We have a new tough guy - Will Robie, an assassin sanctioned by some government agency. We see him execute two foreigners that are a danger to U.S. security. (I really hope our government does not do this, though the idea is tempting if you could just take out a few behind the scenes trouble makers, the world might be a better place. But where do you start, and where do you stop? And we have seen some things our government has done in the past, so I think we believe they just might be capable of this.) On his third job Robie balks, as it is a woman and she has a small boy sleeping next to her. When he doesn't shoot them, a sniper does so through the window. (Now that I know the whole story, that seems like overkill.) Well, the plot thickens considerable after that. Seems like a lot of innocent people are getting killed in a pretty sophisticated manner.
My favorite character was Julie, a stree-wise 14 year old, who holds her own with Robie. He keeps wanting to protect her, but she constantly surprises him. There is also super FBI agent Nicole Vance, who Robbie is assigned to help out, and the possible love interest in neighbor Annie Lambert.
I was wondering how all these things would tie together. Baldacci did it, but it did strain credibility a bit more than usual. So the enemy has unlimitted funds, but the logic in keeping Robie and Julie alive was unclear, and the enemy expected Robie to figure out and put together some pretty far fetched facts. Still, a fun ride.
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