Too long of a narrative leading up to the meat of the book

Great read! Engaging throughout.

Good read with much detail .

John Puller first in a series. Not as good as The Forgotten

The end is hastily written

John Puller is a highly decorated combat veteran. Now a special investigator for the Army. He is assigned to a remote area in West Virginia to investigate the brutal murder of a Colonel and his entire family. The Colonel his wife and two children. And the body count continues to rise. He is the only investigator assigned to the case. His only help is from a local sergeant and homicide detective Samantha Cole. She and Puller become close and she unfortunately loses her life. Puller has been betrayed by his new superior. A traitor whose motivation is as old as time….monetary gain, money. A stupendous read!!! Enjoyed immensely!!

The use of the word haunches confirmed for this book. The book starts pretty slow. Puller initially is pretty unlikable. He mansplaining everything to everyone and it’s pretty annoying.

Too many characters to keep track of .

This was an awesome start to another series by Baldacci and I look forward to reading the rest! He quickly became a favorite author of mine just a few chapters in.

A well researched and constructed story, both violent and tender, but firmly leads the reader along through to the final conclusion before setting one in search of the next dose of entertaining prose from Mr. Baldacci.