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"The Bureau's intel division gets chatter and scuttlebutt all the time from the dirtbag world. It might be that someone you prosecuted wants payback. And we understand that when you were in private practice in New York you did not leave on the best of terms with some of your, uh, clientele. It could be coming from that sector."
"But that was a decade ago."
"The mob has a long memory."
Meldon suddenly looked fearful. "I want protection for my family if there's some nut out there gunning for me."
"We already have a Bucar with two agents stationed outside your house."
They crossed over the Potomac and into D.C. proper, and a few minutes later neared the WFO. The lead car hung a left down an alley. Meldon pulled in behind it.
"Why this way?"
"They just opened a new underground garage for us to use with a hardened tunnel right into WFO. Quicker this way and under Bureau eyes 24/7. These days who the hell knows who's watching? Al-Qaeda to the next Timothy McVeigh."
Meldon looked at him nervously. "Got it."
Those were the last words Jamie Meldon would ever speak.
The massive electric shock paralyzed him even as a large foot stomped down on the car's brake. If Meldon had been able to look over he would've seen that Reiger was wearing gloves. And those gloves were curled around a small black box with twin prongs sticking out. Reiger climbed out of the car as a twitching Meldon slumped over.
The other car had stopped up ahead and Hope ran back to the second car. Together they lifted Meldon out and leaned him face first against a large Dumpster. Reiger pulled out his pistol with a suppressor on the muzzle. He stepped forward, placed the barrel against the back of Meldon's head, and fired one round, ending the man's life.
Together they heaved the body into the Dumpster. Reiger climbed into the dead attorney's car. He followed his partner's ride out of the alley, turned left, and then headed north while Meldon's
corpse finished sinking into the garbage.
Reiger pushed a speed dial button on his phone. It was answered after one ring. Reiger said, "Done."
Then he clicked off and slipped the phone back in his pocket.
The man on the other end of the phone did likewise. Jarvis Burns, his heavy briefcase pressing against his bad leg, struggled to catch up to the rest of the party as they headed across the tarmac, up the metal steps, and into the waiting aircraft. Another man with white hair and a heavily lined face turned back to look at him. He was Sam Donnelly, the Director of National Intelligence, which essentially made him America's top spy.
"Everything okay, Jarv?"
"Perfect, Director," said Burns.
Ten minutes later Air Force One rose into the clear night air on its way back to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.
From TRUE BLUE by David Baldacci. Copyright (c) 2009 by Columbus Rose, Ltd. Reprinted by permission of Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
True Blue
After two years in the slammer for a crime she didn’t commit, disgraced Washington, D.C., cop Mason “Mace” Perry is on a mission: to redeem herself and be known as a true blue once again. Problem is, breaking back into the force after serving time is almost impossible. Her one shot to prove that she has the right to wear the uniform is to solve a major case on her own. And that’s where Roy Kingman comes in. Written by David Baldacci—the New York Times bestselling author of Absolute Power, the Camel Club books and the King & Maxwell series—True Blue is a complex, heart-hammering thriller about a homicide investigation that takes a terrifying turn. A young lawyer at one of Washington’s most prestigious firms, Roy Kingman has a fatal character flaw: he cares. So when he discovers the body of a female partner at the firm, he refuses to let the case be swept under the rug. But is teaming up with Mace Perry on the QT the smart thing to do? Perhaps not. As their clandestine investigation unfolds, they find themselves going head-to-head against some of the most powerful people in our nation’s capital…and getting an unwelcome taste of the dark side of national security.
Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: Hachette Book Group Usa ( October 27, 2009 )
Item #: 85-8599
ISBN: 9780446195515
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 x 1.1 inches
Product Weight: 17.0 ounces
Not his best stuff
November 16, 2009
The story was not up to par at all. I expected much better from the author.
Reviewer: William A
hard to finish
November 14, 2009
Love his books, but this was boring and dragged out. Didn't keep my interest at all but I finished it.
Reviewer: Margaret
Couldn't finish it!
November 11, 2009
Having read all of Baldacci's books, I am very disappointed in this one. The main character, "Mace" is not likeable at all. Always trying to be too tough, too rough, she is certainly no Michelle Maxwell! And reading about gangs in DC? No thank you! A long fall from "Absolute Power" to this drival.
Reviewer: Emily B
Not his best
November 09, 2009
Having read his last nine novels, this would rate at the bottom. Agree with the negative comments of the other reviewers, to much fluff, Mace not on par as the center of the novel. Just seems to go on and on with nothing going for 80 chapters. Even the end is fairly predectable. Wonder if Woods actually wrote this. Would not recommend. Hope he gets back to the Camel club style (series) soon.
Reviewer: Cm
November 08, 2009
Didn't like Mace. I hope this does not become a series, didn't much like the characters. Usually like Baldacci's books, this one I had to force myself to finish.
Reviewer: Cindy
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