Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3565652 in Books
• Published on: 1999-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: School & Library Binding
• 720 pages

Book Jacket
Baldacci proves again that he is the new superstar in the thriller, firmament, a total master of plot, pacing and surprise.

She has the world. A husband she loves. A job at which she excels and a cherished young daughter. Then, as a plane plummets into the Virginia countryside, everything changes. And suddenly there is no one whom Sidney Archer can trust.

Jason Archer is a rising young executive at Triton Global, the world's leading technology conglomerate. Determined to give his family the best of everything, Archer has secretly entered into a deadly game of cat and mouse. He is about to disappear--leaving behind a wife who must sort out his lies from his truths, an air-crash investigation team that wants to know why the plane he was ticketed on suddenly fell from the sky and a veteran FBI agent who wants to know it all.

From Seattle in Washington D.C., from New Orleans to Maine, the hunt for Jason Archer follows a trail as complex as the world he lived and worked in. Soon the startling truth behind Jason Archer's disappearance explodes into a sinister plot with the murder of the country's single most powerful individual. And Archer's wife, Sidney, is plunged straight into the violence that is leaving behind a trail of dead bodies and shocking, exposed secrets ...

Customer Reviews

Fast paced, suspence packed yet believable.
I am thrilled to have come across this book. It relates the story of a normal everyday American couple and their little girl who get entangled in a corrupt conspiracy. The terrific character and plot development make it utterly believable and full of suspence. It is an excellent read.

Be careful this book has a special cover .
The cover of this book has a special glue that sticks to your fingers and wont let go untill you turn the last page!!

This is a griping tale that has so many twists and turns that after a session of intense reading you feel quite dizzy.

I pride myself in been able to work out a plot in a book within the first chapter but this book kept me going right to the final page.

All I can say is just buy it you wont regret it.

Baldacci at his best
I originally found David Baldacci as a writer through an Amazon recommendation and I have avidly read all his stuff since. His writes very well, with good flow and imaginative use of personal feeling descriptions. This book is up there with his best. Good strong characters put into traumatic situations where we feel their problems and grief and then share their doubts as they encroach on their psyche. A good plot, not overly complicated but with a lot happening and progressing with the book - and some surprises. Definitely worth reading and worth buying.