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jbzar's review
3.0
Not a great Baldacci/Robey story, in my opinion. Story lines in many of these books qualify as far-fetched. But this one was on the silly side. On the who-dun-it issue, I don’t generally make an effort to figure it out but in this book it was obvious too early who the likely suspect was. Turns out I was right. No interesting trade-craft or particularly interesting characters. But I read the whole thing so it must not have been the worst book I’ve read. Still, I don’t have much to recommend it on.
agrdck20's review
2.0
Of the books in the series so far, this is the one that I enjoyed the least. The good reason for reading it is to find out about Will's background, however the story, whilst riveting was not believable (ok, much of Will Robie is not believable) but somehow this one went too far.
luluread's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
retiredlibrarylady's review
4.0
A different story for Robie; after his difficulty in book #3, he takes time to go back to his roots where his father has been arrested for murder. Jessica ends up there too and they manage to uncover the real story... of course, with many dead bodies about. The story is a bit tricky to believe (really? Baldacci?) but hard to put down.
cjay1957's review
5.0
Another page turner from David Baldacci. This time Will Robie has to contend with patching things up with his father while solving about 3 dozen murders and saving himself and Jessica from every bad guy on earth trying to kill them.
Great fun. A real page-turner as you would expect.
Great fun. A real page-turner as you would expect.
_tamara8464's review
4.0
Baldacci knocks it “out of the park” again. The twists and turns are amazing, as to be expected. I never saw the killer coming.
jbarr5's review
5.0
The Guilty by David Baldacci
Have enjoyed the other mysteries of the author and knew I'd enjoy this one.
Although 95% of the books I read are romance I do like a change of genre from time to time.
This one starts out with the shooting and things went wrong, a little girl stepped in front of her mother and both of them were shot.
He has nightmares and ends up leaving to go home to his father's. He finds out he's imprisoned-he's a judge and things aren't right with the investigation.
His father doesn't want his help but gets it anyways. With the help of a lawyer and Will doing the investigations now his dad might have a chance to get out of there.
Lots of action, fast paced and you can hear the sounds of the shots as this is an audio tape. Other family try to help but with their testimony it might not really be helping the case. Interesting descriptions of the Biloxi/Cantrell scenery and talk of Katrina and it's aftermath.
Blue Man in DC is helping him but things are getting more complicated and he needs to drop the case....
Maybe Agent Jess could help in this case...he keeps asking if she's surfaced...
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
Have enjoyed the other mysteries of the author and knew I'd enjoy this one.
Although 95% of the books I read are romance I do like a change of genre from time to time.
This one starts out with the shooting and things went wrong, a little girl stepped in front of her mother and both of them were shot.
He has nightmares and ends up leaving to go home to his father's. He finds out he's imprisoned-he's a judge and things aren't right with the investigation.
His father doesn't want his help but gets it anyways. With the help of a lawyer and Will doing the investigations now his dad might have a chance to get out of there.
Lots of action, fast paced and you can hear the sounds of the shots as this is an audio tape. Other family try to help but with their testimony it might not really be helping the case. Interesting descriptions of the Biloxi/Cantrell scenery and talk of Katrina and it's aftermath.
Blue Man in DC is helping him but things are getting more complicated and he needs to drop the case....
Maybe Agent Jess could help in this case...he keeps asking if she's surfaced...
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
books4biana's review
3.0
Baldacci writes a good story. All sorts of twists and intrigue. My only "complaint" is that they are always so dire and all encompassing.
I've read many of his characters and I think I like Will Robie the least. Thankfully, there is no undercurrent of forced romance.
I've read many of his characters and I think I like Will Robie the least. Thankfully, there is no undercurrent of forced romance.