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Goodreads Summary: " In Paradise, nothing is what it seems... Army Special Agent John Puller is the best there is. A combat veteran, Puller is the man the U.S. Army relies on to investigate the toughest crimes facing the nation. Now he has a new case-but this time, the crime is personal: His aunt has been found dead in Paradise, Florida. A picture-perfect town on Florida's Gulf Coast, Paradise thrives on the wealthy tourists and retirees drawn to its gorgeous weather and beaches. The local police have ruled his aunt's death an unfortunate, tragic accident. But just before she died, she mailed a letter to Puller's father, telling him that beneath its beautiful veneer, Paradise is not all it seems to be. What Puller finds convinces him that his aunt's death was no accident . . . and that the palm trees and sandy beaches of Paradise may hide a conspiracy so shocking that some will go to unthinkable lengths to make sure the truth is never revealed." Anot...

Will Robie is a master of killing. A highly skilled assassin, Robie is the man the U.S. government calls on to eliminate the worst of the worst-enemies of the state, monsters committed to harming untold numbers of innocent victims. No one else can match Robie's talents as a hitman...no one, except Jessica Reel. A fellow assassin, equally professional and dangerous, Reel is every bit as lethal as Robie. And now, she's gone rogue, turning her gun sights on other members of their agency. To stop one of their own, the government looks again to Will Robie. His mission: bring in Reel, dead or alive. Only a killer can catch another killer, they tell him. But as Robie pursues Reel, he quickly finds that there is more to her betrayal than meets the eye. Her attacks on the agency conceal a larger threat, a threat that could send shockwaves through the U.S. government and around the world. Another excellent, face paced, exciting read.  Love this author!

Goodreads summary:  " Sidney Archer 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 aircrash 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 to 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 - a world of enormously powerful computers, a multimillion-dollar takeover deal, ti...

Goodreads summary:  " War hero John Puller is known to be the top investigator in the US Army’s CID. So when a family with military connections is brutally murdered in a remote area of West Virginia, Puller is called to investigate, and soon suspects the case has wider implications. As the body count rises he teams up with local homicide detective Samantha Cole. As the web of deceit is revealed, it quickly becomes apparent that there’s much more to this case than they had first thought. It is an investigation where nothing is as it seems, and nothing can be taken at face value. " Another fast past, excellent read by Baldacci.  I always enjoy his books. Finished:  December 20, 2014

For the past nine months I've been preparing and planning for an adventure.  Something I've never done before.  Something that will help those in need.  Something that will be enjoyable and yet consist of manual labor. I'm going to Guatemala on a mission/build trip with Thrivent Build & Habitat for Humanity! I have many different feelings going on in my mind. I'm excited I'm apprehensive  Then there's the anxiety  And, the anticipation of what the week will bring   I've gotten all my vaccinations and my passport, made travel arrangements, made my lists of what to pack, started pulling things out to pack, taking care of the little details that need to be arranged.  All of the hotels and arrangements in Guatemala are taken care of, so that part is easy. I am going with 12 other people of all ages, but most of us are in our 60's - yikes can we really handle digging trenches, hauling blocks, making mortar or will we be at the end o...

Goodread Summary:  "It's almost Christmas, but there is no joy in the house of terminally ill Jack and his family. With only a short time left to live, he spends his last days preparing to say goodbye to his devoted wife, Lizzie, and their three children. Then, unthinkably, tragedy strikes again: Lizzie is killed in a car accident. With no one able to care for them, the children are separated from each other and sent to live with family members around the country. Just when all seems lost, Jack begins to recover in a miraculous turn of events. He rises from what should have been his deathbed, determined to bring his fractured family back together. Struggling to rebuild their lives after Lizzie's death, he reunites everyone at Lizzie's childhood home on the oceanfront in South Carolina. And there, over one unforgettable summer, Jack will begin to learn to love again, and he and his children will learn how to become a family once more.   I always enjoy reading books by...

Hell's Corner is a spy mystery taking place in Washington, DC.  Baldacci once again brings back Oliver Stone (formerly know as John Carr, an assassin for the US) and members of "The Camel Club" to solve a bombing in Lafayette Park which is directly across the street from the White House.  After many twists and turns, the Russians seemed to be the obvious culprits, but the plot thickened and a "good" US spy turned into a mole for Mexico for lots of money. Baldacci kept me turning the pages, even though at times the things that took place were not believable.  But, who know when you get 3 or 4 different government agencies involved in solving a crime.  The right hand doesn't know what the left is doing and there is no sharing information between agencies.  If it's even remotely true, it is understandable why our country is in the state it is. Good book - I always enjoy reading Baldacci. Read:  April/May, 2011