Baldacci & Sullivan
Barb Moore

David Baldacci is back with his characters from "The Camel Club" and "The Collectors." In "Stone Cold," Oliver Stone returns, along with honorary Club member Annabelle Conroy, arguably the greatest con artist in the country. Annabelle has swindled over forty million dollars from Jerry Bagger, who murdered her mother. Bagger is looking for revenge, in the form of her murder. But wait, another villain turns up. Harry Finn, supposed loving husband and father, is out for blood, too. One by one, people from Stone's past are turning up dead. As Oliver Stone and Annabelle Conroy join forces, they also enlist the help of the other "Camel Club" members to protect Annabelle from Bagger, and to find whoever's killing Stone's old associates. They all have very grave choices to make, as they are all in danger from so many sides. This story has many twists and turns, and is full of so many characters - some in Stone's life now, and many from his past. Another great thriller from Baldacci, but you'll want to take the time to read this one from cover to cover. I tried to read it during Thanksgiving, (mistake,) and had to continuously refer back many pages just to keep the story line flowing.

Some time back summer I found a new writer, Eugene Sullivan. He is a graduate of West Point, a Vietnam Veteran, was an Army Ranger instructor, and a White House lawyer for President Nixon, and the General Counsel of the US Air Force and the NRO. He is now on senior status with the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and heads a judicial consulting firm that includes three former heads of the FBI who are also former judges. Whew!

His book, "The Majority Rules," features a Washington DC lawyer, Tim Quinn, who secures a seat on the appellate bench, thanks to his close friend, Harry Winston. This seat became vacant due to the premature death of one of the judges. You can see where this is going, can't you? Well, Tim soon figures out that Winston expects to be repaid the favor, again and again. But it doesn't stop there, the entire Executive bench seems to try to influence him, along with a certain client from the private sector. Luckily, Tim has a former lover who is now a federal prosecutor, and he enlists her help to try to unravel the entanglements that Tim has gotten into. This is such a well-written book; it kept me glued to the pages. It's also very fast paced. If you like thrillers, give this one a try. You won't be disappointed. Also, Eugene Sullivan gives one an unusual insight into Washington's legal community. All that power; do you think some of it is misused and abused??? Merry Christmas everyone!--Barb Moore is assistant manager at Franklin Memorial Library.

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