San Francisco crime reporter Tom Reed is burned out. On the day he decides to finally quit the news business, a sensational story breaks. A heart-stopping robbery-homicide at a jewelry store. The suspects have shot and killed a police officer before fleeing with a female hostage.
Reed rushes to the scene, his passion resurrected for one last big story. Arriving at the chaos, Reed is stunned to learn from a staff member, still clutching a receipt, that the hostage is his wife, Ann Reed. Horrified, Reed confronts San Francisco Homicide Inspector Walt Sydowski and other detectives on the case. All know the odds. Reed is paralyzed with anguish, but his son, Zach, refuses to give up hope of finding his mother, despite the grisly trail left by the killers. Now the clock is ticking down as Reed battles his demons and Sydowski in a life and death search for Ann.
Good suspense but claustrophobics beware Having been a reader of crime fiction (i.e. Michael Connelly, John Lutz) as well as non-fiction (Anne Rule) for many years, I am always on the lookout for a suspense author who is new to me. I have recently begun Rick Mofina’s books, starting with Full Tilt and now this one No Way Back. While this story is gripping and revolves around the tense kidnapping of a reporter’s wife, and it moves as a good fast pace, I am not wild about Mr. Mofina’s choices as regards victim abuse. In the former…
Tom Reed must race to save Ann from two crazed criminals. Another compelling thriller from author Rick Mofina, “No Way Back”, is the fourth in Reed/Sydowski series. Well written and packed with suspense, this book packs a punch from the first page to the last. A crazy jewelry store robbery has turned into a double homicide with a kidnapped victim. One of the murdered victims was a SFPD officer. The kidnapped hostage is Ann Reed, the wife of crime reporter Tom Reed. Walt Sydowski and his partner Linda Turgeon are soon on the scene. Tom doesn’t…
strong scary thriller He is a well-respected renowned Pulitzer Prize nominee, a reporter for the San Francisco Star who has come close to destroying his marriage because he got too close to the evil in his stories. Tom Read’s wife Ann, a successful entrepreneur who owns several clothing stores in the San Francisco area, wants her husband to quit his job and he agrees to do it but when the editor asks him to do a literary piece about a jewelry store robbery, he can’t say now.Â