The last of the Camel Club series (well at least for the time being). I don't know, but I thought this one was a stretch as compared to the previous works. A lot of misdirection. In fact the whole book was one misdirection until the latter parts where we see the true story being played out. Would have been better if somehow the final characters were tied to John Carr's past. A quick and interesting read nonetheless.

The Camel Club is back, better than ever. Baldacci is good at weaving his stories sometimes I think he makes them up as he goes along. I'm on hold now for One Summer, his latest.

One of my favorites from Baldacci. Great details and story intertwining.

Baldacci is gifted. This one had so many tricks and turns, I had no idea what was happening for most of it. Of course, politics and allies vs. adversaries have never been my strength. I mizsed a book somewhere because I don't recall losing a member of the Camel Club. I did not understand the ending completely, so I held back a star. One of my fave authors tho.

Somewhat of a "lite" Baldacci book in my opinion. Everything too easy, simplified, and mostly unrealistic. Not his best work by far.

a good camel club thriller, many subplots and characters to keep track of. An intriguing idea about how to use nanotechnology though.

This is my first Camel Club novel. Oliver Stone a.k.a John Carr, a once deadly spy and Government sponsored assassin, has been retired for long. When a bomb explodes in a park just across the White House, he is drawn into the case. He can't refuse as the orders come from the top. However, there are not many he can trust, and not many trust him. Partnering him is MI16 agent Mary Chapman and the motley group that is the Camel Club, Oliver Stone faces a deadly enemy who is always -- almost always - many steps ahead.

David Baldacci is no match to espionage masters like Robert Ludlum or Frederik Forsyth. But he has his strengths, the foremost of which is is that he is crisp. With big fonts, and short sentences, his style of writing and the packaging makes his books gripping enough. Baldacci's writing is irritating at times though, especially when he spoon feeds the readers through the characters. However there is a solid plot and an intelligent antagonist who tests Oliver's skills, and this adds to the page-turnerishness of Hell's Corner. Considering that I had not read anything for a while, this was just the right book to get me back into the habit of reading. Hopefully.