Innocent by David Baldacci is another book that is popular amongst the Sollers Point crowd so i decided to give him a go. His writing style is very similar to James Patterson; however I didn't find myself sucked in nearly as much as with Private.
This story follows Will Robie, a government assassin as he works a couple of jobs before things go completely awry. On a seemingly straight forward job Robie for the first time, finds that he's not able to follow through with the job. Seeing a child laying beside his mother Robie feels that the mission may not be on the up and up and then is thrown into a cat and mouse game that threatens not only his job, but his life as well.
While on a bus and scrambling to a safe house to figure things out he sees that another assassin is about to end a teenagers life and is about to intercept before the girl thwarts the attack. Shocked by the girls quick thinking all Robie can do is see that the girl gets off the bus without the assassin following. Shortly after exiting the bus, it explodes throwing the two to the pavement. The explosion links the odd couple together. Robie being a loner is unaccustomed to having someone tag along on his exploits especially a teenager.
This book is action from beginning to end with espionage, murder, and a dash of romance to top things off. Those who like this book may also be interested in John Sandford and Vince Flynn.
