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Title: The Distance

Author: Helen Giltrow

Narrator: Rachel Atkins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-08-14

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Charlotte Alton has put her old life behind her. The life where she bought and sold information, unearthing secrets buried too deep for anyone else to find, or fabricating new identities for people who need their histories erased. But now she has been offered one more job. To get a hit-man into an experimental new prison and take out someone who according to the records isn't there at all. It's impossible. A suicide mission. And quite possibly a set-up. So why can't she say no?

Members Reviews:

Impressive and unique writing style

I'm only 35% through this book but it's enough for me leave a review. I am impressed with the author's writing. It's sparse yet descriptive and flows in a unique way. I don't think this book is for everyone, especially those who favor more standard writing fare as I can see them getting frustrated with the author's unwillingness to spoon-feed exposition.

The concept of the Program is a good one, not new, but well executed from a structural standpoint.

There are some gaps of backstory that the author backfills a little too sparsely but that may be more of a reading preference on my part. Overall, I'm enjoying this and do not regret the purchase. Unlike too many other recent offerings, this is one I know I'll finish. Excellent work, Ms Giltrow.

Edit: I finished this book last week. While there were some parts that dragged in the middle, on the whole this novel delivered. The author has a great command of metaphor and descriptive language. It took me halfway through the story to realize she reminded me of Stephen R Donaldson's style, if a little less heavy. I would recommend this novel to friends I know have a higher expectation of a book than simply descending for a few hours into fast food writing.

jumbled suspence

I enjoyed this book. However, I found it difficult to follow. The writer had too many characters which I felt were poorly tracked and identified. I couldn't keep track of who was who, and/ or where they fitted into the story. I feel this is a failure on the part of the writer. She was graphic in her descriptions of gore and torture. Some of that is difficult for me, but I understand that most other readers love that stuff. The love relationship between our two principal players was also poorly defined. I couldn't understand why on earth they liked each other. It seemed they barely knew one another. Suspenseful? Yes. Confusing? Also yes.

Good luck if you like this type of book, but I simply could not keep going with it to conclusion.

Neither my wife nor I could make it past the first CD. We then waited a few months, and we restarted the audiobook, and could not make it past the second CD. Listening to the book was a painful experience. I bought the audiobook based on favorable reviews, but it was not my cup of tea.

Pretty good

I agree with elements of both top two reviews (positive and critical) - I'd give this a three and a half, if I could. Still, as a debut novel I'm happy to round up. I also think J Chow's comment about the male protagonist is a fair criticism - the author works so hard making the reader worry about him that it is difficult to believe he would have gotten the job in the first place.

Good premise but I had to slog through it.

The book had an intersting and unique storyline but page-after-page-after-page went by with the feeling like something was going to happen...but nothing does.