MACMILLAN The Edge

The one thing with Baldacci novels is consistency. They are all page turners with great detailed story lines and outstanding characters. Devine is always at the 'top of his game'. This book as with its predecessor the 6:20 Man, leaves the reader with great anticipation the next for the next novel.

Der Held aus Baldaccis The 6:20 man, Travis Devine muss in diesem Band ein weiteres Abenteuer bestehen. Ein Auftrag - Aufklärung eines Mordes - führt ihn in eine Küstenstadt in Maine, die verschiedene düstere Geheimnisse birgt. Schon bald sterben weitere Menschen und auch Devine selbst gerät in Gefahr.Gut geschrieben, insbesondere gelingt es Baldacci sehr gut, die Atmosphäre eines Provinznests im Nordosten der USA einzufangen. Doch nicht so spannend und auch in der Auflösung nicht so überzeugend wie The 6:20 man und die meisten der anderen Bücher Baldaccis.

After a diversion into "I don't know where" with Simply Lies (the only Baldacci novel I have ever dropped down to three stars), he has hit it out of the park with The Edge, and the continued adventures of Travis Devine (The 6:20 Man).This novel starts right out with action, and continues non-stop for 406 pages. The setting for most of the novel is a small town on the coast of Maine (Putnam). A CIA operative has been killed and Devine is sent to investigate as to whether her death is related to her work at the CIA, or to her family's past.As usual Baldacci provides plenty of local color and has his well-developed characters play their parts in this novel with unexpected plot twists galore.As with most current novels, there are a couple of grammatical errors. On page 85 the author writes "They did find her purse with her wallet in it. But no laptop or phone." Since the second sentence is written as a negative, the author should have used "nor" rather than "or". That sentence should have read "But no laptop nor phone."Also on page 217 Baldacci writes "Load the body in the van and bring it to the funeral home" - since the person speaking was not at the funeral home, the word "take" should have been used, rather than the word "bring". You "take" something from one place to another, but you only "bring" something if it is being transported to your location. The sentence should have read "Load the body in the van and take it to the funeral home." Also, I would have used the word "into", rather in "in", but that is just to be more accurate.Yes, these two grammatical errors are minor, but I expect better from an author such as David Baldacci.Still a very enjoyable 5 star novel and certainly worth reading, but be sure to read The 6:20 Man before you read this one.

every book I have read by Baldacci is full of interesting information and suspense and he doesn’t write them fast enough!

Baldacci never fails to deliver. Enjoying every minute of this tale. Gripping. Worth the buy.