End Game: David Baldacci (Will Robie series, 5)

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The rugged man who beds the helpless woman is not missing from this book, though the reader is surely wondering if Robie and Reel will ever master the art of sharpshooting Cupid’s arrows, rather than dodging them. The story takes place in rural Colorado, and the cast of characters includes skinheads, Branch Davidian types and other folks of a "sovereign nation" mind bent. They've healed as much as humanly possible, but Jessica's mind is still reeling (another pun intended) - leaving in limbo the "connection" they formed during a previous joint venture. As Will and Jessica work the clues, suspects and background information is revealed piece by piece, and the two argue and bicker over Jessica being distant from Will without explanation.

Blue Man, their handler, superior, and friend, has gone missing when he had taken a rare fishing vacation to his hometown of Grand. If you’ve been reading the Will Robie series, I’d definitely recommend reading End Game and seeing it through. A lifelong Virginian, David is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia School of Law. This book is easy to get into even if you haven't read a single book in this series before, or a Baldacci book.

This story allows Baldacci time for the growing relationship between Robie and Reel, a clever, different, well paced, action packed thriller. I've been a fan of his since Camel Club but his Will Robie/Jessica Reel stuff is terrible compared to his earlier books. I almost never do, preferring to remain silent rather than dinging another person's work, but when an author who I know has talent and ability puts out something this bad I felt compelled to speak up. I have long enjoyed Baldacci’s work, even though he seems to keep his fans dangling by creating and then shelving a series just as it gains momentum. A well-crafted tale that brings together mystery, suspense, and the results of social, political, and systemic issues.

I tend to skim them looking for bits I understand but I know those who actually know something about that stuff would care passionately that he’s accurate in his descriptions. Robie and Reel soon discover that there is another group who find themselves hiding out in Eastern Colorado, armed with their millions of dollars and secretive condominiums in former military outposts, awaiting the End of Days.This is what a popcorn action thriller novel should be like but I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Last seen in rural Colorado, Blue Man had taken a rare vacation to go fly fishing in his hometown when he disappeared off the grid.

So, as much as I have enjoyed Will Robie, I will not be reading another one unless I know for sure that Baldacci actually wrote it, which means, if there is not a disclaimer saying he wrote it all, by himself, it won't be on my reading list.

I have loved the Will Robie series starting with The Innocent, but each book following has gotten a little worse. The only reason that I read this one now, before reading those, was because when the book was released I placed a recommendation at my library that they purchase it and received a notification that it had became available.

In fact, I was a latecomer to the series but that book took Will (and his erstwhile partner Jessica Reel) out of his usual spy / assassin / government agent role and had a more personal twist. I hope we don't get stupid relationship drama in the form of the sheriff winding up pregnant with Will's child in the next books, because I do not pick up these action/thriller/suspense novels to get angsty relationship shit in the process! She has a weak side, but does not reveal it easily, though when she does, it almost seems a let-down.I don't know, maybe my cheesy radar is sensitive right now, but some parts of the story felt kind of hokey. El libro en sí no está mal, en la línea de los anteriores, aunque con un "peliculerismo" general que no le ayuda demasiado.