Nowhere to Hide

by James Elliott

The whole world seems to be caving in on New York City detective Jack Kirby. He is still grieving for his beloved daughter who died when she accidentally shot herself with his gun. His wife has left him. And now he's saddled with the kind of case he hates most - baby-sitting a witness who is running from the Mob. Secrets are everywhere, no one is telling the whole truth, and the only people who are safe are those who understand that nothing is quite what it seems.

Genres: Fiction

336 pages, Hardcover

First published June 2, 1997

About the author

James Elliott is a Canadian journalist and author with a keen and abiding interest in early North American history. With the Hamilton Spectator he wrote widely on the War of 1812 on subjects ranging from the Bloody Assizes to the Burlington Races. He worked on several episodes of the CBCs Gemini Award winning Canada: A Peoples History both as a consultant and a special-skills extra. He is the author of the critically acclaimed If Ponies Rode Men, which should have been made into a major motion picture. James Elliott lives in Hamilton, Ontario, with his wife, Irene, four miles from the Stoney Creek battlefield."

Reviews

[Cathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

On the surface this one could be pegged as one of those "the broken cop and the hooker with a heart of gold" stories. But I found it much more engaging than that; the characters were well developed and likable and the emotional baggage each of them carried added depth to each of them. Neither of them wallowed in the past - it helped shape who they were and their current actions, but they were not stuck in the past. Nicole, a high class call girl, witnesses the murder of one of her clients; the murderer, a big time mobster knows she saw him do it and must hunt her down and silence her. Jack, the lead detective on the case, must find and protect the witness while the killer is also found and then brought to justice (the police know who neither the witness nor the killer is - just that "somebody" was out on the balcony while the murder was taking place in the penthouse apartment). I liked this book; it had some good twists and turns and an interesting mix of characters. And of course, true to the broken cop/hooker with the heart of gold formula, after much conflict, Jack and Nicole get much closer than "cop protector" and "protected witness" should be.

[Missy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very fast moving book. A high-class call girl witnesses a mob hit and is running for her life. I would recommend this book to anyone, but especially those who like mob related books!

[Lester · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really did like this book..might even pass it on instead of taking it to the free store.

[Lucie Prevert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nicole assiste à l’assassinat d’un de ses clients. Mais un problème se pose lorsque le meurtrier s’avère être le parrain d’une des grandes familles mafieuses. Alors une chasse va débuter pour avoir la témoin dans son camp.

[Heidi · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fast-paced novel with a familiar plot involving a mob hit and a witness on the run.

[Melissa Wellman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the story but the type-o errors were distracting.