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Authors: David Baldacci
ISBN-13: 9780446604840, ISBN-10: 0446604844
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: October 2000
Edition: ~

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Author Biography: David Baldacci

A Washington, D.C.-based lawyer-turned-author, David Baldacci writes legal thrillers that are as tightly constructed as they are authoritative. Readers know his books, with their cinematic plots and colorful details, are sure to offer the sort of breathless entertainment that thrillers always promise but can t always deliver.

Book Synopsis

Sidney Archer thinks her life is perfect until her husband is killed in a fiery plane crash. Or was he? The FBI thinks he caused the crash and escaped unharmed. Now Sidney—and the rest of the country—is on the hunt for Jason Archer.

Library Journal

With sales of his first novel, Absolute Power (LJ 11/15/95), topping 300,000 copies and a movie version scheduled for release in spring 1997, Baldacci is living high on the hog. In this second effort, a woman seeks the truth about her husband's death in a plane crash.

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Before the live bn.com chat, David Baldacci agreed to answer some of our questions:

Q:  What's one thing you've done that you are glad you did but happier that you will never have to do again?

A:  Taken and passed the Virginia Bar Exam.

Q:  How do you indulge your appetite? Caviar? Burgers and fries?

A:  Pasta. I am definitely not a caviar person.

Q:  Are you a righty or lefty?

A:  Righty.

Q:  What's your favorite cartoon?

A:  "The Tick."

Q:  Do you have a favorite day of the year?

A:  The day after I've finished a novel.

Q:  Will you identify a specific historic event or image that has been especially defining of American culture?

A:  Lincoln's assassination. Reconstruction, Jim Crowism, segregation, and discrimination were all, unfortunately, enhanced with his murder.

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