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John Puller returns after his spectacular debut in last year's Zero Day, but this time, the legal case that the dexterous Army Special Agent is facing is personal. Local Florida police might be convinced that the swimming pool death of his aunt was an accident, but Puller isn't ready to close the book on the case. With some discreet snooping, he begins to discover, then unravel a conspiracy that reaches to some very high places. A Barnes & Noble bestseller now in trade paperback and NOOK Book.
The Free-Lance Star on Zero Day
"Readers expect excitement and intrigue in David Baldacci's books, and Zero Day is no exception...As Baldacci's new hero narrowly escapes countless close calls, the pairing of the author's imagination and knowledge create a wild ride for the reader. Puller is gutsy, brash and likable. Best of all, he survives to reappear in the next book of this new series."
Examiner.com on The Innocent
"The Innocent is Baldacci at his absolute best...Baldacci provides the reader a non-stop pulse pounding ride that will keep you on the edge of your seat into the wee hours of the morning...Five Stars."
Richmond Times Dispatch on Zero Day
"Zero Day is a nifty, paranoid thriller disguised as a murder mystery, and Baldacci advances it at a speedy clip with a nice mix of intrigue, tantalizing clues and the occasional explosion...Baldacci's books are fast-paced battles between good and evil."
Examiner.com
"Another fast paced page turner that will keep you glued to the couch...by an author who continues to standout in the increasingly crowded thriller field."
The Washington Post
"Baldacci is a master when it comes to writing about small-town conspiracies and a lone hero who fights against all odds to clean up corruption. The narrative moves slowly, so the reader has a chance to solve the case along with Puller. It might seem straightforward, but the final reveal will surprise even hardcore thriller junkies."
Lansing State Journal
"Rife with intriguing, memorable characters and tense situations....deftly providing solid escapism in an exceptionally fast-pace tale."
Suspense Magazine on The Innocent
"This book is a definite one-day, 'edge-of-your-chair' read, with an ending that is a complete surprise. One of the best Baldacci's since Absolute Power, this is one that will have all suspense readers enthralled."
The Star-Ledger on Zero Day
"Baldacci's palpable tension keeps the pages turning-and leaves you eager for the next in this new series."
The Huffington Post
"The Forgotten is a prime example of Baldacci at his action adventure best."
Library Journal
Last year's first John Puller thriller debuted in the top spot on the New York Times best sellers list, so fans will be waiting for this second in the series. Here, Puller doesn't believe that his Aunt Betsy's drowning death in her backyard pool was an accident—she sent a letter before she died saying that something was scaring her—and starts investigating. Basic thriller premise, Baldacci writing, buy multiples.
Kirkus Reviews
"The next time you go on R and R, pick a safer place than Paradise." Mysterian Baldacci (The Sixth Man, 2011, etc.) serves up a gently ironic tale of mayhem, this time set in idyllic Florida. John Puller is a classic Baldacci character, a combat-wise Army special agent whose life has been spent in service. His ailing father, a retired general, has received a letter from his older sister, who has just died under questionable circumstances, and though it doesn't reveal much, it's enough for Puller to head south and begin poking around. Before long, he runs afoul of, then makes alliances with, the local gendarmerie. And because Puller is, after all, a hairy-chested dude who knows his way around guns and conspiracies and all that, pretty soon there's a dame involved. Two, even. Baldacci works all the angles with due skill; it's not Hammett or Chandler, but the prose is serviceable, the tale broadly entertaining. What is best is his showing Puller's line of reasoning as he attempts to figure out just what it was that his elderly aunt saw that led to her death--and when he finally does, how he deals with the culprit, who, suffice it to say, looks very good in a tight-fitting uniform. The clichés are refreshingly few, and Baldacci writes sympathetically of the not-so-golden years at the end of life, when Puller's father, once the commander of 100,000 men in battle, is "now intently watching a TV show where people guessed the prices of everyday stuff in an attempt to win more stuff." A solid thriller--though someone tell the fact checker that Bulgaria was never part of the Soviet Union.
