Safer
by Sean Doolittle
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Author: Sean DoolittleEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-02-24
ISBN: 0385338988
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Delacorte Press
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Summary: 5 Stars
The front cover of "Safer," Sean Doolittle's superlative new novel, depicts neighborhood scenes, at once bucolic, mundane and lovely - children playing, a man mowing his lawn. It is just such a life that Paul Callaway and his wife, Sara, wanted to embrace when they moved from Boston to a quiet Midwestern town, albeit not without some misgivings. It is quite a change, after all. Paul, 37 years old, is now a respected member of the faculty of Western Iowa University, and his wife associate dean for graduate studies.
It is the week before Christmas as the book opens. Paul and Sara are hosting a faculty holiday party when, shockingly, the police come to his door to arrest him on charges of having molested his neighbors' thirteen-year-old daughter and possessing pornographic images of a child, crimes of which he is innocent. And the life he had had becomes a nightmare. Only he is wide awake. And from that point on, unimaginably, things only get worse.
Paul, usually not a "joiner," with his wife's encouragement had been persuaded to become a member of the neighborhood watch by one of his neighbors, Roger Mallory, who, besides being an ex-cop, has organized the neighborhood associations and watch groups under the banner of Safer Places Organization, a "citywide coalition of citizen patrols he'd founded himself half a decade ago," and which is dedicated to keeping the area free of crime or whatever else might threaten their well-being. Paul gradually becomes aware of just how very strict Roger's parameters are as to what is and isn't "safe" for the neighborhood, to his peril. Up to that point in the novel, it had been merely engrossing. After that point, I couldn't put the book down. Well, not literally, but very nearly.
The author has crafted a riveting read, one which will grab the reader from first page to last, and which will without question make this reader's Top Ten list for 2009. [And I loved the sly tip-of-the-hat to Lee Child's Jack Reacher books.] Very highly recommended.
Summary of Safer
From Dirt to The Cleanup, Sean Doolittle has dazzled critics and defied expectations, garnering bolder critical raves with each new novel. ?Stylishly written? hailed the New York Times Book Review? ?Superb? declared the Wall Street Journal??Heart-stopping, gut-clenching, eye-opening? raved the Chicago Tribune. Now Doolittle fulfills all that promise?and more?in his latest novel, a powerhouse of suspense that will catch you off guard at every turn.?Because in Safer, a young couple moves into an idyllic little cul-de- sac?and ignites a harrowing journey into darkness as a shocking accusation is made, a family is shattered, and the mystery of a long-ago crime begins to unravel.For Paul Callaway and his wife, Sara, moving from the East Coast to a quiet midwestern town was a major adjustment. But right from the start, Paul has tried to fit in. He?s played golf with the guys. He?s even joined the Neighborhood Patrol, grabbing a flashlight and a walkie-talkie to make these neatly tended streets even safer. Then Paul makes one mistake?and now they want him gone. But nothing could have prepared Paul and Sara for the quarrel that has erupted between Paul and a neighbor?the self-appointed leader of the Neighborhood Patrol. Or for the next outrage, as police arrest Paul for a sordid crime he didn?t commit. Suddenly Paul?s life, university career, and marriage are at risk, as he finds himself locked in a desperate fight with an angry man, a dark conspiracy, and a secret that began with a child?s disappearance ten years before.
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