As potential witnesses start disappearing, Decker and White are inexorably pulled down a twisted tunnel of secrets, crimes, and scandal-at the end of which lies Decker’s deadliest threat yet. and forces him to reckon with his future.

Meanwhile, Decker must contend with a series of unsettling changes, including a new partner-Special Agent Frederica “Freddie” White-and a devastating event that brings Decker’s own tragic past back to the present. Who was the real target in this vicious attack? What at first seems cut and dry is anything but: Not only did the judge have more enemies than Decker can count-from violent gang members, drug dealers, and smugglers to a resentful ex-husband-but the bodyguard presents additional conundrums that muddy the waters even further. When Amos Decker is called to South Florida to investigate a double homicide, the case appears straightforward: A federal judge and her bodyguard have been found dead, the judge’s face sporting a blindfold with two eye holes crudely cut out, a clear sign that she’d made one too many enemies over her years on the bench. 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.Įmbroidering 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.From the author of The 6:20 Man, “Memory Man” Amos Decker-an FBI consultant with perfect recall-delves into a bewildering double homicide in this new thriller in David Baldacci's #1 New York Times bestselling series. 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. A vicious murder – involving the US President. His books are published in over forty-five languages and in more. Trapped behind a two-way mirror in a country house in Maryland Luther Whitney, a professional burglar, witnesses an event that destroys his faith in justice forever. DAVID BALDACCI is a global 1 bestselling author, and one of the worlds favorite storytellers. A thriller of unparalled suspense that dares to explore the unthinkable.

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