Within Striking Distance (Harlequin Nascar)

By Ben Stein and Phil DeMuth

Book Overview

Ever since she learned she was adopted, Becky Peters has dreamed of finding her birth parents. When a prominent NASCAR family reveals their daughter was kidnapped at birth, Becky dares to hope...to believe. Could she be "the lost Grosso"? Private Investigator Jake McMaster knows he's in trouble the moment Becky walks into his office. With Becky stirring a lot more than his protective instincts, Jake's determined to keep his professional distance...until she becomes the target of someone just as determined to keep certain secrets buried. With Becky's life on the line, it's up to Jake to keep her safe and give her what she's been searching for--a family and a place to belong. And a love that's within striking distance.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 037318526X
• ISBN13: 9780373185269
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Harlequin Special Releases
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Another heady, erudite mix from the incomparable Peter Robb

I'm a big fan of Peter Robb's Midnight in Sicily. About that masterpiece, The Economist called it "simply the best book in English about Italy." The author's latest work, A Death in Brazil, promised and delivered much of the same - a heady, erudite mix of Mr. Robb's skillful interspersing of equal parts history, political machinations, and personal travelogue. For good measure, like Midnight in Sicily you also get a gastronomic...

Enjoyable romp through Brazilian history, food, politics and culture

I really enjoyed this book. I approached it with apprehension because of the mediocre reviews some other readers gave it, but Robb really drew me in from the first chapter (in which he recounts how he almost got murdered in Rio de Janeiro). While his tendency to jump from theme to theme (from current political actors to food to conquest to everyday life in Recife to historical wars like Palmares and Canudos and back), I found...

Excellent Preparation for Travel in Brazil

Last October, I ordered Peter Robb's "A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions," paying for hardcover on the strength of its reviews. It was worth the price. And well worth the weight. I hauled it around in my rucksack for during a four-week trip in the state of Bahia. Being a story hog, I generally read fiction written by local authors when I travel. But this nonfiction kept me fascinated throughout. As a visitor with little...

An oblique journey

Peter Robb has surpassed 'M' in this book. From a slow start (and patience is a virtue here) the insight of Brazil through Robb's eyes is nothing short of stunning. I bought the book because I loved 'M', Robb's swashbuckling analysis of Caravagio's passionate work and life. Be warned though, I gave a copy to a friend who 'couldn't get into it'. Robb has a style that requires the reader to go for the ride. I found it superbly...

Outstanding impressionistic portrayal of Brazil

"A Death in Brazil" is more than a mere personal memoir, travelogue, or political history. Rather, it combines all three, creating a whole that is more than the sum of its parts, a vivid, impressionistic tableau of Brazilian life and culture in which Robb interlaces past and present in a compelling, sometimes seamless manner. If you've spent much time in Brazil, Robb's brushstrokes of local color will bring back many memories...