Similarly, it doesn’t matter if you’re meeting these characters for the first time in this latest installment as Baldacci does a great job at introducing them to us via James Bond-esque style opening sequences. The story line wasn't bad, but the canned responses, and the way the Real has turned into a predictable "bad-ass woman trying to prove herself in a man's world" made this book a bore. Baldacci knows how to get readers to turn the pages, and he's in top form here" "An edge-of-the-seat ride from one of the world's thriller masters ". While I actually sort of enjoyed the personal angle, I did find it odd – it simply seemed to be an ‘extra’ to keep readers vested in the characters… something that was just not the norm with Baldacci.

With little time to ponder what the future holds, Robie and Reel must act now and sort out their past connection later. The cliché-ridden dialogue is not improved by the narration, particularly that of Orlagh Cassidy reading (mainly) the role of super-assassin Jessica Reel. I hope we don't get stupid relationship drama in the form of the sheriff winding up pregnant with Will's child in the next books, because I do not pick up these action/thriller/suspense novels to get angsty relationship shit in the process! The relationship between Robie and Reel was weird and the criminal characters were just plain stupid, I felt like I could feel my IQ dropping while reading this book, definitely not one I would recommend.I've been a fan of his since Camel Club but his Will Robie/Jessica Reel stuff is terrible compared to his earlier books. The story takes place in rural Colorado, and the cast of characters includes skinheads, Branch Davidian types and other folks of a "sovereign nation" mind bent. But there's a bit of a problem, as I see it, is in the execution - and I mean that as a double entendre. And just as unputdownable from the very first page to the very last like all the other of this brilliant series.

This is the case with Baldacci’s new book, “End Game” which is his fourth adventure with Will Robie, a secret weapon of the United States government. After a significant run-in with the leader of the Neo-Nazis, Robie and Reel are barely alive, but must pick up the pieces and forge onwards, trying to locate a handful of prisoners who have gone missing. I’m combining the two sections that are usually separate in my blog posts because there were a lot of things I liked, but that at the same time could be considered out of character and strange for a David Baldacci book. Their reunion is more or less amicable, but Will and Jessica are of the same mind when it comes to their mission - find Blue Man at any cost, including their own lives should it come to that.

Together, the sexual tension seems almost unbearable, but it does not detract from the plot and cutthroat nature of the mission. El libro en sí no está mal, en la línea de los anteriores, aunque con un "peliculerismo" general que no le ayuda demasiado. After a harrowing mission in London, Will Robie is summoned to see the new Director of Central Intelligence.

On the other hand, what was going on the little town and who was involved was a surprise for me, and the ending was pretty satisfying. This book is easy to get into even if you haven't read a single book in this series before, or a Baldacci book.I could see things playing out and was impressed with the pace and forward movement, but cannot say that I was kept up late into the night reading or wondering. The rugged man who beds the helpless woman is not missing from this book, though the reader is surely wondering if Robie and Reel will ever master the art of sharpshooting Cupid’s arrows, rather than dodging them. Sent to investigate, Robie and Reel arrive in the small town of Grand to discover that it has its own share of problems.