Grand Central Publishing
Featuring: Samantha Cole; John Puller
416 pages ISBN: 0446573019 EAN: 9780446573016 Kindle: B004TI5N38 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
I really loved the new hero. He's believable, a bit macho
with scars and nightmares, but also kind and caring of the
innocent. John Puller is a combat veteran and the best
military investigator in the U.S. Army's Criminal
Investigation Division. His father was an Army fighting
legend, and his brother is serving a life sentence for
treason in a federal military prison. Puller has spirit and
a drive to find the truth. He seemed real to me, very easy
to relate too, but I grew up on Army bases so it may be that
this kind of man is what I picture when I hear military.
However, he was not the typical Army man, he really wanted
to believe in the good in people.
The story line caught me right away and kept me up late
reading chapter after chapter because I just did not want to
stop. I like books that capture me that way. I fall into the
story and get lost; not that getting lost in this small town
is a wise idea. (Smile)
The cruelty and violence against the Reynolds family was
vivid and I could almost smell the deaths. I pictured the
mailman finding them and was sickened by the thought of me
finding them. Some parts were just so realistic that I got
up and checked the locks on the doors. Very vivid writing,
but I would expect nothing less from Baldacci. I have read
several of his books and I am a fan of his. I have already
recommended ZERO DAY to several of my male friends and
received great feedback from them also.
From the deaths to the conclusion I was a captured reader.
Family interactions were interesting and told a lot about
small town living, which is not all that different from
people anywhere. I was surprised that I liked the small town
living, I would have thought that it would be boring, I
think I may be wrong about that now.
The townspeople were typical of what you think small towns
are like and at times I suspected several of them. I flipped
back and forth sure of what was going to happen and then
totally surprised when it did not unfold the way I thought.
ZERO DAY definitely kept me on my toes and guessing. I
really never knew what would happen next, which is why I
kept saying, just a few more pages, one more chapter then I
will go to bed. Next thing I knew the sun was up and I had
not slept. The characters were well defined and believable.
I really liked Sam Cole, the local cop. She is a strong
woman in a man's field trying to make a difference. I had
hopes for a relationship and was really caught off guard
when she ... well you just have to read that part. I'm
looking forward to the next book.
From David Baldacci-the modern master of the thriller and
#1
worldwide bestselling novelist-comes a new hero: a lone
Army
Special Agent taking on the toughest crimes facing the
nation.
And Zero Day is where it all begins....
John Puller is a combat veteran and the best military
investigator in the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigative
Division. His father was an Army fighting legend, and his
brother is serving a life sentence for treason in a
federal
military prison. Puller has an indomitable spirit and an
unstoppable drive to find the truth.
Now, Puller is called out on a case in a remote, rural
area
in West Virginia coal country far from any military
outpost.
Someone has stumbled onto a brutal crime scene, a family
slaughtered. The local homicide detective, a headstrong
woman with personal demons of her own, joins forces with
Puller in the investigation. As Puller digs through
deception after deception, he realizes that absolutely
nothing he's seen in this small town, and no one in it,
are
what they seem. Facing a potential conspiracy that
reaches
far beyond the hills of West Virginia, he is one man on
the
hunt for justice against an overwhelming force.
David Baldacci is one of the world's favorite
storytellers.
His books are published in over 45 languages and in more
than 80 countries, with over 110 million copies in print.
David Baldacci is also the cofounder, along with his
wife,
of the Wish You Well Foundation, a nonprofit organization
dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across America.
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