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Zero Day

The First Heart-Racing Thriller Featuring Military Investigator John Puller From The International Number One Bestseller

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Zero Day

By: David Baldacci
Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
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'One of the world's thriller masters' – Daily Mail

Zero Day is the explosive first instalment in David Baldacci's thrilling John Puller series, featuring a gifted investigator with an unstoppable drive to find out the truth . . .

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Distinguished as a top investigator in the US government, John Puller is called in to conduct an enquiry into the brutal murders of a family in a remote area of West Virginia. It soon becomes clear that the case has wider implications and as the body count rises he teams up with local homicide detective Samantha Cole. As the web of deceit is revealed, it quickly becomes apparent that there's much more to this case than they had first thought. It is an investigation where nothing is as it seems, and nothing can be taken at face value.

When Puller and Cole discover a dangerous situation in the making, Puller finds he must turn to the one person who can help avert certain catastrophe. A person he has known all his life.

In a breathtaking rollercoaster race against time, Cole fears for the community in which she was raised, and Puller knows he has to overcome the enemies of his country to avoid far reaching disaster.

But in the end, you can't kill what you can't see is coming . . .

Continue this fast-paced, breathtaking series with The Forgotten, The Escape, No Man's Land and Daylight.

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KILLER TWISTS. HEROES TO BELIEVE IN. TRUST BALDACCI.

'Baldacci is still peerless' – Sunday Times

'Baldacci keeps things moving at express-train speed' – Daily Express

'One of the all-time best thriller authors' – Lisa Gardner

'Baldacci delivers, every time!' – Lisa Scottoline

*The 6.20 Man, the first instalment in the Travis Devine series, was an instant New York Times bestseller w/c 31/07/2024

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Critic reviews

Readers expect excitement and intrigue in David Baldacci's books, and Zero Day is no exception . . . As Baldacci's new hero narrowly escapes countless close calls, the pairing of the author's imagination and knowledge create a wild ride for the reader. Puller is gutsy, brash and likable. Best of all, he survives to reappear in the next book of this new series.
Zero Day is a nifty, paranoid thriller disguised as a murder mystery, and Baldacci advances it at a speedy clip with a nice mix of intrigue, tantalizing clues and the occasional explosion . . . Baldacci's books are fast-paced battles between good and evil.
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This story was very enjoyable and well up to David Baldacci's usual standard. The narration was also very good, and it helped to have two narrators. So much for the positives. For me there was one overwhelming negative, and that was the loud intrusive "music" and sound effects which covered quite long sessions of narration. Perhaps it's an age thing, but I found it very difficult to hear the story in parts - it was so bad I almost abandoned the book about an hour from the end. I suppose book producers think it adds atmosphere or is clever, and perhaps some listeners like it. To me it's just very ANNOYING, like trying to read a book in a crowded room. I wish book descriptions would issue warnings of this sort of addition to the narration as it seems to be an increasing trend. I won't be taking a chance on any recent David Baldacci books in future.

Beware loud music

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Another good book spoiled by background noise. Whoever controls the recording just doesn't understand that when listening to a book you feel relaxed. If I wanted to listen to bombs going off, guns firing, rocks falling or motorbikes skidding I would watch TV. If I wanted to listen to music would listen to radio. If I want a book I will listen to a book. Don't want background noise that is so loud that you can't hear the story and have to keep going back to catch the words. Book good, production rubbish won't be buying another. This is the 3rd I've tried and all been spoiled by this stupid background noise.

BACKGROUND NOISE

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This was an excellent book, well written, well read and well produced. The male and female actors do a tremendous job in bringing the book alive and the production values are first rate. As an action thriller, this in the first division. It has good pace, lots of well-drawn characters, a satisfyingly complex, but consistent, plot. And twists and turns that keep you guessing to the end. If you do not enjoy this then it will probably be because you do not like the genre. This is as good as this kind of novel gets.

Exciting Action Thriller - Excellent

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Just as Stone was impervious to mortal dangers, though those close to him do die on occasions, so it is with WO Puller a senior, much decorated detective of the CID branch of the US Army. He is sent on detached duty to investigate a case that grows into a National threat without much support from a sycophantic senior command. Fortunately Puller is aided by a feisty female police sergeant who, like Stone's associates, is doomed from the first time that you meet her. The narrative pace is fast and furious characteristic of Baldacci though the story becomes predictable. What gains the third star is the fine reading given by Ron McLarty and especially Orlagh Cassidy whose laconic interpretation of the female sergeant was first class.

The indestructable Soldier

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As the title implies, Mr Child should be a bit miffed, as Mr Baldacci introduces a new character almost the twin of Jack Reacher. He is an army McGuyver, pretty much able to do anything and it called in to help a small town sheriff in W Virginia when a soon to be retired army man and his family are assassinated.

The attention to detail is impressive and the feeling of a poor town, where nobody really cares is sad, as drugs, unemployment and illness due to the coal mining take its toll. However, it's a gripping story, and you're never sure whether the army or the mining company is the baddy; and unusually for an audiobook, there's background music and sound effects which actually add to the drama.

Copying Jack Reacher a bit too much!

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