- Mass Market Paperback: 375 pages
- Publisher: Mira Books (Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0778323951
- ISBN-13: 978-0778323952
- Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 11.2 x 2.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,391,462 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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powerful thriller, 7 Oct 2007
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Behind Closed Doors (Mass Market Paperback)
In Tucson, Arizona an intruder with a gun invades the home of African-American history professor Harry Kendall and his white wife botanist Laura Clark. He beats up Harry before tying him up and raping Laura. Already irate, Harry becomes outraged at the police's failure to make any progress on the case as he knows they are looking at a random act while the culprit made it clear it was racially motivated.
Fuming he decides to investigate. As he obsessively follows clues to the white supremacist serendipitously politically connected Ivory Nation, he places himself and his spouse in danger from an amoral racist (and his allies) who has no compunctions in killing him and raping a fearful Laura again at a time she is pregnant carrying who knows who's child.
The keys to this powerful thriller are the reactions of the lead couple to the assault and rape, and the underlying concept that even BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, people are not necessarily safe from those who use force and fear especially to further a "sanctioned" cause. The action-packed story line focuses on the aftermath impact on the psyche of mostly an angry Harry, who seeks vengeance even legal reparations. However to a lesser degree fans see how Laura reacts as she is very frightened (almost agoraphobic) but tries to move on while worrying about the DNA of the fetus she carries; and somewhat on Bobby Donahue of Ivory Nation, who escaped justice IN PLAIN SIGHT as he shows a human side with his tenderness towards his infant son, who is his reason for doing what he does. This character driven thriller will hook the audience from the onset until the final new beginning.
Harriet Klausner
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Unsettling and Eye Opening, 31 Mar 2008
By Deborah Haupt - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Behind Closed Doors (Mass Market Paperback)
I just finished Tara Taylor Quinn's Behind Closed Doors, it's the second in her series about a white supremacy group the Ivory Nation and what the law enforcement agencies and whoever are doing to eradicate them. It was a very good book about a dark subject and she handled it with great expertise. In this installment the main characters Harry and Laura Kendall a biracial couple who are brutalized by the hands of these madmen. It is a real eyeopener and EVERYONE should read it. Her first in the series was in plain sight and it was equally engrossing. Quinn is usually put into the romance box but these books although they have romance in them are definitely not your normal everyday romance.
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Good tense read, 19 Jan 2008
By specialk - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Behind Closed Doors (Mass Market Paperback)
This book was unsettling..but well written for a story with unconfortable subject matter..
The rape scene was brilliantly done..harrowing to read,as it should be.
I would have liked to have had a bit more background on the main characters,i didn't feel for them as much as i would have if i had felt that i "knew" them.
Still,the story kept me on my toes and kept me involved,so four stars..
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