The Innocent

But Will Robie may have just made the first--and last--mistake of his career THE INNOCENTIt begins with a hit gone wrong. That's when the U.S. Against all of his professional habits, Robie rescues her and finds he can't walk away. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But she isn't an ordinary runaway-her parents were murdered, and her own life is in danger. Now, Robie may have to step out of the shadows in order to save this girl's life and perhaps his own.. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and must escape from his own people.Fleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths wit

Good bones; flawed execution LingoSlinger This "who and why dunnit" was brilliantly paced, and in Will Robie, we have the germ of an interesting character (although Barry Eisler did the same disciplined loner assassin much better in his Rain novels). Two aspects of the book were offputting to me.1) There is a main supporting character who is a 14-year-old girl. At only one point in the book did she act or talk like a 14-year-old girl. The rest of the time, she spoke like a middle-aged man whom you have been told is a teenage girl. Consistently jarring handling of this character.2) The prose is filled with jump cuts that bumped. "A fast read." according to Dave Hoeltje. does not equate to a good read. I broke a semi-rigid long standing self imposed rule and bought a book by a popular author with seemingly formulaic and contrived characters and story lines with 1,000's of 5 star reviews on Amazon. My need for this "rule" was substantiated by "The Innocent" as the story was so full of ridiculous plot holes and awe inspiringly flat characters that my ability to suspend disbelief was challenged in ways I've never before experienced. The author seems to have some sort of personal rule about sentences not having more than 6-8 words as well as the dialog and. Jjspina said A fast-paced thriller!. David Baldacci does it again in this thriller with hired assasin, Will Robie. This book kept me mesmerized from start to finish with all the twists and turns and surprises. There are so many killings in the beginning that I was worried about anyone who came into contact with Will. The body count rose each time he was around.The author has created a fascinating character in Will Robie. He is a professional assasin who has a heart. He goes out of his way to protect the innocent in Book 1 while working with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to solve multiple murders. None of whic

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Baldacci catches you from the very first page and grabs your attention until the last word. Baldacci at his best, which is as good as it gets."-- Providence Sunday Journal"This is another great novel by a brilliant writer. Read it."-- Lincoln Journal Star (NE)"Another action tale of espionage and betrayal from a master storyteller. He continutes to impress."-- The Huffington Post"The spine-chilling action begins on the first page and doesn't let up until the lastThe Innocent is not just a scary read; this is heart-stopping stuff!"--BookReporter"Forget Fifty Shades of Grey--the page-turner of the season is The Innocent by David BaldacciThe reader wants for nothing: there are car chases and shootouts, snipers and moles, safe houses and digestible bio-transmittersThe tale starts at a blistering rate and accelerates through 100 short action-packed chaptersthis is Baldacci back at his best."-- The