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 Good But Not His Best | |
| Secret Service agents had failed to adequately protect presidential candidates in two elections eight years apart. In the first the candidate was assassinated. In the second the candidate was kidnapped. The main characters are the agents who provided the protection for the candidates. Sean King was next to presidential candidate Ritter when he was killed. Joan Dillinger was also on the scene. Michelle Maxwell was the agent in charge when candidate Bruno was kidnapped. These three become involved in trying to determine who was behind the crimes and whether there was a connection between the two. Several people connected in some way to the investigation are murdered as the story unfolds. Usually, a mysterious "man in a Buick" was at the murder scene.
Toward the end of the book it became more a chore than pleasure to finish. The latter part seemed to add confusion rather than contributing a lot to the story. I probably would have given a four or five star rating if the author had seen fit to wrap up the story about one-hundred pages earlier. Overall though, it was an interesting book to read with much mystery and interesting characters. | |
| Certainly not up to par | |
| Not the quality of writing that Baldacci has exhibited in his earlier books. This read like one long very confusing and unbelievable conversation. As another reviewer said, when spread out over multiple sittings, the plot became more tangled in your mind. In the end, we are supposed to believe that all of the events that happened were for the purpose of fulfilling one man's fantasy. All in all, the book just didn't read right. I don't think David Baldacci can honestly say this was his best effort. Don't waste your money; if you must read it, get it from the library or the used books section. It's selling there for 33 cents; that's about what it's worth. | |
 TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE | |
| I gave this 1 star only because there's no provision for No stars. This is an exceedingly amatuerish book in all respects. YUCK! |
