No Safe Place

By Richard North Patterson

Within the high-stakes, high-pressure international of presidential politics, the place predators hold microphones and one misstep can savage a life of success, Kerry Kilcannon is the rarest participant of all. Kilcannon believes he could make the procedure paintings. And he simply may well die trying.

Driven by way of the violent nightmare of his adolescence, fueled by means of forces that few may comprehend, and pressured via secrets and techniques nobody needs to be aware of, Kilcannon is operating for President--and coming into the an important battleground of California with seven days to head. yet for Kilcannon, there are hurdles that his braveness, aura, and compassion would possibly not conquer: the community correspondent he nonetheless loves; the reporter bent on their publicity; the rival who'll do whatever to win; and the enthusiast who believes that he needs to homicide Kilcannon to guard the perfect to existence.

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If he doesn’t fuck it up by some means, he’ll be the forty-third President of the USA. ” suddenly, his voice fell, and his face grew to become severe. “He rarely mentions you. He doesn’t need to. ” Lara touched her eyes. “I don’t need to both, Clayton. If that’s what you must understand. ” Lara felt Clayton staring at her, attempting to divine her that means. “There’s anything i have to ask you,” he stated. “What? ” His gaze used to be point. “Who else understands approximately this? along with the person that needed to understand? ” Lara stood, hands folded. Her belly felt empty, uncooked; the alternative was once among the final betrayal of her ideas and another lie, this time to Kerry Kilcannon. His ally watched her, ready. Lara grew to become to him. “Newsworld knows,” she stated easily. For twenty mins, Clayton listened. while she was once accomplished, Lara’s face used to be ashen. Out of kindness, he attempted to hide how appalled he was—for Kerry, for her, even for himself. His first phrases have been useful and direct. “You think it’s this counselor? ” “Or an individual with entry to her documents. ” Lara appeared down, her expression pensive, haunted. “Ever because Nate left, I’ve been attempting to bear in mind her. i used to be this type of ruin she might have been somebody, so long as what I informed her by no means left that room. i will be able to infrequently see her face now. ” She checked out him, voice by surprise not easy. “Don’t even dream of going to her, or I’ll holiday this tale myself. I’ve long gone too some distance already. ” Clayton’s tone used to be crisp. “If we did that, Mason’s humans could discover. Your ethics don’t input into it. ” Slowly, Lara sat at the mattress back. within the dim mild of the inn room, she appeared wan; with out make-up, her such a lot extraordinary characteristic was once severe darkish eyes. “Why do you're thinking that it’s Mason? ” “Timing. The Republicans could take a seat in this. ” Lara confronted him. “Whoever it really is, we’re by no means speaking approximately this back. You’re by yourself. ” learning her, Clayton attempted to tackle his emotions. within the previous few hours, her international had collapsed, her earlier had lower back to hang-out her, and he or she had compromised—twice—everything that used to be very important to her as a journalist. but Lara attempted to maintain a decent rein on her feelings, look after a few experience of self. What she evoked used to be faraway from pity—it was once admiration. Clayton drew a breath. “Do you will have me to inform him whatever? ” Her eyes met his, after which she seemed away. “No. not anything. ” Clayton hesitated. “Well,” he acknowledged ultimately. “I’ve bought a task to do. ” Lara stood with him, arms within the wallet of her gown. “Good good fortune. ” Clayton used to be quiet for a second; there has been not anything left to assert. “You too,” he replied, and left. whilst Clayton opened the door of his room, there has been a white envelope at the ground. It took him a second to gain what used to be inside—Jack Sleeper’s numbers, the nightly monitoring ballot. This appeared so unnecessary that he nearly laughed. Sitting, he made himself experiment the information. the 1st self-discipline he needs to impose used to be on himself: reviewing the numbers used to be his task, and Jack Sleeper was once looking ahead to his name. He couldn't permit Jack experience that something was once fallacious. Stretching out at the mattress with the papers laid in entrance of him, he known as the pollster.

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