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After alleged serial killer Edgar Roy is apprehended and locked away in a mental facility private investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by Roy's lawyer--an old friend of Sean King--to look into the case. But their investigation is derailed before it begins: while en route to their first meeting with the lawyer, King and Maxwell discover his dead body. It is up to King and Maxwell to uncover the truth: is Roy a killer or not? ... Read more

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The Camel Club exists at the fringes of Washington, D.C., has no power, and consists solely of four eccentric members whom society has forgotten. One man leads this ragtag crew. He has no known past and has taken the name "Oliver Stone." Day and night, Stone and his friends study wild conspiracy theories and the machinations of government, hoping to discover some truth that will hold America's leaders accountable to its citizens. Yet never in Stone's wildest nightmares could he imagine the conspiracy they are about to uncover, in...


THE CAMEL CLUB: After witnessing a shocking murder, the Club is slammed headfirst into a plot that threatens the very security of the nation, full of stunning twists, high-stakes intrigue, and global gamesmanship rocketing to the Oval Office and beyond. It's an event that may well be the catalyst for a long-threatened Armageddon, and all that stands in the way of this apocalypse are these unexpected heroes.


THE COLLECTORS: Headquartered in a caretaker's cottage in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Oliver Stone 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 as the investigation of two chilling murders hurtles them into a world of espionage that threatens to bring America to its knees.


STONE COLD: One by one, men from Stone's shadowy past are turning up dead. To almost all who know him, Harry Finn is a doting father and loving husband who uses his skills behind the scenes to keep our nation safe. But the other face of Harry Finn is that of an unstoppable killer with his sights on Stone. As the Camel Club and Annabelle fight for their lives, the twists and turns whipsaw, leading to a finale that is as explosive as it is shattering.

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Camel Club
I had read these three books previously and enjoyed them very much.They keep you right on the edge of your seat all the while reading/listening to them.I recently got married to a fellow who doesn't read much but does enjoy listening to books while we are traveling so I bought the set of 3 books so when we are on a trip we can listen to them.I am probably not really reviewing the books as they should be done but at the time I thought they were well written and David Baldacci is one of my favorite authors.I am also getting the 'Christmas Train' for him to listen to.

camel club CD;s
I had listened to the second of the three books before I discovered it was a series. I was excited to find this set, and was not disapointed.David Baldacci never fails to deliver a good story.

The Camel Club Audio Box Set
If you have the time, the unabridged version is far superior to this abridged version. Divine Justice completes the set, (for now anyway) and is also a great choice for David Baldacci fans. ... Read more

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Total Enjoyment!
With his thriller novel titled Total Control, David Baldacci succeeds in building up a tremendous amount of tension and intrigue in the world of high tech business takeovers.

The protagonist, Sydney Archer, is a lawyer with a prominent law firm and she is involved in the takeover deal between the company her husband's is working for, a leading technology business, and a cash-filled buyer.Sydney's husband, Jason is a rising executive at his company, but is involved in some secret project at his office, which keeps him busy day and night. He does not confer any details of the project to his wife, but tells her that, when it is completed, it would make all their dreams come true.

But then suddenly Sydney's world shatters apart. Jason is reportedly killed in an air crash. At first, it seems just like an accident, but the FBI gets involved when sabotage is suspected -- and then Jason's name is linked to the sabotage and a multi-million dollar fraud scheme. Although the FBI tries to help her, but is very suspicious of Jason's recent activities, Sydney tries to solve the case on her own as she wants to clear her late husband's name. She gets pulled deeper into trouble as she gets closer to the real perpetrators, and her life is threatened. Furthermore, she has a disk with encrypted information that Jason had sent to her before his death, only she cannot decipher it and is frantically trying to find someone who can break the code for her while the antagonists are right on her heels in the process, trying to get hold of the disk themselves and stopping at nothing or no-one to get what they want.

After many twists and turns, the story climaxes with Sydney, her young daughter and her parents in grave danger and the diligent FBI agent fruitlessly trying to come to her aid.

I certainly liked the fast pace, the tension, the suspense and the many twists and turns in this great book, although I had a few problems with the handling of the technology (keeping in mind that the book was first published about 13 years ago). One example was where an email message appeared on a computer screen and then suddenly disappeared again -- gone forever. But for the rest, I can only comment that this thriller novel provided me with 'total' enjoyment!

Good book
This is the second Baldacci book I read (after Absolute Power) and while I enjoyed Absolute Power more, this is still a solid book. For people who like thrillers with fast-paced action, this should be a satisfying read for anyone who is already a fan of Baldacci or just a newbie looking for a good read. If you've never read David Baldacci, I recommend you try Absolute Power first. The tale of the Archers here and their trials and tribulations are a interesting read, and there were quite a few parts where I had no desire to put down the book. Solid 4/5 stars for a book written by a good author.

Baldacci at the top of his game
Synopsis

Sidney Archer's near-perfect world implodes when her loving husband Jason reportedly dies in an airplane crash. Questions arise when attorneys working on an international high-tech merger worth hundreds of millions of dollars reveals that Jason was stealing corporate secrets that would put the merger in jeopardy.

A savvy FBI agent investigates the crash and becomes suspicious when the evidence suggests that Jason not only sabotaged the plane, but engineered a multi-million dollar embezzlement plot. The loving wife is crushed at the allegations, but is even more shocked when she discovers that her husband had switched planes at the last minute and was likely alive, but missing and thought to be held captive by a group whose ultimate goal was to move in on the action and acquire the corporate merger for a rival company.

With the aid of her lawyer, Sidney sets out to rescue her husband and reveal the truth. She proves to be a capable heroine, outwitting the murderous goons at every turn and uncovering an immense conspiracy that holds Jason's future in the balance. * * *

My Two Cents Worth

My fifth Baldacci in the past month, you could call me a fan. Okay, I am a avid fan, but for good reason - he knows how to tell a story. His research is remarkable, allowing him to write with discipline and precision.

The industrial espionage theme of the book moves with an electric pace and I found myself completely captured by the plot. I read 140 pages in the first sitting, which was enough for me to find it difficult to get out of my mind. I actually got out of bed, unable to sleep, and read another 92 pages. This is a rare event for me. I was also aware that I did not read nearly the 100 page per hour that I usually average for the standard size paperback.

The only problem I had with the book was with the character of Sidney Archer late in the book. I was with her until the action found its way to the east coast and she left home to save her man.
She morphed from a young and intelligent mother of a two-year-old girl into a mercenary that would have make Rambo blush. I applauded her mission, but found it a stretch to believe that she had more lives than an alley cat.

If you are a fan of espionage, intrigue and high-action, give Total Control a read.

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8 hours

rambling
This book was way to long and rambling. Wouldnot have bought if I had known.

Baldacci's major gift is dialogue.
I am surprised that not more of his books have been put to film because Baldacci is a master of dialogue. I imagine that it may be due to the fact that "Absolute Power" was so badly mangled as a film and by the Clint Eastwood no less.

I put down Philip Margolin's "Sleeping Beauty" and opened this book up trying to catch up on some novels that were lying around.I rarely don't finish a book but Margolin's dialogue was so terrible that I just could not finish "Sleeping Beauty" even though the plot was semi interesting.So Baldacci seemed like a breath of fresh air.The criticisms about the plot implausability from many other reviewers is somewhat true, but it is well crafted and reads well because his characters come alive with their always spot on dialogue.A lot of the internet dot com intrigue seems a bit dated already, but it still is an excellent page turner.Highly Recommended. ... Read more

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3 books by New York Times bestseller, David Baldacci. ... Read more

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Book DescriptionOliver Stone and the Camel Club are back in their most dangerous adventure yet, a war on two fronts. Casino king Jerry Bagger from The Collectors is hunting Annabelle Conroy who conned him out of millions. Stone and his colleagues Reuben, Milton, and Caleb marshal all their resources to protect Annabelle. Yet all their skills may not be enough when a deadly new opponent rips off the veneer of Stone's own mysterious past. Bagger's menace pales next to newcomer Harry Finn's lethality. Seeming a normal family-man, Finn has already killed three men with more targets to come. When Finn also sets his bulls-eye on Stone, his reason why will be the greatest shock of all, making readers reconsider their beliefs in good and evil. As bodies and institutions topple, the story rockets toward a shattering finale that will leave the survivors of this explosive tale changed forever ... Read more

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Freddy Funkhouser comes up with an idea to bolster business for his family's fast-food health restaurant, Burger Castle, and finally defeat Pookesville's biggest bully, Adam Spanker. When Freddy's fun invention goes awry, the results are five very funny French fries who come to life and wreak havoc in Freddy's family and community. With some help from his cheese-cube-loving best friend Howie Kapowie, and armed with his dad's inventions, Freddy and the French Fries set out to bring Spanker and his gang down in a final showdown, proving that brains have an edge over brawn any time. ... Read more

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Another Side of David Baldacci
What I like

The short chapters are great for short attention spans and for filling unexpected short periods of found time. Baldacci ends each chapter with a hint of things to come, a great motivator for juvenile readers or even and adult Potato Head.

The vocabulary is simple enough to be comfortable for young readers, yet brainy characters like Freddy and crinkle cut fry Theodore challenge better readers with their expanded vocabulary and words such as conundrum, posthaste, neuromuscular, nanotechnology, and spontaneous elemental combustion. The challenging vocabulary words are widely sprinkled through the pages like lightly salted fries.

The generous use of mildly taboo words such as fart, vomit, and poop appeals to young, male readers and keeps their interest.

Freddy is the ultimate underdog, undersized, brainy, and bespectacled, who triumphs over big, formidable, dumb enemies. In the end, friendship, good, and intelligence win.

Curly, the curly fry, speaks with unspaced words muchlikeIamtypingnow. Every bit of dialogue by Curly is a puzzle beggingtobesolved.

The numbers of each chapter are shaped with fries, a clever touch.

Minor Nit Picks

At first I had a hard time keeping the names of the fries straight. Their pictures and names on the back cover were extremely helpful.

I was surprised to find a handful of grammatical errors in the text, but any reader in the target audience most likely wouldn't notice or care.


Finally

Be sure to visit the Freddy and the French Fries web page. It includes detailed character sketches of the fries, related activities, and even a couple arcade style games.

Great book
My son really enjoyed the book. He liked the french fry characters a lot.

Kids will enjoy!
David Baldacci, popular suspense novelist (Hour Game) tries his hand at writing for the younger crowd in Freddy and the French Fries: Fries Alive!

Nine-year-old science whiz Freddy Funkhouser is having a lousy time of it lately. His father, an inventor is on a losing streak; none of his inventions are making any money. On top of that, the family restaurant, the Burger Castle, is not making any money with their healthy food offerings. Bully Adam Spanker (his family owns the successful restaurant, Patty Cakes) continues to be Freddy's worst nightmare. And then there is the sister who wants to be an actress.

Freddy is determined to help his family by building a spectacular float for the Pookesville Founder's Day Parade. It might bring the family business out of obscurity and actually make it a money-making proposition. The problem is that the Spankers always win the contest.

But Freddie has some special ideas he's putting into play. And with the help of his only friend, Howie Kapowie, there just might be a way for Freddie to use his intellect and science to win the day. Can Freddy save the day? Not without his super-powered spuds!

Armchair Interviews says: Younger children will have a great deal of fun with Freddy, Howie Kapowie, and the super-powered spuds. It's an exciting story and just silly enough to grab their attention.

silly fun for kids
Hey, this is not rocket science...

Unless you consider Si and Meese...

Warning, this review is written by an adult, and I had great fun reading the book.So, if you have children who read, let them read this book.It is fun, it is silly, it is good.So, let your child read the book.If they do, they will find out that family is best, even if she is an older sister, and that parents are important.Oh, and, the younger brother ...well... he should have had more parental and sisterly guidance, but he did the job.

Congrats to younger brothers everywhere.

Another enthusiastically recommended Freddy story that presents zany easy reading adventures for children
Kids ages 8-12 will find an easy - and attractive - reader in David Baldacci's latest Freddy story, Freddy And The French Fries: Fries Alive!. Here a plan to win new business for the family Burgle castle results in a secret invention gone awry when Freddy's crazy creations wreck havoc. Another enthusiastically recommended Freddy story that presents zany easy reading adventures for children.
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Mason 'Mace' Perry was a maverick cop on the DC police force until she was kidnapped and framed for a crime. She lost everything - her career, her liberty - and spent two years in prison. Now back on the outside, Mace is trying to rebuild her life and track down the people who set her up. But even with her police chief sister at her side, she has to work in the shadows: there's a vindictive US attorney on her tail and he's just looking for a reason to send her back behind bars. Roy Kingman is a young lawyer, still getting used to his high-paid job at a law firm in Washington. When Roy discovers the dead body of a female partner at the firm, his fate becomes entangled with Mace's, as the two team up to investigate. But as their enquiries gather pace, Roy and Mace soon find themselves in unexpected territory; drawn into both the private and public world of the nation's capital, as dark secrets begin to emerge. For what began as a fairly routine homicide investigation will quickly turn into something far more complex. And possibly lethal. ... Read more

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True Blue in the Hue
Maui H.S. Although I do not believe it was one of Baldacci's best.The story moved and was interesting.I think I really liked the ending because, not everything in life works out.This ending left a reality shock.Some of it is a little unbelievable, but why not when you are spinning a story. ... Read more

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LIFE AS SEEN FROM AN INSIDER
This is quite a change from Baldaccii's regular novels.This story is loosely based on the author's family's life in Virginia.Two children, Lou and Oz, are left homeless when their father is killed in an auto accident and their mother is in a mental coma.The children along with their mother go to live with their great-grandmother Louisa in Virginia.Their lives become enmeshed with the mountain folk there and they prosper and mature.An exceptionally good book.

handling life's curve balls
Coping skills seem to be a thing of the past for young people- replaced with quick-fixes on their I-Pods- cell phones- bad movies and trashy TV shows.Baldacciweaves a wonderful storythat challenges all of us to make lemonade when we are handed lemons.The young people are REAL- and the challenges they face- BIG- Many lessons learned as the story moves.My studentshad many questions which David Baldacci graciously answered in a hand-written letter.I recommend this bookespecially for familes who have experienced sudden loss of a loved one. ... Read more

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El cadaver de una mujer es hallado en un bosque de Virginia. En su muneca, el homicida ha dejado un reloj de pulsera con un extrano simbolo. Se trata de la primera victima de un asesinato en serie que tiene en vilo a la poblacion de Wrightsburg. Su proceder es escalofriante y metodico: siempre deja en la escena del crimen un reloj al que detiene en una hora concreta. Sean King y Michelle Maxwell son llamados a participar en la investigacion del caso. Una desagradable sorpesa va a enturbiar aun mas su trabajo: la supuesta aparicion de un segundo asesino que reproduce los crimenes cometidos por el primero. Retomando los protagonistas de Una Fraccion de Segundo, Baldacci demuestra una vez mas que es uno de los escritores de thrillers mas destacados de la actualidad. ... Read more

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In this sequel to "Fries Alive!," Freddy Funkhauser discovers the lab of long-lost scientist Silas Finklebean, along with instructions on how to build a time machine. With Finklebean's help, Freddie is determined to prove himself to bully Adam Spanker.

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A politics thriller that poses stunning questions about the rules we live by, the rules we are governed by, and what happens when some people make rules of their own.

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David Buchanan, una de las figuras claves en el mundo del 'lobbying' internacional, aplica sucias presiones para financiar causas tan honrosas como la cooperación internacional o la protección medioambiental. Robert Thornhill, un alto cargo de la CIA, descubre el juego y empieza a chantajear a Buchanan. También él lucha por lo que considera una causa justa: devolver a la CIA el prestigio que tuvo en otro tiempo. La situación se ha vuelto insostenible desde que el FBI controla cada una de sus acciones. Una tercera persona implicada opina que el asunto ha ido demasiado lejos. Faith Lockhart, mano derecha de Buchanan, se niega a que prosperen los sueños megalómanos de Thornhill y ha decidido confesarlo todo al FBI. A partir de ese momento su vida tiene un precio. ... Read more

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In No Rest for the Dead, betrayal, vengeance, redemption, greed, and love, are tied together by twenty contemporary masters of the genre. ... Read more

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Trigger tonnes of thrills with this fantastic set of four from America's bestselling author David Baldacci. Titles included in this Set are : 1. Divine Justice, 2. The Whole Truth, 3. First Family, 4. True Blue ... Read more

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David Baldacci has for some considerable time been one of the most expert practitioners of the American crime novel at work today, far more accomplished than many a more starry name. But the days when those readers who had discovered Baldacci could enthusiastically recommend him to friends (who might not yet have read him) are rapidly being consigned to the pages of history, as both his sales and acclaim grow exponentially. The new book, True Blue, will undoubtedly continue this upward trajectory, as (despite its considerable length -- it weighs in at 450-odd pages.) tension is sustained as authoritatively as characterisation (the latter always a Baldacci speciality).Title In This SetTrue BlueThe Whole TruthFirst Family (King & Maxwell 4)Simple Genius (King & Maxwell 3) ... Read more