The Innocent
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.14 (508 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00DPO1GXI |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 563 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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. But Will Robie may have just made the first--and last--mistake of his career THE INNOCENTIt begins with a hit gone wrong. But something about t
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He continutes to impress."-- The Huffington Post"The spine-chilling action begins on the first page and doesn't let up until the lastThe Innocent is not just a scary read; this is heart-stopping stuff!"--BookReporter"Forget Fifty Shades of Grey--the page-turner of the season is The Innocent by David BaldacciThe reader wants for nothing: there are car chases and shootouts, snipers and moles, safe houses and digestible bio-transmittersThe tale starts at a blistering rate and accelerates through 100 short action-packed chaptersthis is Baldacci back at his best."-- The Times (London) . One of the best Baldaccis since Absolute Power, this i
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 supporting character who is a 14-year-old girl. At only one point in the book did she act or talk like a 14-year-old. 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 Innocent" as the story was so full of ridiculous plot holes and awe inspiringly flat characters that my abili. Jjspina said A fast-paced thriller!. 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. The body count rose each time he was around.The author has created a fascinating character in Will Robie. He