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It took me awhile to get into this book but I have to say that although it seemed tedious at first, the last 4 discs were action/twist packed. It finally all came together and was pretty darn good. I liked Absolute Power better but this was good too. Baldacci's books remind me a lot of Grisham's. I need to read more of these, I am enjoying them.

kareymrn's review against another edition

3.0

Meh. Played out Hollywood movie story. Very hard to suspend disbelief. Too long.

jdkelly's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

shel_bee's review against another edition

5.0

Mr. Baldacci at his best! Twists & turns until the very end!

humatariq's review against another edition

3.0

Interesting story, wonder why I took so long to read it? Normally I can get through a Baldacci in 2 to 3 days at most. This story reminds me of Grisham's thrillers; The Pelican Brief and The Firm I think...

This review is under construction...thank you for your patience!

A plane crash in the very first chapter and technology talk like iris scan security...

Jason's plane has crashed...the question is whether the man lives or not?

Sidney gets the call that Jason's flight has crashed....but the man wasn't on that plane...but Sidney doesn't know that yet...

So Jason is not dead....at least not yet...He's entered an abandoned warehouse though and meeting men with guns...

We leave Jason in a car with the goon holding a gun to his head.....and so the suspense continues.....meanwhile, Sidney has already started mourning her loss...

So Jason survived the gunman in the car, but he's still trapped and his life is still in danger...back home he's dead to the rest of the world including Sidney, but he has sent out an SOS email to sum1, but we do not know to whom...

Sidney's been to the site and is now determined to find out what was the actual reason for Jason's busy days for the last few weeks before his death...

So Jason has made contact made with Sidney and the FBI is now suspecting him of bringing down the plane...

So Jason mailed those floppies to himself and the package lies in his garage. However, the confusion over his death continues...Also a stranger warns Sidney on a plane flight and is killed soon after...

Lee Sawyer, the FBI agent advises Sidney to remain vautious and safe....while she reflects that the last man who gave her that advice died after 5 minutes...!!

Now Sidney has tracked down a tech wiz, called Jeff, to help her see the data on the disk....because she thinks her computer has been tampered with...she finds encrypted files, the key to which was apparently in the email that vanished just after a few seconds, earlier in the story...

Jeff Fisher is now trying to de-encrypt the disks for Sidney...

Lee Sawyer has sort of banded up with Sidney, they visit the office and home of the man who died shortly after warning Sidney to be careful in the plane....but Sidney hasn't told him yet about the 2 disks!

Hmmm....a lot has happened, Sidney went to her office to access her email. She found the password and has also given it to Lee over the phone. But she was ambushed by Goldman and Paul (the RTG attorneys). But the mysterious killer killed them with her gun and also left behind the tape Paul made of Sidney talking with Jason over the phone. She phone's Lee to say goodbye and is now on the run...

Sidney has reached her parent's home borrowing her brother's car from New York. What we don't know is whether her parents have reached Maine yet...