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Title: The Blue Zone

Author: Andrew Gross

Narrator: Ilyana Kadushin

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-05-07

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Kate Raab's life seems almost perfect: her boyfriend, her job, her family...until her father runs into trouble with the law. His only recourse is to testify against his former accomplices in exchange for his family's placement in the Witness Protection Program. But one of them gets cold feet. In a flash, everything Kate can count on is gone.

Now, a year later, her worst fears have materialized: Her father has disappeared into what the WITSEC agency calls "the blue zone", and someone close to him is found brutally murdered. With her family under surveillance, the FBI untrustworthy, and her father's menacing "friends" circling with increasing intensity, Kate sets off to find her father and uncover the secrets someone will kill to keep buried.

Editorial Reviews:

Ilyana Kadushin portrays an American family caught in the web of an international drug-smuggling ring. The actions of the family patriarch have caused the situation, which lands the family in the dubious safety of the federal Witness Protection program, that is, until the father disappears into what the feds call "the blue zone," their way of saying he has disappeared without a trace. The extent of the husband's involvement in the drug trade is the big question of the novel. Kadushin plays her role perfectly, never revealing too much but delivering just enough to keep us listening.

Critic Reviews:

"The Blue Zone is a tense and chilling thriller with a whole lot of heart." (James Patterson)

"Gross shows sufficient talent for readers to want to see more from his pen alone." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

My favorite Andrew Gross book

I found and read this book when it first came out and I loved it. The story was fascinating to me and there were twists that I never saw coming. I really liked learning about the blue zone as I had never heard that term before. I just reread this book a few days ago. Even though I knew the twists this time around I still really enjoyed this book. I've since read a few of Andrew Gross' other books and, while good, none of them are as good as this one is. I definitely recommend this book.

Gross is in his zone again . . .

Great, fast-paced thriller. The characters, however, are rather hard to get attached to. I kept thinking, "Oh, if I just read a little further, I'll learn to love this character . . ." but it never happens, not even with the main two characters, namely the father and his oldest daughter.

It's a story about ill-gotten gain, and the heartache of a family broken by a father's greed and murderous revenge. The backdrop involves a drug cartel and the unfortunate ineptitude of the FBI. I was expecting more details about the Witness Protection program, but that was treated very lightly, offering no particular insight into this famous program. There were some missed opportunities to make the story more compelling, but overall, it's a page-turner well worth the read. Another good one from Andrew Gross.

Recommending This to My Wife and Father

I'm not sure what possessed me to buy this book, but I am glad that I did. This doesn't fit into most of my usual genre's of books, but I really enjoyed it. I am actually going to recommend this to my father (an avid reader) and my fiance.

This story had a great lead female role who was believable in every way.