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True Blue |  | Author: David Baldacci
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 68
Media: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 464
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.7
ISBN: 0446195510
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446195515
ASIN: 0446195510
Publication Date: October 27, 2009
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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.
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 Don't Waste Your Money or Time time or money November 28, 2009
Mel
This is my last Baldacci book -- it's so bad that I am disappointed in myself for reading it to the end -- best just to take your loss and move on. The character of Mace Perry is a joke as is the silly plot. But worse is the lame dialogue. There are plenty of good books out there -- don't waste you money on this. I'd like to ask Mr. Baldacci, "Did you really write this?" Hard to believe anyone found this a FIVE STAR.
 Probably my last Baldacci November 27, 2009
Catherine Michael (Sacramento CA USA)
I tried the Camel Club series some time ago and just couldn't get into them. True Blue, with different characters, sounded like it might be better. But while I managed to finish it, it was just to unbelievable for my taste. It probably would be OK as a movie, where you haven't time for a reality check, Nd it wasn't engaging enough to read in one sitting. So I doubt I'd give Baldacci another try unless I was really desparate, something the Kindle has made a rare state for me as I always have 2 or 3 three things in my reading queue now.
 Good, but not great November 26, 2009
W. P. Strange (Williamstown, MA United States)
Baldacci introduced this sister pair previously, and it was a promising debut. However "True Blue" misses, but not by much. The plot is strong and the characterizations, especially Mace are dead on, yet where he might have exploited their individual personalities for high drama he seems to back away when the plot could become even more intense. Mace, an intensely driven former cop who is desperate to clear her name and return to the police force starts out with a single minded determination that the reader would expect she would not back away from until she was successful, and that is where the story falls off the tracks. Mace doesn't give up, but suddenly, when least expected she agrees to accept help from her sister (Chief of Police) and a lawyer boyfriend and play by the rules. It rings false. But Baldacci is such an adapt writer that he pulls most of the plot together in a believable way and ties up most of the major plot points - except where Mace will go next and that was a let down. I guess that would mean another episode is coming eventaully, so we must wait. If you want escapist reading that will satisfied your need to be entertained for a few nights reading I recommend "True Blue." If you want great literature that will last for decades, well, maybe you need another volume.
By far his worst November 26, 2009
James E. Lemon Jr.
Oh my, what a disappointment. I Love all his previous books. My wife asked me several times how is it, and all I could do was say I keep expecting it to get better but it did not. I expect the next one to be better, can't be any worse than this one.
Huge letdown from earlier books November 23, 2009
Eric B (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What has happened to David Baldacci? I loved the Camel Club books and a few others. But The Christmas Train was the first indication that Baldacci was on a downward trend. True Blue is simply a letdown in this writer's talent. Predictable, and unbelievable would be how I'd put this one. I'm shocked at the poor writing.
At the same time I bought True Blue, I also bought I'll Be Seeing You by Ben Baglio and I loved it. All was not lost with my purchase of two books.
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