End Game: David Baldacci (Will Robie series, 5)

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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.

I plan to go back and read the third and fourth books in the series, The Target and The Guilty but am not necessarily in a hurry. I almost never do, preferring to remain silent rather than dinging another person's work, but when an author who I know has talent and ability puts out something this bad I felt compelled to speak up.Sent to investigate, Robie and Reel arrive in the small town of Grand to discover that it has its own share of problems. The last book in the series – The Guilty– had its ups and downs, although it was more good than bad.

The story moves along at break-neck speed, moving from one action packed scene to another in staccato fashion. A lifelong Virginian, David is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia School of Law. I have read other reviews that seem to indicate this is the weakest book in the series which I am glad to hear. I classify this as an airport quick thrill read, one you can pick up anywhere in story sequence in the aiport and its still solid fun. But lying in wait in Grand is an even more insidious and sweeping threat, one that may shake the very foundations of America.Will's unaided and quick 'disposal' of 17 bad guys in just a few minutes at the beginning of the book (not a spoiler) was so unbelievable that it was surely facetious. They find themselves not knowing whom to trust, with no real clues; they start blundering around, making friends and enemies along the way, and not dealing with their feelings for each other.

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 ".

At the time I appreciated the deviation because I was worried having not read previous books in the series may have been a disadvantage. Blue Man, their handler, superior, and friend, has gone missing when he had taken a rare fishing vacation to his hometown of Grand. The Agency Director sends Will and Jessica to investigate and find their handler before any state secrets are lost, but Grand is not just any other small town. I read the first two, The Innocent and The Hit, but have not had an opportunity to read the third and fourth volumes in the series. The fifth book in the Will Robie Series by David Baldacci proved to be the weakest so far, and that's really quite a shame given the previous books.