85. Title & Author: The Whole Truth by David Baldacci (530 pages)*Genre: Fiction--Thriller
Completed: 5 April 2009
Summary & Review:
Billionaire weapons manufacturer Nicolas Creel hires "perception management" guru Dick Pender to raise hell across the globe in hopes of securing lucrative arms contracts from various world governments. Soon, the world is flooded with images and videos and stories of human rights atrocities supposedly occurring in a Russia that appears to be rapidly returning to its soviet-era government. Some, however, do not believe the smear campaign against Russia including Anna Fischer, "A" Shaw's fiancee. Creel sees a chance to heighten the drama by killing Fischer and her fellow think-tank members and pinning it on the Russians. While everything seems to be going according to Creel's plan, Shaw's rage at losing his fiancee soon threatens to undo the entire charade.
My dad passes me a lot of the books that he reads, often in groups of five or six. With every batch he gives me, I organize them alphabetically by author and then read them in order. When he sent my brother Andy his birthday present he put this one in the box for me with a note that said, "Chris, move this to the top of your list. It's a good one! Dad." So, that's what I did and I really enjoyed it too. It was pure entertainment with an exciting plot and a very interesting premise with the "perception management" stuff. So far, this has been my favorite Baldacci book.
Rating: 8.0
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