The Collectors by David Baldacci


Synopsis :

In Washington, D.C, where power is everything and too few have too much of it, four highly eccentric men with mysterious pasts call themselves the Camel Club. Their mission: find out what's really going on behind the closed doors of America's leaders.

The assassination of the U.S. Speaker of the House has shaken the nation. And the outrageous iconoclasts of the Camel Club have found a chilling connection with another death: the demise of the director of the Library of Congress's rare books room, whose body has been found in a locked vault where seemingly nothing could have harmed him.

A man who calls himself Oliver Stone is the groups unofficial leader. Staying one step ahead of his violent past and headquartered in a caretaker's cottage in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Stone, drawing on his vast experience and acute deductive powers, discovers that someone is selling America to its enemies one classified secret at a time. When Annabelle Conroy, the greatest con artist of her generation, struts onto the scene in high-heeled boots, the Camel Club gets a sexy new edge. And they'll need it, because the two murders are hurtling them into a world of high-stakes espionage that threatens to bring America to its knees.


This is currently my favourite title by David Baldacci.  I super love it so much better even than The Forgotten which I read last month and which I declared my favourite title...well that was then and this is now! 


This is so far the only title by this author that I read it cover to cover within a week as it was that exciting. The style wasn't really the style of David Baldacci which I am familiar with. This is very much a combination of espionage thriller and something Sidney Sheldon or John Grisham would write.  The character, Oliver Stone reminded me so much of Ethan Hunt or Jason Bourne wheras Annabelle Conroy reminded me of Tracy Whitney, so with such strong resemblance of such strong characters, the book is pretty amazing.

I found out after I read that this is the 2nd book that features a group known as The Camel Club.  I got myself book #1 already from the library and you can be sure the review of that would be up pretty much very soon.  All in all, there currently 5 titles which David Badalcci features The Camel Club.

So back to my question,  is this title actually written by David?



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