True Blue

Overview

A mysterious high-profile homicide in the nation's capital collides with the dark side of national security in David Baldacci's new, heart-stopping thriller.


TRUE BLUE


Mason "Mace" Perry was a firebrand cop on the D.C. police force until she was kidnapped and framed for a crime. She lost everything-her badge, her career, her freedom-and spent two years in prison. Now she's back on the outside and focused on one mission: to be a cop once more. Her only shot to be a true blue again is to solve a major case on her own, and prove she has the right to wear the uniform. But even with her police chief sister on her side, she has to work in the shadows: A vindictive U.S. attorney is looking for any reason to send Mace back behind bars. Then Roy Kingman enters her life.


Roy is a young lawyer who aided the poor until he took a high-paying job at a law firm in Washington. Mace and Roy meet after he discovers the dead body of a female partner at the firm. As they investigate the death, they start uncovering surprising secrets from both the private and public world of the nation's capital.


Soon, what began as a fairly routine homicide takes a terrifying and unexpected turn-into something complex, diabolical, and possibly lethal.

Editorial Reviews

This promising first in a new series from bestseller Baldacci (First Family) introduces Beth Perry, chief of the District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police, and Beth's younger sister, Mace Perry, a former police officer dubbed "the Patty Hearst of the twenty-first century" after she was seized by bandits, drugged and taken along on a series of armed robberies around Washington. Mace, who's just getting out of prison after serving a two-year sentence, is willing to risk everything to clear her name and reclaim her life as a cop by cracking a big case on her own. The rape-murder of a powerful lawyer as well as the killing of a prominent U.S. attorney provide Mace an opportunity to vindicate herself. While Baldacci draws his characters in bright primary colors, and some of the action reaches comic book proportions, he delivers his usual intricate plotting and sets the stage nicely for highly competent Beth and impulsive, streetwise Mace to take on more bad guys. (Oct. 27)

Author Information

Bio of David Baldacci

David Baldacci was born in Virginia, in 1960, where he currently resides. He received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Virginia Commonwealth University and a law degree from the University of Virginia. Mr. Baldacci practiced law for nine years in Washington, D.C., as both a trial and corporate attorney. David Baldacci has published fourteen novels: Absolute Power, Total Control, The Winner, The Simple Truth, Saving Faith, Wish You Well, Last Man Standing, The Christmas Train, Split Second, Hour Game, The Camel Club, The Collectors, and in his young adult series, Freddy and the French Fries: Fries Alive! and Freddy and the French Fries: The Advendures of Silas Finklebean. He has also published a novella for the Dutch entitled Office Hours, written for Holland's Year 2000 "Month of the Thriller." Baldacci authored a short story, "The Mighty Johns," as part of a mystery anthology published in 2002. His works have been in numerous worldwide magazines, newspapers, journals, and publications. Baldacci has authored seven original screenplays. His books have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold in more than 80 countries. All of his books have been national and international bestsellers. Over 50 million copies of Mr. Baldacci's books are in print worldwide.

Customer Reviews

• fun

  Posted November 01, 2009 by Diana, San Diego

  This was a fun book! Great reading.

• Awful - how many coincidences can you gin up?

  Posted November 08, 2009 by Leon, Palo Alto

  SPOILER
  
  This book was awful. Every page you turned the characters had an over abundance of luck, a random discovery of previously unknown facts, some new super hero quality, and the ability to escape unseen from another treacherous situation all while not being held legally responsible. Mace, the protagonist, who we meet serving a 2 year jail sentence after being setup for a somewhat Patty Hearst like undiscovered injustice, is luckily removed from jail early by her sister the Police Chief before the nasty bad inmates can get her. She then goes on to have amazing basketball, breaking and entering, deductive powers, luck and timing to solve a case involving the FBI, CIA, some unknown foreign powers, money laundering, and police persecution. Along the way she manages to help a family out of poverty from the projects through the compassionate actions of a benevolent billionaire who randomly funds a social development research project that by coincidence Mace gets to participate in. This involves getting a 6000 square foot home on the property of this philanthropist, escaping the evil drug lord/gang member named Psycho, and rescuing the previously raped, single mother with protective misunderstood brother and handicapped child. Ugh. Every page involves another monologue explaining away miraculous coincidences. I am good at suspending my disbelief, but this was way too much. Save your money.

• Seems like a Daytime TV Soap Storyline

  Posted November 20, 2009 by beachreader, Manhattan Beach

  Not even close to Baldacci's earlier works - this is closer to "Charlie's Angels" episode

Additional Info

Imprint

Grand Central Publishing

Filesize

1.22 MB

Number of Pages

464

eBook ISBN

9780446558327