Synopsis While casing the safe in a billionaire's mansion, Luther Whitney witnesses the brutal murder of a woman. To further complicate matters, the woman is the mistress of the President of the United States. Immediately, the cover-up is set in motion by the president's most trusted aides...and Luther is running for his life.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1996-02-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 480 pages | | Height: | 9.8 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.8 in | | Weight: | 25.6 oz |
Publisher's Note An unlikely witness threatens a high-level government cover-up--orchestrated by the Secret Service and a ruthlessly loyal White House chief-of-staff--of a brutal murder involving the president and his mistress. A first novel. Tour.
Industry Reviews "Mr. Baldacci, a Washington-based attorney, brings an insider's savvy to his tale of unfolding political scandal." New York Times Book Review - Jean Hanff Korelitz (02/25/1996)
"This book is a top-notch thriller that will simultaneously entertain and horrify....the fact that this is a debut novel should have John Grisham looking nervously over his shoulder." Rapport
"Fast-paced, authentic, and full of surprises." San Francisco Chronicle
"Lawyer-turned-novelist Baldacci cuts everyone's grass--Grisham's Ludlum's, even Patricia Cornwell's--and more than gets away with it." People
"'Absolute Power' delivers the goods in a well-paced, intricate book that just might catapult Baldacci into the front ranks of fiction writers." USA Today
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