Absolute Power
by David Baldacci | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0330514296 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0330514296 Global Overview for this book
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A grizzled professional cat burglar gets trapped inside the bedroom closet of one of the world's richest men, only to witness, through a one-way mirror, two Secret Service agents kill the billionaire's trampy young wife as she tries to fight off the drunken sexual advances of the nation's chief executive. Running for his life, but not before he picks up a bloodstained letter opener that puts the president at the scene of the crime, the burglar becomes the target of a clandestine manhunt orchestrated by leading members of the executive branch.
Meanwhile, Jack Graham, once a public defender and now a high-powered corporate attorney, gets drawn into the case because the on-the-lam burglar just happens to be the father of his former financee, a crusading Virginia prosecutor.
Embroidering the narrative through assorted plot whorls are the hero's broken romance; his conflict over selling out for financial success; the prosecutor's confused love-hate for her burglar father; the relentless investigation by a northern Virginia career cop; the dilemma of government agents trapped in a moral catch-22; the amoral ambitions of a sexy White House Chief of Staff; and the old burglar's determination to bring down the ruthless president.
Meanwhile, lurking at the novel's center like a venomous spider is the sociopathic president.
Meanwhile, Jack Graham, once a public defender and now a high-powered corporate attorney, gets drawn into the case because the on-the-lam burglar just happens to be the father of his former financee, a crusading Virginia prosecutor.
Embroidering the narrative through assorted plot whorls are the hero's broken romance; his conflict over selling out for financial success; the prosecutor's confused love-hate for her burglar father; the relentless investigation by a northern Virginia career cop; the dilemma of government agents trapped in a moral catch-22; the amoral ambitions of a sexy White House Chief of Staff; and the old burglar's determination to bring down the ruthless president.
Meanwhile, lurking at the novel's center like a venomous spider is the sociopathic president.
Journal Entry 2 by Mirfi at Qualtrough Street community library in Woolloongabba, Queensland Australia on Sunday, June 4, 2023
Released 3 mos ago (6/4/2023 UTC) at Qualtrough Street community library in Woolloongabba, Queensland Australia
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Hello Kind Reader,
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I picked this book up for free at the Windsor Road Baptist Thrift Shop. I’m leaving it my local street library.
Thank You!
Just a quick note that I've registered this book at BookCrossing.com, so that I can keep up on where it goes, who reads it, and what they thought of it. Please visit www.BookCrossing.com/759-16909952 to make a quick journal entry, then pass the book along to someone else who will appreciate it. We can all track this book's journey and the lives it touches forever more!
I picked this book up for free at the Windsor Road Baptist Thrift Shop. I’m leaving it my local street library.
Thank You!
I put this in my local street library, it hasn’t been taken, will move it along
Taking along to the BookCrossing meet up at cafe 63, Nundah.
Picked this up at the Brisbane Bookcrossing meetup.
