John Puller’s mother, Jackie, vanished thirty years ago from Fort Monroe, Virginia, when Puller was just a boy. Paul Rogers has been in prison for ten years. But twenty years before that, he was at Fort Monroe. One night three decades ago, Puller’s and Rogers’ worlds collided with devastating results, and the truth has been buried ever since.
Until now.
Military investigators, armed with a letter from a friend of Jackie’s, arrive in the hospital room of Puller’s father–a legendary three-star now sinking into dementia–and reveal that Puller Sr. has been accused of murdering Jackie.
Aided by his brother Robert Puller, an Air Force major, and Veronica Knox, who works for a shadowy U.S. intelligence organization, Puller begins a journey that will take him into his own past, to find the truth about his mother.
Paul Rogers’ time is running out. With the clock ticking, he begins his own journey, one that will take him across the country to the place where all his troubles began: a mysterious building on the grounds of Fort Monroe. There, thirty years ago, the man Rogers had once been vanished too, and was replaced with a monster. And now the monster wants revenge. And the only person standing in his way is John Puller.
The letter accusing his father leads John to investigate on his own, He doesn't remember much and wants to discover the truth Good friend Veronica Knox is ready to help when they both are called off the investigation by military brass they know they are getting close to something no one wants them to know.. There is a dual story of Paul Rogers recently released from prison, making his way back to Virginia for a reckoning. As Paul's story unfolds it becomes clear his past has something to do with Jackie's disappearance. As the chapters alternate and John's investigation brings him back to where he grew up the two stories converge in an unputdownable listen superbly narrated by Kyf Brewer and Orlagh Cassidy. I hope there are more John Puller stories.
*Thanks to Hachette Audio for this review copy*
3 comments:
Baldacci has never let me down.
I'm a big fan of the Will Robie series (The Innocent sits on my rec table on Sunday mornings). And I liked The Camel Club a lot. Wish You well is one of my top 12 books all-time. But the other series didn't really grab me. They're certainly decent, though.
Years since I read Balducci. When I take a long break from an author I never know where to jump back in when they write series books too. I'll make a note to look for this one at the library.
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