I read the first in this series and saw a recommendation for this, the sixth, so I figured it would make a change. If you're going to be sick and bored (and I have been since the 14th) there's nothing like a Baldacci to take you out of yourself. The action swoops along, accompanied by gunfire, explosions, kidnappings, and heart stopping tension. Well, it would stop your heart if things slowed down long enough. I like the characters but I really wonder about the way Baldacci deals with the military and the intelligence agencies. I don't imagine there are many of us naive enough to imagine that it is pure patriotism alone that motivates the members of those organisations but the way he has them always trampling on the rights of American citizens is perhaps (I hope)somewhat over the top. Someone was actually counting the killed and maimed in this book and we saw the results of some of the action when fire and police had to deal with the destruction.

This was a good read. Also an interesting surprise ending.