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Blowback

A president in turmoil. A deadly motive.

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He's America's most brilliant president ever. He's also a psychopath.

US president Keegan Barrett swept into office on his success as director of the CIA. Six months into his first term, he devises a clandestine power grab with a deadly motive: Revenge.

President Barrett personally orders Special Agents Liam Grey and Noa Himel to execute his plan, but their loyalties are divided. As CIA agents they've sworn to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all threats, both foreign and domestic.

When the threat comes directly from the Oval Office, that's where the blowback begins.

© James Patterson 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

 Crime Thrillers International Mystery & Crime Mystery Political Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Espionage Thriller Fiction Crime Exciting

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Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination. (NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW)
No one gets this big without natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. (LEE CHILD, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series)
Patterson boils a scene down to a single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind. (MICHAEL CONNELLY)
James Patterson is the boss. End of. (IAN RANKIN, bestselling author of the Inspector Rebus series)
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Pulp. Truth is currently stranger or at least more compelling and thrilling than this weak fiction.

Meh!

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The Story was well presented and well read not over docmented with facts you dont put in a story ?

The fact that this could so easy happen and the people would know nothing about it ? Boom

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An enjoyable overall story. A good pace and well read. A little unnecessary to introduce the character every chapter and with 150+ chapters it was just too much.

Enjoyable story at good pace

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Good yarn, but uncomfortably thought-provoking. Builds up slowly at first but increasingly compelling and meant an awful lot of life got put on hold!

Good yarn

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Slow start wondered about it as was not really enjoying it, but then it became quite exciting and I really got into it. A good read and well narrated.

Gripping!

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