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Nick Of Time #2
Time to Hide
THEY CAN RUN—BUT THEY CAN’T HIDE
In the second gripping installment of John Gilstrap’s five-part novel, a pair of young lovers take off on a reckless journey—just one step ahead of the law . . .
Nicki Janssen wants to live her life to the fullest—and love her soulmate to the end—no matter how dangerous it is . . .
Brad Ward doesn’t want to go back to prison. He’ll do whatever it takes—lie, steal, or worse—to find a safe haven for him and his precious Nicki . . .
Carter Janssen is desperate to find his daughter before her life is ruined by convicted murderer Brad Ward. But it won’t be easy. The runaways have found the perfect hiding place, a deluxe hotel in Virginia that’s become their own private paradise. But time is running out. The police are closing in. And the manhunt is on . . .
“Gilstrap pushes every thriller button.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“When you pick up a Gilstrap novel, one thing is always true—you are going
to be entertained at a high rate of speed.”—Suspense Magazine
“If you like Vince Flynn and Brad Thor, you’ll love John Gilstrap.”—Gayle Lynds
Includes a preview chapter from John Gilstrap’s next thriller, Friendly Fire
In the second gripping installment of John Gilstrap’s five-part novel, a pair of young lovers take off on a reckless journey—just one step ahead of the law . . .
Nicki Janssen wants to live her life to the fullest—and love her soulmate to the end—no matter how dangerous it is . . .
Brad Ward doesn’t want to go back to prison. He’ll do whatever it takes—lie, steal, or worse—to find a safe haven for him and his precious Nicki . . .
Carter Janssen is desperate to find his daughter before her life is ruined by convicted murderer Brad Ward. But it won’t be easy. The runaways have found the perfect hiding place, a deluxe hotel in Virginia that’s become their own private paradise. But time is running out. The police are closing in. And the manhunt is on . . .
“Gilstrap pushes every thriller button.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“When you pick up a Gilstrap novel, one thing is always true—you are going
to be entertained at a high rate of speed.”—Suspense Magazine
“If you like Vince Flynn and Brad Thor, you’ll love John Gilstrap.”—Gayle Lynds
Includes a preview chapter from John Gilstrap’s next thriller, Friendly Fire
- GenresSuspense
107 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 12, 2016
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About the author
John Gilstrap
76 books1,190 followersA little bit about my background... I've always been a closet-writer. As a kid, I lived for the opportunity to write short stories. I was the editor of my high school newspaper for a while (the Valor Dictus, Robinson High School, class of 1975), until I quit ("You can't fire me! I quit!") over a lofty First Amendment issue that seemed very important at the time. My goal, in fact, was to become a journalist in the vein of Woodward or Bernstein. Okay, I confess, I wanted to be Woodward; Robert Redford played him in the movie, and chicks really dug Robert Redford.
I graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1979, and armed with a degree in American history, I couldn't find a job. I ended up settling for a position with a little-noticed trade journal serving the construction industry. They called me the managing editor and they paid me food stamp wages. I hated it. About this time, I joined the Burke Volunteer Fire Department in Fairfax County, Virginia, if only to find relief from the boredom of my job. Running about a thousand calls my first year with the department, I was hooked, and the volunteer fire service became an important part of my life for the next 15 years. In the early eighties, hating my job, I went the way of all frustrated liberal arts undergrads—back to graduate school. Earning a Master of Science degree in safety engineering from the University of Southern California, I started down a whole new road. For the next decade and a half, I became an expert (don't you hate that word?) on explosives safety and hazardous waste. Meanwhile, I kept writing. I didn't tell anyone, of course, because, well, you just don't share artistic dreams with fellow engineers. They look at you funny.
My first novel, Nathan's Run, was in fact my fourth novel, and when it sold, it sold big. At a time in my life when things were going well—I was president of my own consulting firm—things were suddenly going very well. Warner Bros. bought the movie rights to Nathan's Run two days after the first book rights were sold, and as of this date, the novel has been translated and published in one form or another in over 20 countries. With Nathan's Run in the can, as it were, I thought I might finally be on to something, but I didn't quit my "day job" until after I sold the book and movie rights to my second novel, At All Costs. I figured that while one-in-a-row might be luck, two-in-a-row was a trend. So, I started writing full-time.
More novels followed, and then a few screenplays. I was living the dream.
But I really didn't like it much. I learned pretty quickly that when you're born a Type-A personality, those extrovert tendencies don't go away just because you're practicing a craft you love. In fact, after just a couple of years of dream fulfillment, I was pretty friggin' bored with the company of my imaginary friends, so I did something that I've never heard a full-time artist do before: I went back to a day job. At first, it was just a matter of reactivating my consulting business, but then, in 2004, I was handed my ideal Big-Boy Job (that's what my wife calls it) working as the director of safety for a trade association in Washington, DC.
And I continue to write. In 2006, Six Minutes to Freedom was published to considerable acclaim. My first (and probably last) foray into book-length non-fiction, SixMin tells the story of Kurt Muse, the only civilian of record ever rescued by the super-secret Delta Force. Thanks to Kurt's cooperation (he is co-author), I gained access to people and places that lifelong civilians like me should never see. The heroic warriors I met during that research turned out to be nothing like their movie stereotypes. These were not only gentlemen, but gentle men, who remained free of the kind of boasting and self-aggrandizement that I was expecting. They were supreme professionals, and very nice guys.
And through them I got the idea for my new series character, Jonathan Grave. He's fo
I graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1979, and armed with a degree in American history, I couldn't find a job. I ended up settling for a position with a little-noticed trade journal serving the construction industry. They called me the managing editor and they paid me food stamp wages. I hated it. About this time, I joined the Burke Volunteer Fire Department in Fairfax County, Virginia, if only to find relief from the boredom of my job. Running about a thousand calls my first year with the department, I was hooked, and the volunteer fire service became an important part of my life for the next 15 years. In the early eighties, hating my job, I went the way of all frustrated liberal arts undergrads—back to graduate school. Earning a Master of Science degree in safety engineering from the University of Southern California, I started down a whole new road. For the next decade and a half, I became an expert (don't you hate that word?) on explosives safety and hazardous waste. Meanwhile, I kept writing. I didn't tell anyone, of course, because, well, you just don't share artistic dreams with fellow engineers. They look at you funny.
My first novel, Nathan's Run, was in fact my fourth novel, and when it sold, it sold big. At a time in my life when things were going well—I was president of my own consulting firm—things were suddenly going very well. Warner Bros. bought the movie rights to Nathan's Run two days after the first book rights were sold, and as of this date, the novel has been translated and published in one form or another in over 20 countries. With Nathan's Run in the can, as it were, I thought I might finally be on to something, but I didn't quit my "day job" until after I sold the book and movie rights to my second novel, At All Costs. I figured that while one-in-a-row might be luck, two-in-a-row was a trend. So, I started writing full-time.
More novels followed, and then a few screenplays. I was living the dream.
But I really didn't like it much. I learned pretty quickly that when you're born a Type-A personality, those extrovert tendencies don't go away just because you're practicing a craft you love. In fact, after just a couple of years of dream fulfillment, I was pretty friggin' bored with the company of my imaginary friends, so I did something that I've never heard a full-time artist do before: I went back to a day job. At first, it was just a matter of reactivating my consulting business, but then, in 2004, I was handed my ideal Big-Boy Job (that's what my wife calls it) working as the director of safety for a trade association in Washington, DC.
And I continue to write. In 2006, Six Minutes to Freedom was published to considerable acclaim. My first (and probably last) foray into book-length non-fiction, SixMin tells the story of Kurt Muse, the only civilian of record ever rescued by the super-secret Delta Force. Thanks to Kurt's cooperation (he is co-author), I gained access to people and places that lifelong civilians like me should never see. The heroic warriors I met during that research turned out to be nothing like their movie stereotypes. These were not only gentlemen, but gentle men, who remained free of the kind of boasting and self-aggrandizement that I was expecting. They were supreme professionals, and very nice guys.
And through them I got the idea for my new series character, Jonathan Grave. He's fo
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March 1, 2016
Time to Hide is the second installment of a five part book series by author John Gilstrap. In the first of the series we meet seventeen year old Nicki Janssen who had overcome an eating disorder only to then lose her mother to cancer. While grieving for her mother Nicki had resumed her obsession with weight loss and had turned to diet pills. The pills however had side effects ending up putting Nicki in the hospital herself and without a heart and lungs transplant she finds herself with only a year left to live.
Not wanting to live out her remaining time hooked to machines and with little hope of living long enough for a transplant Nicki has decided to run away with a boy from her childhood. Nicki's father is a prosecutor and teams up with his law enforcement buddies trying to track Nicki only to find out that the boy in question is wanted for murder.
In Time to Hide the action continues and becomes more intense with Nicki being with Brad. Brad is determined to give Nicki some of her dreams and make her last months to live happy ones but Nicki's father is determined to track the pair down.
Definitely still hooked on this story, it just seems to get more and more intense as the pages go by. Great writing and enjoying the different points of view from all the characters involved so that you know just what is happening with each. Looking forward to seeing where this one heads in Time to Steal.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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Not wanting to live out her remaining time hooked to machines and with little hope of living long enough for a transplant Nicki has decided to run away with a boy from her childhood. Nicki's father is a prosecutor and teams up with his law enforcement buddies trying to track Nicki only to find out that the boy in question is wanted for murder.
In Time to Hide the action continues and becomes more intense with Nicki being with Brad. Brad is determined to give Nicki some of her dreams and make her last months to live happy ones but Nicki's father is determined to track the pair down.
Definitely still hooked on this story, it just seems to get more and more intense as the pages go by. Great writing and enjoying the different points of view from all the characters involved so that you know just what is happening with each. Looking forward to seeing where this one heads in Time to Steal.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
For more reviews please visit https://carriesbookreviews.wordpress....
November 5, 2021
Part 2, getting better...
June 10, 2022
Having read many books that are part of a "series", I wasn't prepared for this book to just "stop", without an ending. That's OK for the end of a chapter, but not for the end of the book. Just so you know, this is NOT a "stand-alone" book. You need to have read the previous books in the series, and you need to be willing to buy the rest of the books in the series.
May 18, 2017
Very exciting! I think it should have been one whole book instead of breaking it up but I am on to part three.....
July 7, 2017
Excellent as are all of Gilstrap's books. Finished all 4 and enjoyed very much.
August 4, 2020
The 2nd of five. A chronically ill 17 year old on an odyssey to fill her last few months...living. Possibly with a Thelma and Louise ending.
March 2, 2022
Good read for a short story
November 19, 2022
Good book - fast read. I rate it 4.7 stars.
March 20, 2016
Thanks to netgalley.com, John Gilstrap and Kensington books for the advance ARC for my honest review.
'Time to Hide' is part 2 of five, of a single series of a book titled Nick of Time by John Gilstrap. It's the continuing saga of Nicki and Brad's adventure. You have Nicki who's 17 has a year to live and needs a heart plus bilateral lung transplant to live longer. Then you have Brad a 22 year old prison escapee, on the run, he reckless, doesn't want to go back to prison no matter what and you have her dad NY prosecutor Carter hot on their trail.
I like Gilstrap's writing style, it's perfect for a single series, full of twist and turns, keeps you reading and breaks at the perfect spot. Brad helps Nicki by doing the things that he can from the list of things she wants to do before she dies, but I do feel that the police wouldn't forget to cover an exit, especially with everything else covered and the number of officers, along with SWAT at the motel. Would have been more believable for me, if you had Lt. Michaels, Carter and a handful of officers.
It's still an excellent single serial to read. If you haven't read this style of book before, it would make for a great introduction to this style of publishing.
'Time to Hide' is part 2 of five, of a single series of a book titled Nick of Time by John Gilstrap. It's the continuing saga of Nicki and Brad's adventure. You have Nicki who's 17 has a year to live and needs a heart plus bilateral lung transplant to live longer. Then you have Brad a 22 year old prison escapee, on the run, he reckless, doesn't want to go back to prison no matter what and you have her dad NY prosecutor Carter hot on their trail.
I like Gilstrap's writing style, it's perfect for a single series, full of twist and turns, keeps you reading and breaks at the perfect spot. Brad helps Nicki by doing the things that he can from the list of things she wants to do before she dies, but I do feel that the police wouldn't forget to cover an exit, especially with everything else covered and the number of officers, along with SWAT at the motel. Would have been more believable for me, if you had Lt. Michaels, Carter and a handful of officers.
It's still an excellent single serial to read. If you haven't read this style of book before, it would make for a great introduction to this style of publishing.
March 7, 2016
In this second installment, Brad and Nicki's fairytale adventure continues as Nicki's father tries desperately to chase their trail and find his daughter. The two "fugitives" are living it up on someone else's dime and having the time of their lives. Nicki is caught up in the excitement and can't believe the lengths Brad is going to just to make her happy. Meanwhile, Brad has a different outlook. We know that he literally is a fugitive, an escaped convict, and he is merely being reckless and feeling liberated by his freedom and his vow to not return to prison, no matter what.
More characters are introduced and other storylines become more developed. There is one recurring storyline at the end of each chapter that provides a short and mysterious foreshadowing to something that will be revealed later.
This second installment remains solid and keeps your interest so you're looking forward to the next installment. This one ends with an emotional twist and a pretty big cliffhanger. I received this as a free ARC from Kensington Books, Lyrical Underground on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
More characters are introduced and other storylines become more developed. There is one recurring storyline at the end of each chapter that provides a short and mysterious foreshadowing to something that will be revealed later.
This second installment remains solid and keeps your interest so you're looking forward to the next installment. This one ends with an emotional twist and a pretty big cliffhanger. I received this as a free ARC from Kensington Books, Lyrical Underground on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
January 28, 2023
Whew! Time gets away from me when I'm reading. It's been 5 years since I read the first of the Nick of Time series, Time to Run. I'm about to catch up now. After finishing Time to Hide, I’m about to begin Time to Steal, followed immediately by Time to Die, and Time to Live.
The story and plot of the series line easily came back to me as I read, although there's much I found familiar in Time to Hide. I suppose somewhere along the line I either read it or an excerpt of it, but that didn't diminish my enjoyment.
Time to Hide will not work as a standalone. The readers would be better served if it was one cohesive novel that we couldn't, and wouldn't, put down until we finished. I suspect it was released this way because 2016 was about the time James Patterson start releasing his 'BookShots'. I hate those BookShots.
John Gilstrap is one of my favorite authors because of the vividness in his stories and characters, although I am not a fan of either Victoria Emerson or her series.
4 Stars for Nick of Time #2, Time to Hide.
The story and plot of the series line easily came back to me as I read, although there's much I found familiar in Time to Hide. I suppose somewhere along the line I either read it or an excerpt of it, but that didn't diminish my enjoyment.
Time to Hide will not work as a standalone. The readers would be better served if it was one cohesive novel that we couldn't, and wouldn't, put down until we finished. I suspect it was released this way because 2016 was about the time James Patterson start releasing his 'BookShots'. I hate those BookShots.
John Gilstrap is one of my favorite authors because of the vividness in his stories and characters, although I am not a fan of either Victoria Emerson or her series.
4 Stars for Nick of Time #2, Time to Hide.
April 5, 2016
This is part two of the five-part serial which follows terminally ill 17-year-old Nicki who is on the run with her childhood crush Brad. The pair is being pursued by Nicki's father, a prosecutor, and a team of law enforcement officers.
This installment provides more background on 22-year-old Brad who has escaped prison and is determined not to go back, no matter what. Brad is also determined to fulfill some of Nicki's wishes of what she wants to experience before she dies, so the pair ends up staying at a luxurious hotel.
This was a terrific blend of sweet moments, fast-paced action and soul-searching by the three main characters. I definitely like John Gilstrap's style and already have part 3, Time To Steal, ready to read next. I'm very intrigued to see how the secondary storyline involving deputy Darla Sweet is going to fit in with this. Solid plotting which keeps you hooked and characters that seem to evolve with each installment.
Many thanks to Lyrical Underground, Kensington Books, who provided me with an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review.
This installment provides more background on 22-year-old Brad who has escaped prison and is determined not to go back, no matter what. Brad is also determined to fulfill some of Nicki's wishes of what she wants to experience before she dies, so the pair ends up staying at a luxurious hotel.
This was a terrific blend of sweet moments, fast-paced action and soul-searching by the three main characters. I definitely like John Gilstrap's style and already have part 3, Time To Steal, ready to read next. I'm very intrigued to see how the secondary storyline involving deputy Darla Sweet is going to fit in with this. Solid plotting which keeps you hooked and characters that seem to evolve with each installment.
Many thanks to Lyrical Underground, Kensington Books, who provided me with an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review.
March 25, 2016
Time to hide is book 2 of 5 books we continue the saga of Nicki and Brads adventure.
Nickis father is hot on the trail of the pair of them but Brad escaped from prison and no way is he going back there again.
A great story.
There is a story line that tells a short story after a chapter telling about what happened to Brad in prison didn't know that at first but guessed that is what it was as you go along all is revealed.
Really enjoying these books.
Thanks to john Gilstrap Netgalley and the publisher for a chance to read these books.
Nickis father is hot on the trail of the pair of them but Brad escaped from prison and no way is he going back there again.
A great story.
There is a story line that tells a short story after a chapter telling about what happened to Brad in prison didn't know that at first but guessed that is what it was as you go along all is revealed.
Really enjoying these books.
Thanks to john Gilstrap Netgalley and the publisher for a chance to read these books.
March 15, 2016
I really enjoyed this instalment in the "Nick of Time" series, it had a good solid pace and the characters have developed from the first part with you getting to know more about them which I feel added to the story. I have already read part three and just downloaded parts four and five - really looking forward to where the story take me.
October 5, 2016
Captivating, engaging
Book one slow starter to establish plot and characters. Then accelerates revealing more character depth as a he reader learns more about what got them to this point in the series. I am hooked into where it goes from here.
Book one slow starter to establish plot and characters. Then accelerates revealing more character depth as a he reader learns more about what got them to this point in the series. I am hooked into where it goes from here.
May 1, 2016
Fast read
Love filmstrip and he sets a fast pace bringing back old characters to this new series. Loving it but way to short books.
Love filmstrip and he sets a fast pace bringing back old characters to this new series. Loving it but way to short books.
April 12, 2017
Hooking me into the story
Now will read the next book but really this feels like just part of a book. This book would not stand alone without reading the first book
Now will read the next book but really this feels like just part of a book. This book would not stand alone without reading the first book
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