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Monday, March 12, 2018
The Collectors by David Baldacci
I posted this on my other blog in February 2010 and copied it here, one other very good Baldacci novel. The Camel Club characters in action.
"The Collectors" by David Baldacci published in 2006, was my latest Baldacci read, completed on our RV trip west. How Baldacci twists and melds divergent plots so that the interwoven interesting characters keep me on the edge of the pages, always amazes me. In this dual different tales, the first centered on deaths in the Library of Congress' antique book section involving librarians and collectors of famous old antique books and the second a very upscale con artist, Amanda Conroy and her troupe of merry men who avenge her con-father's death on one of Atlantic cities top dogs by bilking him out of more than $40 million. It's a fascinating read how these two settings with unique characters meet and become responsible for unraveling a plot of selling top US secrets to unfriendlies. Oliver Stone, alias of a man who has been with special forces and intrigue services internationally for America but who now works as a caretaker in a cemetery although still maintaining his skills in security and resolution and who with Milton Farb, Reuben Rhodes and Caleb Shaw forms the Camel club, an informal watchdog organization to keep the US government accountable to the people. When Caleb, who's a librarian at the Library of Congress discovers his mentor dead and is named by the will to assess and oversee sale of the dead man's antique priceless book collection, the Camel Club becomes involved. It's a must read for those who like mystery, intrigue and characters, all Baldacci traits. This novel though has one of those endings that assure purchase of the next novel, as the wronged Atlantic city mobster is left coming after Amanda who has now partnered with the Camels. Gotta see what happens in that novel which is likely already published by this prolific author. Baldacci books never disappoint me.
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