by Martin Jansen in de Wal, David Baldacci
4 starsThis is the current administration, minus the murders. Corruption, conspiracies, covering up felonies, it's all here. Poor Jack has no idea what he's in for when he decides to represent Luther when he's framed for murder. Yeow! Who can he trust. Absolutely nobody.full review to follow
By: David Baldacci Narrated by: Scott BrickLength: 19 hrs and 7 mins ASIN: B0032MTAJU Publisher: Hachette Audio Publication Date: 1/1/2010 Format: Audio My Rating: 4.5 Stars Not sure how I missed David Baldacci's first book, ABSOLUTE POWER! However, have seen the movie several times over the y...
Absolute Power by David BalducciBook summary interested me and I rarely read this type of book but like to switch things up every now and then.Luther has broken into houses and had served his time. Once he gets out he does it again a place where he was in before, with others.....Interesting to learn...
As popular thrillers go, this isn't badly written. Baldacci is a better writer judging from what I've read than a James Patterson or Dan Brown. Not high praise--just means he's not obviously eye-bleeding, but this is still reads as a generic pot-boiler. Nevertheless even Brown and Patterson have hel...
Excellent book with an excellent premise where a thief, in the course of a burglary witnesses the murder by Secret Service men to protect the President of the United States who is attacked in the course of a sexual encounter that gets out of hand. Once the decision is made to cover up the killing, I...
I've given up on this novel. After 6 hours of listening to this in the car I feel as though the plot hasn't really moved along at all. In fact, I feel as though all that has happened is the introduction of the characters and the premise of the plot.In and of itself, the premise and setup are great. ...
Have watched the film many years ago and there is a great deal more skullduggery in the book and the ending is different and I think better.
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely." The action in Absolute Power begins as a grizzled professional cat burglar named Luther Whitney gets trapped inside the bedroom closet of one of the world's richest men, only to witness, through a one-way mirror, two Secret Servic...
At the time this was entertaining enough, but the older I get the more I am put off by abuse of power in the Oval Office.
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