked the audio version of Safe House as a whole so much that I ended up buying the kindle version so I could also enjoy the overall experience that comes from reading a book. Dec 05, Sean Randall rated it it was ok. I wasn't disappointed, but nor was I very impressed.
It seemed to be an average run-of-the-mill thriller, with clues so random only the main character would understand them but so obvious that a reader needn't bother thinking about them too much. The only real thing this one had going for it was its location, but even that was used - overused, in fact - to help the plot along. I wouldn't be picking another of these up unless I'd heard something really good about it
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