Book info

• Title Stone Cold
• Author David Baldacci
• Year 2007
• Genre Thriller

Oliver Stone and the Camel Club are back. Set on exposing the real story behind the closed doors of America’s leaders, they draw upon their vast experience to seek justice and the truth. Now they must face their most dangerous adventure yet – a war on two fronts. Casino king Jerry Bagger is hunting Annabelle Conroy, the elite con-artist who cheated him out of millions. Stone and his colleagues must draw on all their resources if they are to protect Annabelle from a terrible fate. Yet all their skills may not be enough when a deadly new opponent rips off the veneer of Stone’s own mysterious past. An unstoppable killer intent on one goal: the death of Oliver Stone.

Thoughts

If I didn’t know that there were still a couple more books in this series, I would think this was the end of a superb political thriller series. This time, all the strands of things that have happened and been revealed over the past couple of books are all coming together for a big showdown. I thought the elements of Harry Finn’s job infilitrating high security places to show weaknesses was fascinating, would like more on that! But ultimately it was the emotion of the piece, rights and wrongs, loyalty and shame, and a lot of grief. Really well done.

Rating: 5 / 5