No Way Out
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
When TV talkshow host Elias Claymore is accused of raping a 19-year-old girl he turns to his friend Alex Sadaka to defend him.
But Alex has a fight on his hands, for Claymore – a former Black Power activist – is anything but squeaky clean and this time even the DNA evidence is stacked against him.
Forced to share the defence with a lawyer from Claymore’s insurance firm, Alex must battle his way through jury tampering, conflicts of interest and vicious hate mail to uncover the truth.
With Claymore a vulnerable target in prison and the prosecution scenting blood, Alex knows that time is running out. Could it be that this time there is No Way Out?
Prepare to lose sleep with this breakneck thriller for fans of John Grisham and Jeff Abbott.
Reviews
‘This will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.’
Closer
‘No Way Out is impossible to put down.’
Closer
About the author
David Kessler dropped out of school at the age of 15 and was self-educated from then on. He struggled for 25 years to become a published author before finally making his breakthrough with A Fool for a Client, a legal thriller set in New York. This was followed up by The Other Victim, Tarnished Heroes and Reckless Justice. He also courted controversy by co-writing Who Really Killed Rachel (about the Wimbledon Common murder) with Colin Stagg, the man who was falsely accused of the crime. The book is now out of print, but since then, the real murderer – who was named in the book – has been convicted of the crime.
Customer Reviews
A serious novel as well as a good thriller
To write a good thriller about rape, takes skill, given the demanding nature of the theme. To write a serious novel about inter-racial rape is impressive, given the sensitivity of the subject matter. To combine the two into one is remarkable. Yes this is what this book has done.
At the mystery level, the author has had to handle all the technical elements of this story: DNA, computer hacking, jury tampering, etc. At another level he has had to address the ethical issues such as the boundaries of a lawyer's action in helping his client and cross-examining an alleged victim. This is perfectly personified in the character of Alex Sedaka, a lawyer who speaks of the need to "desanctify the victim" - a phrase originally attributed to Alan Dershowitz. At yet another level, there is the psychology of a complex range of characters, including the heroine who is badgered into taking "second seat" in the courtroom and her female lover who works at a rape crisis center.
And at the suspense level - which is not the same as mystery - there is the question of how it will pan out. Whether or not he is guilty is a mystery. Who is sending the menacing eMails is a mystery. Was the jury software tampered with is a mystery. But whether he will be found guilty or not (regardless of guilt or innocence) is a matter of suspense. When the lawyer's gilfriend, TV reporter Martine Yin is stalked, that too is suspense. And the sequence at the end is a veritable tribute to Alfred Hitchcock or Brian de Palma in the way the tension mounts at multiple locations.
It is this ability to combine these diverse elements and hold the reader's attention and appeal to their intellect that makes this such a good book at so many levels.