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When reporter Melanie Jacobs goes missing from HazPrep, a military training camp for journalists, Melanie’s mother asks Robin Ballantyne, Melanie’s colleague (who also happens to be creating a documentary series about people who have gone missing), to help uncover the truth. Robin’s search takes her from London to Cambodia, where she meets Mike Darling, the last person who saw Melanie before she disappeared.
As Robin tries to determine whether there was a crime involved—or whether Melanie just had enough of her fast-paced, high-pressure, dangerous job and decided to leave it all behind—she meets a lot of people who seem to be telling her only part of the truth. Melanie’s boyfriend, Fred, admits that they’d been having problems in their relationship—but he also claims that Melanie had been suffering from post-traumatic stress. When Melanie’s friend comes forward to tell Robin that Fred had threatened Melanie’s life, Robin doesn’t know who to believe. Mike Darling claims that he barely knew Melanie—yet, as it turns out, they’d met before, and Robin believes he’s shipped himself off to work in Cambodia in an attempt to cover something up.
Meanwhile, Robin’s superiors at the Corporation are trying to prevent her from digging into Melanie’s disappearance—and she’s not sure what they’re trying to hide.
Out of Mind definitely grabs readers right from the beginning with its frantically-paced teaser of a prologue. From there, readers are left to follow along with Robin as she tries to figure out what could have possibly happened to Melanie—all the while dealing with the guilt of being a mother-on-the-run, trying to figure out where her relationship with her cop-boyfriend is going (especially now that his ex is in town, trying to get him back), and facing her estranged father who’s camped out in her mother’s home while her mother is out of town. Though the subplots are given more attention than necessary (and they often tend to distract attention from the central plot), the story is still pleasantly perplexing. You’ll never really know who’s the criminal and who’s just another victim—until everything comes together in an unexpected conclusion.
Despite its overgrown subplots, Out of Mind is a carefully-constructed mystery that makes for an intriguing read.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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