Title: The Winner is a worthy successor to Absolute Power
Product review: Absolute Power was an enjoyable quick read and much better than the movie. Total Control was a relative disappointment and I passed by Baldacci's "latest" for a few weeks as a result. That was my loss. The Winner is a most enjoyable quick read and, properly handled by "Hollywood", will gross more than Absolute Power. The antagonist is loosely but effectively borrowed from "The Usual Suspects". Kevin Spacey, call your agent. "Mr. Jackson" is every bit as able and evil as Kaiser Soze (sp?), but more believable. The protagonist is superwoman: so attractive, so troubled, so good, so intelligent, so athletic, so motherly, so decent, so... So what if she is absolutely unbelievable. The suspension of disbelief has always been required by all fiction media, don't deny Baldacci his LuAnn any more than you would deny Fleming his Bond or Clancy his Ryan. Bottom line: a very good, very quick read.
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