The Innocent
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.68 (592 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1607885735 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 263 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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He invites you to visit him at davidbaldacci and his foundation at wishyouwellfoundation. . He and his wife have founded the Wish You Well Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across America. David Baldacci lives with his family in Virginia
Good bones; flawed execution LingoSlinger This "who and why dunnit" was brilliantly paced, and in Will Robie, we have the germ of an interesting character (although Barry Eisler did the same disciplined loner assassin much better in his Rain novels). Two aspects of the book were offputting to me.1) There is a main supportin. A fast read. does not equate to a good read. I broke a semi-rigid long standing self imposed rule and bought a book by a popular author with seemingly formulaic and contrived characters and story lines with 1,000's of 5 star reviews on Amazon. My need for this "rule" was substantiated by "The In. A fast-paced thriller! Jjspina David Baldacci does it again in this thriller with hired assasin, Will Robie. This book kept me mesmerized from start to finish with all the twists and turns and surprises. There are so many killings in the beginning that I was worried about anyone who came into contact with Will. T
Baldacci catches you from the very first page and grabs your attention until the last word. Baldacci at his best, which is as good as it gets."-- Providence Sunday Journal"This is another great novel by a brilliant writer. Baldacci brings his unusual, distinctive skill in character development to portray people who seem very real, with a degree of unpredictability that advances this very clever plot."-- The Free-Lance Star"This book is a definite one-day, 'edge-of-your-chair' read, with an ending that is a complete surprise. Read it."-- Lin
America has enemies--ruthless people that the police, the FBI, even the military can't stop. But Will Robie may have just made the first--and last--mistake of his career THE INNOCENTIt begins with a hit gone wrong. He needs to help her.Even worse, the more Robie learns about the girl, the more he's convinced she is at the center of a vast cover-up, one that may explain her parents' deaths and stretch to unimaginable levels of power. He refuses to kill. That's when the U.S. Now, Robie may have to step out of the shadows in order to save this girl's life and perhaps his own.. But she isn't an ordinary runaway-her parents were murdered, and her own life is in danger. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and must escape from his own people.Fleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths with a wayward teenage girl, a fourteen-year-old runaway from a foster home. government calls on Will Robie, a stone cold hitman who never questions orders and always nails his target. Against all of his professional habits, Robie rescues her and finds he can't walk away