I
have read and reviewed THE INNOCENT by David Baldacci that I received from Grand Central Publishing. Now it is time to let someone else enjoy it
and I am going to provide my copy to one lucky winner. To be eligible to win please leave a comment on “do you believe in coincidence?”.
The winner for this book will be posted on Sunday – July 1st
and the winner will have two weeks time to email me their address. My contest rules stipulate that you must come
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Thank
you for reading my blog, post, and review below. Never forget to be thankful for something
every day and celebrate that Little Victory. Mary
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REVIEW from Mary Gramlich "The Reading Reviewer"
THE
INNOCENT by
David Baldacci
Should
we always follow our beliefs?
Will
Robie was a sanctioned killer who was the best at what he did and walked away
from each assignment with a clear conscious. The unidentified alphabet
soup who decides the fate of everyone else pushes him into one situation he
refuses to act on and sends him into hiding where fate, coincidence, or bad
time connects him with Julie a kid on the run from her own enemy. It
takes about 5 minutes to find that the same ghost is chasing them both from
different directions with the same objective - to eliminate them.
Will has no experience protecting anyone but himself and has no working knowledge of what to do with a kid. When you are getting a crash course in survival, you do or die trying and Julie is going to force him to let her help. She is smart enough to follow directions and eager to get back to a life she can control even knowing what has blown up her past. Julie's parents tried to do their best but in the end left her alone with a man she does not trust as her only ally.
Will has no experience protecting anyone but himself and has no working knowledge of what to do with a kid. When you are getting a crash course in survival, you do or die trying and Julie is going to force him to let her help. She is smart enough to follow directions and eager to get back to a life she can control even knowing what has blown up her past. Julie's parents tried to do their best but in the end left her alone with a man she does not trust as her only ally.
With
shots fired that don’t hit their target, moles turning up everywhere, and will
desperately trying to figure out who is the master manipulator with all the
cash behind this game of chess. The one
key to stopping the violence is figuring out whom the target really is and if
the revenge meter has been set to stun or kill.
The pace is fast, the details exacting, and the result of all their work
scary. What Will and Julie uncover cannot only change the course of their
lives but everyone that walks the planet as well.
David Baldacci knows how to take the facts, write them into a work of genius that will keep the reader unable to put the book down. The twists and turns in THE INNOCENT are a masterful manipulation of fiction that comes so close to fact it if frightening.
David Baldacci knows how to take the facts, write them into a work of genius that will keep the reader unable to put the book down. The twists and turns in THE INNOCENT are a masterful manipulation of fiction that comes so close to fact it if frightening.
I do believe in co-incidence. I find little moments happen quite often.
ReplyDeleteI do believe in coincidence. It happens all the time. Mostly it's little things but sometimes it's something big or important.
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy David Baldacci's books! This one sounds really good, too!
I believe that coincidence has a purpose and that it happens for a reason.
ReplyDeleteI believe in coincidence also everything happens for a reason -- that's one thing my father always said.
ReplyDeleteI read too many mysteries to trust coincidences! Glad you enjoyed The Innocent. Baldacci is such a good author.
ReplyDeleteThere are coincidences but what they mean is another thing lol. Love his books!
ReplyDeleteI do believe in coincidences.
ReplyDeleteYeah I read this book and I can tell you coincidence is really scary. DJ in Denver
ReplyDeleteI don't believe in coincidence, I think everything has reason for hapening and you just happen to grab on to it.
ReplyDeleteNot sure about this question because I want to believe in divine intervention but sometimes crap just happens for no reason.
ReplyDeleteThis book looks great and thanks for the review. I am a huge Baldacci fan and saw him on a rerun of Murder by the Book which was a great series. Adrienne
ReplyDeleteI do. Strangers things have been known to happen. If it happens many times in succession and deals with only one issue I might take a closer look, though.
ReplyDeleteI do believe in coincidences in real life but sometimes they seem contrived in stories.
ReplyDeleteYes I do. A couple of things happened to me in the past, which I put down to coincidence. There's a reason why things happen, and things happen for a reason.
ReplyDeleteYes, I do.
ReplyDeleteHi Mary!
ReplyDeleteOh, I do so love "gently used" books and one of my husband's favorite authors is David Baldacci I would love to win The Innocent for him and he's been working so hard he really needs a great book to read.
You asked if I believed in coincidence and I do believe. It had to be a coincidence that I met my husband on my way to a Tupperware party and after we married in 1970 and then moved to New England when he got out of the Navy that I'd end up getting a job as a Tupperware dealer and then manager after my 2 sons were born.
This year we celebrated our 42nd anniverary and if we both hadn't been driving down the same road at the same time on that day in May 1971 I wouldn't have met the love of my life!