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MIDDLE OF NOWHERE REVIEWS "Middle of Nowhere is Ridley Pearson at his best, which is very good indeed -- deft plot, smart talk, and real writing. Pure pleasure."    —Scott Turow "In Middle of Nowhere, Ridley Pearson has combined a page-turning plot and wonderfully developed characters with efficient, stylish prose. The result is yet another high octane thriller from the master of the genre."    —Nicholas Sparks "Compelling, convincing, and exciting, Pearson's Middle of Nowhere is a true thriller. Pearson is a master craftsman, putting each story element in perfect order. You have to like Boldt, the tarnished knight, on his lonely quest. There's no better everyman in crime fiction today."    —T. Jefferson Parker "We jump from marvelously detailed micromoments of forensic discovery – using triangulation to track the location of a cell phone – to the high drama of a climactic shootout worthy of Peckinpah; from Boldt's ongoing multileveled marital crisis, in which a raised eyebrow or a ringing telephone carry Jamesian levels of meaning, to a spectacularly choreographed chase scene in which a suspect is tracked across Seattle, on and off buses, in and out of shopping malls. This bipolar narration works not only between scenes but almost simultaneously within the same scene."    —Bill Ott, Booklist "Pearson rarely glamorizes or sensationalizes police work, and never has it looked as gritty and grim as it does in this novel, with officer pitted against officer and brass against rank-and-file.... Boldt spends so much of Middle of Nowhere exhausted, that when adrenaline-fueled heroics come at the story's end, they are all the more amazing and authentic. This book provides no rest for Boldt or for the reader – or for Pearson, for that matter, who is surely at work on the next installment of this red-hot series."    —Karen G. Anderson, JanuaryMagazine.com (full review) "A fast paced thriller from page one, Middle of Nowhere doesn't let down for a minute. Ridley Pearson has done it again! Be prepared to lose some sleep until you finish.... I've anxiously awaited the release of this book and wanted to read it slowly so I could savor every word. Pearson, however, had other ideas for me! I couldn't put it down! Having already read all of Pearson's books I should have known as much."    —B.G. Hayes, iVillage.com (full review) "...it had me in a grip until the last page. I was glad to be back in Boldt's blue Seattle, even with the flu."    —MostlyFiction.com "The climax of this book takes place literally "in the middle of nowhere," and it will knock your socks off, and probably the whole outfit you're wearing as well.... Middle of Nowhere is another great book from an author whose thrillers are always highly satisfying."    —Dianne Day, BookReporter.com (full review) "...Pearson is able to effortlessly intertwine several detailed plot lines while still keeping his story firmly robed in reality."    —New York Post Buy the book from an independent bookstore or Amazon.