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Jan 02, 2018JLHCKY rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Will Robie does it for a living. For the US Government, and its allies on occasion. He does it well. He has never had a screw-up until assigned the assassination of a woman who works for the American government. What really makes him balk are her two young children included in the hit. Is there a sinister plot back there somewhere? He becomes the next target and, in his effort to escape, he encounters Julie, a strong-willed and very intelligent 14 year-old, who is fleeing a similar nightmare. Two more interesting women, Annie Lambert and FBI Agent Nicole Vance, figure prominently in this thriller. A few too many unnecessary twists for it to be 5 stars but it's a page turner. Baldacci writes with an urgent style that readers soon pick up on.