Evoking the golden age of crime, and for fans of Raymond Chandler and Agatha Christie, comes A Gambling Man, from one of the world’s bestselling thriller writers, David Baldacci. A lucky roll of the dice California, 1949. Aloysius Archer is on his way to start a new job with a renowned Private Investigator in Bay Town. Feeling lucky, he stops off at a casino in Reno, where he meets an aspiring actress, Liberty Callahan. Together, they head west on a journey filled with danger and surprises — because Archer isn’t the only one with a secretive past. A risk worth taking Arriving in a town rife with corruption, Archer is tasked with finding out who is doing everything they can to disrupt the appointment of a top official. Then two seemingly unconnected people are murdered at a burlesque club. In a tight-lipped community, Archer must dig deep to reveal the connection between the victims. All bets are off As the final perilous showdown unfurls, Archer will need all of his skills to decipher the truth from the lies and finally, to prove she’s a star in the making, will Liberty have her moment in the spotlight?

**Aloysius Archer, the straight-talking World War II veteran fresh out of prison, returns in this riveting new thriller from #1 *New York Times* bestselling author David Baldacci.** The 1950s are on the horizon, and Archer is in dire need of a fresh start after a nearly fatal detour in Poca City. So Archer hops on a bus and begins the long journey out west to California, where rumor has it there is money to be made if you're hard-working, lucky, criminal--or all three. Along the way, Archer stops in Reno, where a stroke of fortune delivers him a wad of cash and an eye-popping blood-red 1939 Delahaye convertible--plus a companion for the final leg of the journey, an aspiring actress named Liberty Callahan who is planning to try her luck in Hollywood. But when the two arrive in Bay Town, California, Archer quickly discovers that the hordes of people who flocked there seeking fame and fortune landed in a false paradise that instead caters to their

The security system is state of the art. The carpeting costs a thousand dollars a square foot. It’s the perfect place for a lovers’ tryst between a rich man’s trophy wife and the most powerful man in the world. But someone is watching. And when the lovemaking turns deadly, someone will know the truth — and the full, penetrating reach of... Can the President of the United States get away with murder? The fictional answer to this question has set the literary world on fire and transformed David Baldacci into a household name and overnight success. Going beyond the classic works of John Grisham and Robert Ludlum, ABSOLUTE POWER combines the highest levels of political intrigue with big-money law, cutting-edge forensics, and the riveting search for a truth hidden within the power of the Oval Office. Luther Whitney is a rare combination of thief and honorable man. Now he’s the invisible eyewitness to an event that, if ever revealed, would shake America to its very roots. Inside the walk-in safe of a billionaire’s mansion, through the vault’s one-way-mirrored door, Luther can see everything that happens in the master bedroom just a few feet away. A woman is brutalized, and a cover-up is set in motion by the President’s most trusted aides. And the eyewitness is running for his life. From a million-dollar-a-job assassin to the punishing battles of a legal empire, from White House state dinners to the microscopic evidence unearthed from a string of gruesome murders, ABSOLUTE POWER masterfully plumbs the depths of human greed, power, and corruption. This is truly the reading experience of the year: thrilling, shattering, and as provocative as it is relentlessly suspenseful

FBI Agent Atlee Pine’s search for her twin sister, Mercy, coincides with military investigator John Puller’s high-stakes case, leading them both into a global conspiracy from which neither of them will escape unscathed. Ever since Mercy was abducted after a brutal incident when the girls were just six years old, Atlee has been relentless in her search for the truth. Now, just as time is running out on her investigation, she finally gets her most promising breakthrough yet — the identity of her sister’s kidnapper: Ito Vincenzo. Last known location: New Jersey. As Atlee and her assistant, Carol Blum, race to track down Vincenzo, they run into Pine’s old friend John Puller, who is investigating Vincenzo’s family for another crime involving a military installation. Working together, Pine and Puller pull back the layers of deceit, lies and cover-ups that strike at the very heart of global democracy. And the truth about what happened to Mercy is finally revealed. And that truth will shock Atlee Pine to her very core

All that glitters... 1952, Los Angeles. It is New Year’s Eve and PI Aloysius Archer is dining with his friend and rising Hollywood actress Liberty Callahan when they’re approached by Eleanor Lamb, a screenwriter who would like to hire him, as she suspects someone is trying to kill her. Murder and mystery A visit to Lamb’s Malibu residence leaves Archer knocked unconscious after he stumbles over a dead body in the hallway; and Lamb seems to have vanished. With the police now involved in the case, a close friend and colleague of Lamb’s employs Archer to find out what’s happened to the screenwriter. The City of Angels — or somewhere much, much darker? Archer’s investigation takes him from the rich, glamorous and glitzy LA to the seedy, dark side of the city, and onward to the gambling mecca of Las Vegas, just now hitting its stride as a hot spot for celebrities and a money-making machine for the mob. In a place where cops and crooks work hand in hand, Archer will cross paths with Hollywood stars, politicians and notorious criminals. He’ll almost die several times, and he’ll discover bodies and secrets from the canyons and beaches of Malibu and the luxurious mansions of Bel Air and Beverly Hills to the narcotics clubs of Chinatown. With the help of Liberty and his PI partner Willie Dash, Archer will risk everything and leave no stone unturned in finding the missing Eleanor Lamb, and in bringing to justice killers who would love nothing better than to plant Archer six feet under

Will Robie, highly trained assassin and the US government’s most indispensable asset, is called to London. An imminent terrorist attack threatens the Underground and with the US next in line, Robie is the perfect choice to stop it before it begins. He knows he has one chance to succeed. One chance to save London. One chance to make it safely home to find out what has happened to fellow agent Jessica Reel following their last deadly mission together. But Robie is about to learn that even if he succeeds, the worst is yet to come. The game has started. Now only he can end it

John Carr, aka Oliver Stone-once the most skilled assassin his country ever had-stands in Lafayette Park in front of the White House, perhaps for the last time. The president has personally requested that Stone serve his country again on a high-risk, covert mission. Though he’s fought for decades to leave his past career behind, Stone has no choice but to say yes. Then Stone’s mission changes drastically before it even begins. It’s the night of a state dinner honoring the British prime minister. As he watches the prime minister’s motorcade leave the White House that evening, a bomb is detonated in Lafayette Park, an apparent terrorist attack against both leaders. It’s in the chaotic aftermath that Stone takes on a new, more urgent assignment: find those responsible for the bombing. British MI-6 agent Mary Chapman becomes Stone’s partner in the search for the unknown attackers. But their opponents are elusive, capable, and increasingly lethal; worst of all, it seems that the park bombing may just have been the opening salvo in their plan. With nowhere else to turn, Stone enlists the help of the only people he knows he can trust: the Camel Club. Yet that may be a big mistake. In the shadowy worlds of politics and intelligence, there is no one you can really trust. Nothing is really what it seems to be. And Hell’s Corner truly lives up to its name. This may be Oliver Stone’s and the Camel Club’s last stand

David Baldacci brings back Sean King and Michelle Maxwell – former Secret Service agents turned private investigators – in their most surprising, personal, and dangerous case ever. . . KING AND MAXWELL It seems at first like a simple, tragic story. Tyler Wingo, a teenage boy, learns the awful news that his father, a soldier, was killed in action in Afghanistan. Then the extraordinary happens: Tyler receives a communication from his father. . after his supposed death. Tyler hires Sean and Michelle to solve the mystery surrounding his father. But their investigation quickly leads to deeper, more troubling questions. Could Tyler's father really still be alive? What was his true mission? Could Tyler be the next target? Sean and Michelle soon realize that they've stumbled on to something bigger and more treacherous than anyone could have imagined. And as their hunt for the truth leads them relentlessly to the highest levels of power and to uncovering the most clandestine of secrets, Sean and Michelle are determined to help and protect Tyler – though they may pay for it with their lives

Since his astounding debut novel, Absolute Power, David Baldacci has delivered a series of stunning, bestselling thrillers — plunging readers into riveting, fast-paced dramas between the innocent and corrupt, killers and their targets. In his extraordinary new work, Baldacci uses his unsurpassed storytelling skills to explore the essence of survival itself, as a conspiracy of violence surrounds an FBI agent whose fate was to be the... It took ten seconds for Web London to lose everything: his friends, his team, his reputation. Point man of the FBI’s super-elite Hostage Rescue Team, Web roared into a blind alley toward a drug dealer’s lair, only to meet a high-tech, custom-designed ambush that killed everyone around him. Now coping with the blame-filled words of anguished widows and the suspicions of colleagues, Web tries to put his life back together with the help of his psychiatrist, Dr. Claire Daniels. To do so, he must discover why he was the one man who lived through the ambush — and find the only other person who came out of that alley alive... a ten-year-old boy who has since disappeared

‘Eeny, meeny, miny, moe...’ It is thirty years since FBI special agent Atlee Pine’s twin sister, Mercy, was taken from the room they shared as young children. Notorious serial killer Daniel James Tor, was caught and convicted of other murders, and while there’s no proof, Atlee believes he knows what happened to Mercy. Tor still resides in a high-security prison in Colorado. Assigned to the remote wilds of the western United States, Atlee has never stopped the search for her sister, and, wracked with survivor’s guilt, she has spent her life hunting down those who hurt others. She will always ask herself, ‘Why her, and not me?’. Now, Atlee is called in to investigate a case in the Grand Canyon when a mule is found dead with strange carvings on its body, and its rider missing. She knows about killers and perhaps understands them better than any profiler in the FBI, but it soon becomes clear that she will need to put her skills to the ultimate test in this investigation. It seems that Atlee will now have to confront a new monster. And face the one of her nightmares

When Amos Decker is called to South Florida to investigate a double homicide, the case appears straightforward: A federal judge and her bodyguard have been found dead, the judge’s face sporting a blindfold with two eye holes crudely cut out, a clear sign that she’d made one too many enemies over her years on the bench. What at first seems cut and dry is anything but: Not only did the judge have more enemies than Decker can count — from violent gang members, drug dealers, and smugglers to a resentful ex-husband — but the bodyguard presents additional conundrums that muddy the waters even further. Who was the real target in this vicious attack? Meanwhile, Decker must contend with a series of unsettling changes, including a new partner — Special Agent Frederica “Freddie” White — and a devastating event that brings Decker’s own tragic past back to the present... and forces him to reckon with his future. As potential witnesses start disappearing, Decker and White are inexorably pulled down a twisted tunnel of secrets, crimes, and scandal — at the end of which lies Decker’s deadliest threat yet

THE HUNT IS FINALLY OVER. FBI agent Atlee Pine is at the end of her long journey to discover what happened to her twin sister, Mercy, who was abducted when the girls were just six years old — an incident which destroyed her family and left Atlee physically and mentally scarred. She knew her sister and parents were out there somewhere. And she had to find them. Dead or alive. Atlee and her assistant, Carol Blum, discover the truth. But the truth hurts. And hurt makes you tough. So how tough do you have to be to forgive? As they uncover a shocking trail of lies, greed, fear and revenge, they must face one final challenge. A challenge more deadly and dangerous than they could ever have imagined

A John Puller Novel #4 After his father is accused of murder, combat veteran and Special Agent John Puller must investigate his past and learn the truth about his mother in this New York Times bestselling thriller – but someone hiding in the shadows wants revenge. Two men. Thirty years. John Puller’s mother, Jackie, vanished thirty years ago from Fort Monroe, Virginia, when Puller was just a boy. Paul Rogers has been in prison for ten years. But twenty years before that, he was at Fort Monroe. One night three decades ago, Puller’s and Rogers’ worlds collided with devastating results, and the truth has been buried ever since. Until now. Military investigators, armed with a letter from a friend of Jackie’s, arrive in the hospital room of Puller’s father – a legendary three-star now sinking into dementia – and reveal that Puller Sr. has been accused of murdering his wife. Aided by his brother Robert Puller, an Air Force major, and Veronica Knox, who works for a shadowy U.S. intelligence organization, Puller begins a journey that will take him into his own past, to find the truth about his mother. Paul Rogers’ time is running out. With the clock ticking, he begins his own journey, one that will take him across the country to the place where all his troubles began: a mysterious building on the grounds of Fort Monroe. There, thirty years ago, the man Rogers had once been vanished too, and was replaced with a monster. And now the monster wants revenge. And the only person standing in his way is John Puller

It’s 1949. When war veteran Aloysius Archer is released from Carderock Prison, he is sent to Poca City on parole with a short list of do’s and a much longer list of don’ts: do report regularly to his parole officer, don’t go to bars, certainly don’t drink alcohol, do get a job — and don’t ever associate with loose women. The small town quickly proves more complicated and dangerous than Archer’s years serving in the war or his time in jail. Within a single night, his search for gainful employment — and a stiff drink — leads him to a local bar, where he is hired for what seems like a simple job: to collect a debt owed to a powerful local businessman, Hank Pittleman. Soon Archer discovers that recovering the debt won’t be so easy. The indebted man has a furious grudge against Hank and refuses to pay; Hank’s clever mistress has her own designs on Archer; and both Hank and Archer’s stern parole officer, Miss Crabtree, are keeping a sharp eye on him. When a murder takes place right under Archer’s nose, police suspicions rise against the ex-convict, and Archer realizes that the crime could send him right back to prison... if he doesn’t use every skill in his arsenal to track down the real killer

It’s almost Christmas, but there is no joy in the house of terminally ill Jack and his family. With only a short time left to live, he spends his last days preparing to say goodbye to his devoted wife, Lizzie, and their three children. Then, unthinkably, tragedy strikes again: Lizzie is killed in a car accident. With no one able to care for them, the children are separated from each other and sent to live with family members around the country. Just when all seems lost, Jack begins to recover in a miraculous turn of events. He rises from what should have been his deathbed, determined to bring his fractured family back together. Struggling to rebuild their lives after Lizzie’s death, he reunites everyone at Lizzie’s childhood home on the oceanfront in South Carolina. And there, over one unforgettable summer, Jack will begin to learn to love again, and he and his children will learn how to become a family once more

FBI consultant Amos Decker discovers that he may have made a fatal mistake when he was a rookie homicide detective. Back in his home town, he’s now compelled to discover the truth... Decker has returned to Burlington, Ohio, for a special reason. It would have been his daughter Molly’s fourteenth birthday. Molly was brutally murdered four years ago in their home, along with his beloved wife, Cassie, and his brother-in-law. But then Decker is tracked down by a man he’ll never forget: Meryl Hawkins, his first homicide arrest more than twelve years ago. Hawkins has been in prison serving a life sentence but was recently released due to a terminal illness. Decker now finds himself questioning what had seemed watertight evidence at the time — maybe he’d been a bit too keen to get that conviction? Could Hawkins really be innocent, as he’s always claimed? If so, the killer is still out there — with a possible connection to a new crime. As the body count rises, and Decker and his former partner Mary Lancaster dig deeper, it looks as though there’s a lot more to what they thought was a closed case

Every day without fail, Travis Devine puts on a cheap suit, grabs his faux-leather briefcase, and boards the 6:20 commuter train to Manhattan, where he works as an entry-level analyst at the city’s most prestigious investment firm. In the mornings, he gazes out the train window at the lavish homes of the uberwealthy, dreaming about joining their ranks. In the evenings, he listens to the fiscal news on his phone, already preparing for the next grueling day in the cutthroat realm of finance. Then one morning Devine’s tedious routine is shattered by an anonymous email: She is dead. Sara Ewes, Devine’s coworker and former girlfriend, has been found hanging in a storage room of his office building — presumably a suicide, at least for now — prompting the NYPD to come calling on him. If that wasn’t enough, before the day is out, Devine receives another ominous visit, a confrontation that threatens to dredge up grim secrets from his past in the army unless he participates in a clandestine investigation into his firm. This treacherous role will take him from the impossibly glittering lives he once saw only through a train window, to the darkest corners of the country’s economic halls of power... where something rotten lurks. And apart from this high-stakes conspiracy, there’s a killer out there with their own agenda, and Devine is the bull’s-eye

Over the bill. Out of the loop. And trying to save their country... In Washington, D.C. where power in everything and too few have too much of it, four highly eccentric men with mysterious pasts call themselves the Camel Club. Their mission: find out what’s really going on behind the closed doors of America’s leaders. The assassination of the U.S. Speaker of the House has shaken the nation. And the outrageous iconoclasts of the Camel Club have found a chilling connection with another death: the demise of the director of the Library of Congress’s rare books room, whose body has been found in a locked vault where seemingly nothing could have harmed him. A man who calls himself Oliver Stone is the group’s unofficial leader. Staying one step ahead of his violent past and headquartered in a caretaker’s cottage in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Stone, drawing on his vast experience and acute deductive powers, discovers that someone is selling America to its enemies one classified secret at a time. When Annabelle Conroy, the greatest con artist of her generation, struts onto the scene in high-heeled boots, the Camel Club gets a sexy new edge. And they’ll need it, because the two murders are hurtling then into a world of high-stakes espionage that threatens to bring America to its knees. From an ingenious con in Atlantic City to the possible forgery of one of the rarest and most valuable books in American history, to a showdown of epic proportions in the very heart of the capital, David Baldacci weaves a brilliant, white-knuckle tale of suspense in which every collector is searching for one missing prize: the one to die for

A John Puller Novel #3 It's a prison unlike any other. Military discipline rules. Its security systems are unmatched. None of its prisoners dream of escaping. They know it's impossible...until now. John Puller's older brother, Robert, was convicted of treason. His inexplicable escape from prison makes him the most wanted criminal in the country. Some in the government believe that John Puller represents their best chance at capturing Robert alive, and so Puller must bring in his brother to face justice. But Puller quickly discovers that his brother is pursued by others who don't want him to survive. Puller is in turn pushed into an uneasy, fraught partnership with another agent, who may have an agenda of her own. They dig more deeply into the case together, and Puller finds that not only are her allegiances unclear, but there are troubling details about his brother's conviction...and someone out there doesn't want the truth to ever come to light. As the nationwide manhunt for Robert grows more urgent, Puller's masterful skills as an investigator and strengths as a fighter may not be enough to save his brother – or himself

Something sinister is going on in Baronville. The rust belt town has seen four bizarre murders in the space of two weeks. Cryptic clues left at the scenes — obscure bible verses, odd symbols — have the police stumped. Amos Decker and his FBI colleague Alex Jamison are in Baronville visiting Alex’s sister and her family. It’s a bleak place: a former mill and mining town with a crumbling economy and rampant opioid addiction. Decker has only been there a few hours when he stumbles on a horrific double murder scene. Then the next killing hits sickeningly close to home. And with the lives of people he cares about suddenly hanging in the balance, Decker begins to realize that the recent string of deaths may be only one small piece of a much larger scheme — with consequences that will reach far beyond Baronville. Decker, with his singular talents, may be the only one who can crack this bizarre case. Only this time — when one mistake could cost him everything — Decker finds that his previously infallible memory may not be so trustworthy after all

Amos Decker witnesses a murder just outside FBI headquarters. A man shoots a woman execution-style on a crowded sidewalk, then turns the gun on himself. Even with Decker’s extraordinary powers of observation and deduction, the killing is baffling. Decker and his team can find absolutely no connection between the shooter — a family man with a successful consulting business — and his victim, a schoolteacher. Nor is there a hint of any possible motive for the attack. Enter Harper Brown. An agent of the Defense Intelligence Agency, she orders Decker to back off the case. The murder is part of an open DIA investigation, one so classified that Decker and his team aren’t cleared for it. But they learn that the DIA believes solving the murder is now a matter of urgent national security. Critical information may have been leaked to a hostile government — or worse, an international terrorist group — and an attack may be imminent. Decker’s never been one to follow the rules, especially with the stakes so high. Forced into an uneasy alliance with Agent Brown, Decker remains laser focused on only one goal: solving the case before it’s too late

A John Puller Novel #2 Army Special Agent John Puller is the best there is. A combat veteran, Puller is the man the U.S. Army relies on to investigate the toughest crimes facing the nation. Now he has a new case – but this time, the crime is personal: His aunt has been found dead in Paradise, Florida. A picture-perfect town on Florida’s Gulf Coast, Paradise thrives on the wealthy tourists and retirees drawn to its gorgeous weather and beaches. The local police have ruled his aunt’s death an unfortunate, tragic accident. But just before she died, she mailed a letter to Puller’s father, telling him that beneath its beautiful veneer, Paradise is not all it seems to be. What Puller finds convinces him that his aunt’s death was no accident...and that the palm trees and sandy beaches of Paradise may hide a conspiracy so shocking that some will go to unthinkable lengths to make sure the truth is never revealed

It’s been over twenty years since government assassin Will Robie left his hometown in Mississippi. Now a trained killer used to taking down enemies of the state, he was once remembered by the local residents as a wild sports star and girl-magnet. He left a lot of hearts broken, and a lot of people angry. Now he’s back. His estranged father, Dan, who is the local judge, has been arrested for murder and Robie wonders if it’s time to try to heal old wounds. A lot of bad blood has flowed between father and son, but Robie’s fellow agent, Jessica Reel, persuades him to stick around and confront his demons. Then another murder changes everything, and stone-cold killer Robie will finally have to come to grips with his toughest assignment of all. His family

After the #1 New York Times bestsellers Split Second, Hour Game, Simple Genius, and First Family, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return in their most shocking case: a high stakes struggle where the relentless needs of national security run up against the absolute limits of the human mind. THE SIXTH MAN Edgar Roy – an alleged serial killer held in a secure, fortress-like Federal Supermax facility – is awaiting trial. He faces almost certain conviction. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by Roy's attorney, Sean's old friend and mentor Ted Bergin, to help work the case. But their investigation is derailed before it begins – en route to their first meeting with Bergin, Sean and Michelle find him murdered. It is now up to them to ask the questions no one seems to want answered: Is Roy a killer? Who murdered Bergin? With help from some surprising allies, they continue to pursue the case. But the more they dig into Roy's past, the more they encounter obstacles, half-truths, dead-ends, false friends, and escalating threats from every direction. Their persistence puts them on a collision course with the highest levels of the government and the darkest corners of power. In a terrifying confrontation that will push Sean and Michelle to their limits, the duo may be permanently parted

A town with a secret. A lone hunter discovers the remains of a woman in North Dakota’s Badlands. She appears to have had a post-mortem performed on her reminiscent of those only seen on TV shows — but this time, there was no slab, morgue or camera in sight. A victim without a past. The reason why Irene Cramer’s death merits an FBI investigation becomes rapidly clear when key questions surface about her mysterious past. Little is known about this school teacher, where she came from or her true identity. She clearly had something to hide. A hero with a unique skill. FBI investigator, Amos Decker and his colleague, Alex Jamison, are summoned to seek answers in the local community of London, North Dakota, which sits at the very heart of the fracking industry. Enriched with oil money, jealousy and a deep-set rivalry lie beneath a veneer of glitz and opulence. Decker soon realizes that the nearby ‘eye in the sky’, the Air Force Station, may hold the vital clues and that this town holds secrets so explosive that they could destabilize the entire country

Precocious 12-year-old Louisa Mae Cardinal lives in the hectic New York City of 1940 with her family. Then tragedy strikes--and Lou and her younger brother, Oz, must go with their invalid mother to live on their great- grandmother's farm in the Virginia mountains. Suddenly Lou finds herself coming of age in a new landscape, making her first true friend, and experiencing adventures tragic, comic, and audacious. But the forces of greed and justice are about to clash over her new home . . . and as their struggle is played out in a crowded Virginia courtroom, it will determine the future of two children, an entire town, and the mountains they love. ### Amazon.com Review David Baldacci has made a name for himself crafting big, burly legal thrillers with larger-than-life plots. However, *Wish You Well* , set in his native Virginia, is a tale of hope and wonder and "something of a miracle" just itching to happen. This shift from contentious urbanites to homespun hill families may come as a surprise to some of Baldacci's fans--but they can rest assured: the author's sense of pacing and exuberant prose have made the leap as well. The year is 1940. After a car accident kills 12-year-old Lou's and 7-year-old Oz's father and leaves their mother Amanda in a catatonic trance, the children find themselves sent from New York City to their great-grandmother Louisa's farm in Virginia. Louisa's hardscrabble existence comes as a profound shock to precocious Lou and her shy brother. Still struggling to absorb their abandonment, they enter gamely into a life that tests them at every turn--and offers unimaginable rewards. For Lou, who dreams of following in her father's literary footsteps, the misty, craggy Appalachians and the equally rugged individuals who make the mountains their home quickly become invested with an almost mythic significance: > They took metal cups from nails on the wall and dipped them in the water, and then sat outside and drank. Louisa picked up the green leaves of a mountain spurge growing next to the springhouse, which revealed beautiful purple blossoms completely hidden underneath. "One of God's little secrets," she explained. Lou sat there, cup cradled between her dimpled knees, watching and listening to her great-grandmother in the pleasant shade... Baldacci switches deftly between lovingly detailed character description (an area in which his debt to Laura Ingalls Wilder and Harper Lee seems evident) and patient development of the novel's central plot. If that plot is a trifle transparent--no one will be surprised by Amanda's miraculous recovery or by the children's eventual battle with the nefarious forces of industry in an attempt to save their great-grandmother's farm--neither reader nor character is the worse for it. After all, nostalgia is about remembering things one already knows. *\--Kelly Flynn* ### From Publishers Weekly Baldacci is writing what? That waspish question buzzed around publishing circles when Warner announced that the bestselling author of The Simple Truth, Absolute Power and other turbo-thrillers—an author generally esteemed more for his plots than for his characters or prose—was trying his hand at mainstream fiction, with a mid-century period novel set in the rural South, no less. Shades of John Grisham and A Painted House. But guess what? Clearly inspired by his subject—his maternal ancestors, he reveals in a foreword, hail from the mountain area he writes about here with such strength—Baldacci triumphs with his best novel yet, an utterly captivating drama centered on the difficult adjustment to rural life faced by two children when their New York City existence shatters in an auto accident. That tragedy, which opens the book with a flourish, sees acclaimed but impecunious riter Jack Cardinal dead, his wife in a coma and their daughter, Lou, 12, and son, Oz, seven, forced to move to the southwestern Virginia farm of their aged great-grandmother, Louisa. Several questions propel the subsequent story with vigor. Will the siblings learn to accept, even to love, their new life? Will their mother regain consciousness? And—in a development that takes the narrative into familiar Baldacci territory for a gripping legal showdown—will Louisa lose her land to industrial interests? Baldacci exults in high melodrama here, and it doesn't always work: the death of one major character will wring tears from the stoniest eyes, but the reappearance of another, though equally hanky-friendly, is outright manipulative. Even so, what the novel offers above all is bone-deep emotional truth, as its myriad characters—each, except for one cartoonish villain, as real as readers' own kin—grapple not just with issues of life and death but with the sufferings and joys of daily existence in a setting detailed with finely attuned attention and a warm sense of wonder. This novel has a huge heart—and millions of readers are going to love it. Agent, Aaron Priest. 600,000 first printing; 3-city author tour; simultaneous Time Warner Audiobook; foreign rights sold in the U.K., Bulgaria, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Holland, Turkey; world Spanish rights sold. (One-day laydown, Oct. 24) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc

A John Puller Novel #1 John Puller is a combat veteran and the best military investigator in the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigative Division. His father was an Army fighting legend, and his brother is serving a life sentence for treason in a federal military prison. Puller has an indomitable spirit and an unstoppable drive to find the truth. Now, Puller is called out on a case in a remote, rural area in West Virginia coal country far from any military outpost. Someone has stumbled onto a brutal crime scene, a family slaughtered. The local homicide detective, a headstrong woman with personal demons of her own, joins forces with Puller in the investigation. As Puller digs through deception after deception, he realizes that absolutely nothing he's seen in this small town, and no one in it, are what they seem. Facing a potential conspiracy that reaches far beyond the hills of West Virginia, he is one man on the hunt for justice against an overwhelming force

Авторът на „Невинните" „Перфектният удар" „Кинг и Максуел", „Мишената" „Бягството" и още 23 трилъра, преведени на 46 езика в 80 страни На света има много малко хора като Еймъс Декър. След жесток сблъсък на футболното игрище Декър придобива изключително рядка способност. Той помни всеки миг от живота си след инцидента. Това мъчително състояние има само едно предимство - помага му в разследванията като полицейски инспектор. Животът на огромния бивш футболист се преобръща за втори път, когато една вечер намира съпругата си, брат й и деветгодишната си дъщеря убити в дома им. В отчаянието си Декър напуска работа и се превръща в отшелник. Шестнайсет месеца след тройното убийство Себастиан Леополд, психически неуравновесен мъж без документи, отива в полицията и прави самопризнания. Мотивът е странен - Декър го е обидил в един магазин. Но човекът с абсолютна памет знае, че никога не са се срещали. Докато Леополд е в ареста, в близката гимназия са застреляни девет души, а с едно от оръжията е била убита съпругата на Декър. Затова той трябва да се включи в разследването. Защото вижда неща, които никой друг не забелязва, и стига до заключения, на които никой не е способен. И защото получава анонимни послания, че той е виновен за всички убийства. Еймъс Декър, мъж с изключителен ум и трагична съдба, е необикновеният нов герой на Дейвид Балдачи. „Абсолютна памет" е най-успешният трилър на майстора на съспенса след феноменалния бестселър „Абсолютна власт"

Болдаччи движет весь жанр саспенса. People Этот роман рвет в клочья общепринятые нормы современного триллера. Sunday Express И снова вы можете произнести слова «Болдаччи», «бестселлер» и «киносценарий», не переводя дыхание. Chicago Sun Роман «Абсолютная власть» явился дебютом Болдаччи – и его ошеломительным успехом, став безусловным мировым бестселлером. По этой книге снят одноименный киноблокбастер, режиссером и исполнителем главной роли в котором стал Клинт Иствуд. Интересно, насколько богатая у вас фантазия?.. Представьте себе, что вы – высококлассный вор и забрались в роскошный особняк. Обчистив его и не оставив ни единого следа, вы уже собираетесь испариться с награбленным, но внезапно слышите шаги и стремительно прячетесь в укромное место. Неожиданно появляются хозяйка дома и неизвестный мужчина. У них начинается бурный секс. Но мужчина ведет себя как садист, и женщина, защищаясь, хватает со столика нож. Тут в спальню врываются двое вооруженных охранников и расстреливают несчастную в упор. Страсть оказалась смертельной. А незнакомец поворачивается к вам лицом – и вы узнаете в нем… президента США! Что бы вы сделали, а?

Страшный удар по голове оборвал спортивную карьеру Амоса Декера — и он же пробудил в нем уникальную способность к абсолютной памяти. Декер детально запоминает всё, что когда-либо видел и слышал. Поэтому день, когда Амос пришел работать в полицию, стал черным днем для преступников. Теперь им не скрыться от правосудия — ибо по их следу идет Человек-память… Полицейская карьера Амоса Декера шла в гору, до тех пор пока не произошла ужасная трагедия — кто-то убил его жену и маленькую дочь…

Робърт и Джон — двама братя, израснали 6 американските армейски бази където е служил баща им, генерал Пулър. Днес Джон е военен следовател, а брат му е затворник с доживотна присъда. Блестящата кариера на Робърт в разузнаването на САЩ прекъсва внезапно поради обвинение в държавна измяна. Федералният военен затвор в Канзас е строго охраняван. Никой не е правил опит за бягство от него, защото това е невъзможно. Но невъзможното се случва. Робърт изчезва, а в килията му намират труп на мъж, когото не могат да идентифицират. Сега бившият експерт по киберсигурност е най-издирваният престъпник в страната. Джон Пулър получава задачата да открие Робърт, защото знае как мисли и действа той. Военният полицай е безкомпромисен и няма да прояви пристрастие. Но правителството се съмнява в това и възлага на агент Вероника Нокс да работи с него. В хода на разследването умират много хора, свързани с Робърт. Изключителните умения на Джон като следовател и боец, изглежда, няма да са достатъчни, за да се пребори с шпионите и враговете на страната си

Первая книга из серии «Верблюжий клуб» «Верблюжий клуб» – группа детективов-любителей, убежденных, что правительство покрывает серьезные политические преступления. В его составе – интеллектуал из библиотеки конгресса, программист, ветеран Вьетнама и бывший разведчик. А председатель – таинственный «человек без прошлого», называющий себя Оливером Стоуном. Члены «Верблюжьего клуба» годами ждали случая, чтобы подтвердить свою теорию заговоров. И теперь они стали свидетелями заказного убийства высокопоставленного вашингтонского чиновника Патрика Джонсона. Однако преступники поняли, что за ними следят. И пока «Верблюжий клуб» ведет расследование обстоятельств гибели Джонсона, убийцы начинают охоту за опасными свидетелями…

В памяти у Этли Пайн, словно стальная заноза, засело воспоминание: ей шесть лет, и вторгшийся в их дом мужчина выбирает с помощью детской считалки между ней и Мерси, ее сестрой-близнецом. В итоге он останавливается на Мерси и уносит ее с собой. Больше Этли никогда не видела сестренку… Теперь, спустя тридцать лет, специальный агент ФБР Пайн едет в тюрьму особо режима, где отбывает пожизненный срок особо опасный убийца-маньяк, признавшийся во многих преступлениях. Этли узнала его. Это он приходил в их дом вечность назад. И теперь она хочет задать ему всего один вопрос: «Где моя сестра?»

Джон е най-добрият специален агент в Отдела за криминални разследвания към американската армия. За бойните подвизи на баща му генерал Пулър се разказват легенди. Брат му, известен ядрен физик, излежава доживотна присъда за държавна измяна. По време на посещение при него във военния затвор Джон получава спешна задача да поеме секретното разследване на шокиращо престъпление. В затънтеното миньорско градче Дрейк в Западна Вирджиния са намерени четири трупа. Убити са полковник Матю Рейнолдс, съпругата и децата му. Поради важния пост на Рейнолдс в Агенцията за военно разузнаване случаят се наблюдава от министъра на отбраната. Нареждането е Джон Пулър да действа сам от името на военните и да си сътрудничи с местната полиция. В Дрейк той открива партньорка, на която може да разчита. Саманта Коул не се е сблъсквала с убийства в кратката си кариера, но е твърдо решена да възвърне спокойствието в своето градче. Скоро жертвите стават осем и докато разкрива измама след измама, Джон осъзнава, че смъртта им е свързана с някаква голяма конспирация. Но той дори не подозира, че тя засяга бъдещето на милиони хора. Джон Пулър е свикнал да рискува. Защото доскоро не е имал какво да губи, освен живота си. Сега може да загуби и Саманта. Но залогът е твърде голям…

Веб Лондон — единственный, кто выжил во время засады, которую преступники устроили на элитный отряд ФБР, занимающийся спасением заложников. Он потерял все — друзей, партнеров по работе, покой... но прежде всего… Коллеги сначала тайно, а потом уже явно подозревают его в предательстве. И доказать свою невиновность он сможет, только если найдет случайного свидетеля — десятилетнего мальчика, который бесследно исчез с места преступления. Вэб пытается вести собственное расследование. Однако чем ближе он подходит к разгадке случившегося, тем ближе подбирается к нему хитрый и безжалостный убийца, цель которого — заставить его замолчать навеки

Кандидат в президенты застрелен на глазах у агента Секретной службы Шона Кинга. Спустя восемь лет бесследно исчезает другой кандидат, состоящий под опекой агента Мишель Максвелл. Два незадачливых оперативника объединяют свои усилия и в поисках правды попадают в полный опасностей мир страстей, желаний и мести. Эта масштабная, вызывающая приток адреналина история не раз заставит читателя затаить дыхание

Уилл Роби – лучший ликвидатор на службе правительства. Сравниться с безупречным мастером убийств не может никто. Кроме… женщины по имени Джессика Рил. Когда-то они работали вместе. А теперь Рил вдруг повернула оружие против своего агентства, отстреливая его сверхсекретных сотрудников. Ни у кого нет сомнений – остановить эту машину смерти может только Роби. Он готов к изматывающей дуэли. Но предстоит задача и потруднее: понять истинные мотивы мятежницы по оставленным ею запутанным знакам. Расшифровать их тоже может только он

Серийный убийца — или умный, циничный преступник, следующий хитрому плану? В растерянности не только полиция маленького городка, но и подключившиеся к расследованию частные детективы и бывшие агенты ФБР Шон Кинг и Мишель Максвелл. Сначала им кажется, что в городке объявился маньяк — из тех, что копируют преступления самых известных серийных убийц прошлого. Потом становится ясно: многие жертвы имеют отношение к местному миллионеру Бобби Бэттлу, тоже павшему от руки убийцы. К человеку, ненавидеть которого имели основания очень и очень многие. Так значит — мотив все-таки есть? Но тогда — в чем он? Пока Шон и Мишель не поймут это, преступника им не остановить…

Жертва с неизвестно минало Самотен ловец открива трупа на млада жена край малък град в Северна Дакота. Някой е извършил аутопсия на Айрин Креймър, преди да я захвърли в пуста местност. Миналото на Айрин е обвито в мистерия. С каква цел е пристигнала тя тук преди година? Герой с необикновени умения ФБР изпраща Еймъс Декър и партньорката му Алекс Джеймисън да разследват това убийство. Декър, човек с феноменална памет и блестящ аналитичен ум, е учуден, че Бюрото се ангажира със случай, който би трябвало да се поеме от местната полиция. Но ето че всяка следа, по която той тръгва, води до нови загадки и… още убийства. Град с опасни тайни В Северна Дакота Декър и Джеймисън се сблъскват с безскрупулни бизнесмени и задкулисни лобисти, твърдо решени да опазят своите тайни. А броят на жертвите расте и Декър трябва да впрегне всичките си умения, за да разкрие зловещ заговор, обричащ на смърт града, а може би и целия щат

Авторът на „Абсолютна памет“, „Виновните“, „Ничия земя“, „Последен ход“, „Жертвите“, „Дългият път“ и още 32 трилъра, преведени на 46 езика в над 80 страни. Еймъс Декър и неговата партньорка във ФБР Алекс Джеймисън са в родния му град Бърлингтън, Охайо. Там ги открива Мерил Хокинс, който преди тринайсет години е бил осъден на доживотен затвор за четворно убийство. Остарял и неизлечимо болен, сега той е на свобода, за да не плаща затворът терапията му. Хокинс настоява случаят му да се преразгледа. Макар Декър да е убеден, че доказателствата за вината му са били непоклатими, решава да го изслуша. Все пак онова разследване е било първото в кариерата му. Но преди да успеят да се срещнат отново, старецът е застрелян. Обзет от съмнения, Декър се заема със случая. Скоро става очевидно, че някой е готов да прикрива истината чрез нови и нови убийства. Но и Декър е готов на всичко, за да изкупи своята фатална грешка

Жуткая травма головы, полученная на футбольном поле, не только оборвала спортивную карьеру Амоса Декера. Теперь он – обладатель абсолютной памяти и способен запоминать буквально все, что когда-либо видел или слышал. Что ж, внезапно обретенная суперспособность пришлась как нельзя кстати для его новой работы – службы в полиции, а затем в ФБР… К Амосу, склонившемуся над могилами жены и дочери, подходит необычайно изможденный человек по имени Мерил Хокинс. Тот самый первый убийца, которого Декер отправил за решетку тринадцать лет назад. Администрация тюрьмы не стала морочиться со смертельно больным заключенным и выпустила его доживать последние дни на свободе. И вот он пришел заявить, что невиновен. У Амоса же нет сомнений – все было сделано правильно. Однако вскоре Хокинса находят с простреленной головой, и Декер – обладатель абсолютной памяти – минуту за минутой восстанавливает в голове события тех дней. Чем больше он думает о них, тем острее понимает, как крепко тогда ошибся…

«Верблюжий клуб» – группа детективов-любителей, убежденных, что правительство покрывает серьезные политические преступления. В его составе – интеллектуал из библиотеки конгресса, программист, ветеран Вьетнама и бывший разведчик. А председатель – таинственный «человек без прошлого», называющий себя Оливером Стоуном. Новое дело «Верблюжьего клуба» – расследование серии загадочных убийств высокопоставленных чиновников. Полиция и ФБР считают, что преступник выбирает жертву исключительно по социальному статусу и между убитыми нет никакой связи. Однако Стоун и его команда уверены: связь существует. И ключом к разгадке преступлений может послужить редкая старинная книга, обнаруженная в доме одного из погибших…

В памяти у Этли Пайн, словно стальная заноза, засело воспоминание: ей шесть лет, и вторгшийся в их дом мужчина выбирает с помощью детской считалки между ней и Мерси, ее сестрой-близнецом. В итоге он останавливается на Мерси и уносит ее с собой. Больше Этли никогда не видела сестренку… Спустя тридцать лет специальный агент ФБР Пайн, отчаявшись вырвать признание у маньяка, которого она считает похитителем Мерси, возвращается на место давней трагедии. Дом детства в городке Андерсонвилль, штат Джорджия – ее последняя надежда. Но личное расследование, сколь бы жизненно важным оно ни было, придется отложить. Здесь, в захолустье, где со времен «Унесенных ветром» не происходило ничего особенного, совершено крайне загадочное убийство: молодая женщина не просто жестоко лишена жизни, но и облачена после этого в антикварную свадебную фату…

Президентът на САЩ знае, че е много рисковано да поръча убийството на държавен глава. Ако мисията е успешна, ще бъде отстранена една глобална заплаха. При провал ще пострада цялата нация. Затова президентът се обръща към Уил Роби и Джесика Рийл — най-съвършените убийци, на които правителството възлага да елиминират враговете му. Но хора на високи постове в разузнаването се съмняват в лоялността на Роби и Рийл и правят всичко възможно това да е последната им задача. Докато двамата се подготвят за мисията, опасни личности от миналото на Джесика я откриват и застрашават всички около нея. Скоро след тях се появява и непознат противник — една жена със списък от мишени, сред които са президентското семейство, Роби и Рийл

Все детективы и триллеры Болдаччи стали бестселлерами. Но серия об Уилле Роби – самая популярная и любимая миллионами читателей по всему миру, по-настоящему запавших на ее главного героя – настоящего мужчину с несгибаемым характером и стальными мускулами, но при этом с нежным и горячим сердцем, остро реагирующим на несправедливость. Уилл Роби – лучший ликвидатор на службе у правительства. Его дело – без сомнений и угрызений совести приводить в исполнение неофициальные смертные приговоры врагам государства. Но вот однажды Роби совершил то, о чем до этого даже помыслить не мог. Выйдя на цель, он не спустил курок. Ведь «целью» оказалась молодая женщина с двумя маленькими детьми…

Между ними нет ничего общего. Уилл Роби — агент-киллер. Джули — девочка-подросток, ставшая свидетельницей убийства своих родителей. Когда их пути пересекаются (при более чем неблагоприятных обстоятельствах), им приходится бороться, спасая себя и друг друга. Сокращенная версия от «Ридерз Дайджест»

От автора бестселлеров № 1 New York Times. Бестселлер № 1 в Великобритании. В мире продано более 150 000 000 экземпляров романов Болдаччи. Самая яркая героиня Болдаччи – спецагент ФБР Этли Пайн. В памяти у Этли Пайн, словно стальная заноза, засело воспоминание: ей шесть лет, и вторгшийся в их дом мужчина выбирает с помощью детской считалки между ней и сестрой-близнецом Мерси. Останавливается на Мерси и уносит ее с собой. Больше Этли никогда не видела сестренку… Спустя тридцать лет спецагент ФБР Пайн, приложив неимоверные усилия, смогла вычислить похитителя – некоего Ито Винченцо. Который, впрочем, давно исчез, не оставив следов. Чтобы найти хоть какую-то ниточку, она отправляется туда, где его видели последний раз – в Нью-Джерси. В дом, где живет внук Винченцо, Тони. Этли собирается просто поговорить с ним, однако Тони, едва услышав стук в дверь и голос женщины, сбегает. Пайн бросается в погоню и, отчаявшись догнать гонимого диким страхом беглеца, собирается сделать предупредительный выстрел. Но не суждено. Откуда-то справа она получает удар, сбивающий с ног. А поднявшись, видит направленный на нее ствол… Дэвид Болдаччи – настоящий классик остросюжетного жанра. Он выпустил более 40 произведений, переведенных более чем на 45 языков и вышедших более чем в 80 странах общим тиражом более 150 000 000 экземпляров; при этом каждый его роман становился международным мегабестселлером. Его имя занесено в Международный зал славы писателей криминального жанра. Романы Дэвида называл в числе своих любимых президент США Билл Клинтон. По его роману «Абсолютная власть» был снят одноименный киноблокбастер, режиссером и исполнителем главной роли в котором стал Клинт Иствуд. Также по романам Дэвида был снят популярный телесериал «Кинг и Максвелл» (2013). В довершение ко всему, в 1997 г. журнал «Пипл» включил Болдаччи в список 50 самых красивых людей планеты.«Этли Пайн – героиня, которую я никогда не забуду». – Тесс Герритсен «Роман, который устанавливает высокую планку и невероятным образом сам берет выше нее». – Providence Journal «Один из самых успешных авторов в жанре триллера, Болдаччи попросту не нуждается в представлении». – Daily Mail «Болдаччи словно примеряет кожу своих героев – и поражает нас глубиной своей эмпатии». – Sunday Express «Болдаччи – один из лучших авторов триллеров всех времен». – Лиза Гарднер «Болдаччи по-прежнему не имеет себе равных». – Sunday Times

Специален агент Джон Пулър. И Пол Роджърс, бивш затворник. Двама мъже, свързани от отдавна погребана тайна. Джон Пулър е на осем години, когато майка му изчезва. Преди три десетилетия тя излиза от дома им във военната база Форт Монро и не се връща. Джон и брат му така и не научават дали е убита, или ги е напуснала. Разследването по случая е кратко и безуспешно. Днес то е възобновено, тъй като семейна приятелка обвинява генерал Пулър в убийството на съпругата му. Джон не може да разпита баща си, който страда от деменция. Подпомогнат от Вероника Нокс, негова партньорка в най-трудните ситуации, той се връща в миналото, за да открие истината за майка си. Пол Роджърс е лежал в затвора десет години и току-що е освободен предсрочно. Преди трийсет години той също е бил във Форт Монро. Сега пак е там, за да търси отмъщение. Защото навремето Роджърс е бил превърнат в чудовище. Единственият, който застава на пътя му, е Джон Пулър

«Амос Декер – один из самых необычных сыщиков в литературе, о котором мечтал бы любой писатель остросюжетного жанра». Washington Post«И снова вы можете произнести слова «Болдаччи», «бестселлер» и «киносценарий», не переводя дыхания». Chicago Sun«Болдаччи – мастер повествования». Associated Press«Уже с самой первой книги читатели желают, чтобы Декер появлялся на книжных страницах снова и снова». Kirkus ReviewsТвое имя Амос Декер, ты обладаешь уникальной памятью и служишь в ФБР? Тогда, собираясь в отпуск в американскую глубинку, не забудь при-хватить с собой служебное удостоверение и табельное оружие. А также большую совковую лопату – чтобы разгребать дерьмо, в которое ты обязательно влипнешь. Потому что такова твоя судьба – вместо прелестного пасторального местечка попасть в городишко, пораженный опиатной эпидемией, где один за другим гибнут твои соседи по улице, а самого тебя хотят сжечь заживо. И за всем этим стоит кто-то очень недобрый – и очень опасный. А кто именно – расследование покажет…

Авторът на „Абсолютната власт“, „Невинните“, „Забравените“ и още 20 романа. Дейвид Балдачи е издаван на 46 езика в 80 страни. Уил Роби е съвършен убиец. Той е човекът, на когото правителството на САЩ възлага да елиминира най-страшните му врагове — чудовищата, които избиват безброй невинни хора. Никой не може да се мери с Роби по самообладание и точност. Никой освен Джесика Рийл, която работи на същото секретно място, изпълнява същите мисии и е също толкова добра. Но сега Джесика се е обърнала срещу своите и е застреляла двама от тях. Роби получава задачата да я залови. Само един професионален убиец може да се справи с такъв противник. Докато преследва Джесика, Роби разбира, че нейното предателство е свързано с нещо много по-голямо. Със заговор, замислен като перфектния удар, който може да разтърси целия свят. Уил Роби, харизматичният герой на Балдачи от трилъра „Невинните“, е достоен наследник на хладнокръвния Оливър Стоун

Он предпочитает, чтобы его звали Джексон. Он невероятно хитроумен и богат. И он может буквально все. Даже двенадцать раз подряд сорвать джекпот в Национальной лотерее. Казалось бы, это совершенно нереально. И тем не менее ему под силу подстроить выигрышную комбинацию номеров в лототроне. Осталось лишь подобрать двенадцать победителей — бедноту с самого низа общества, обязанную Джексону до конца жизни и готовую сделать все, что он им прикажет. И ему даже в голову не может прийти, что один из победителей осмелится на собственную игру против него…