description: "Accomplished and amazing - one of the hottest reads around" - "Daily Mail." Set in Washington D.C., this fascinating thriller of unparalleled suspense dares to explore an unthinkable abuse of power and criminal a vicious murder involving the US President and a cover-up orchestrared by his zealously loyal Chief of Staff and the Secret Service. But, unknown to the President and his lackeys, one unlikely witness saw everything. Trapped behind a two-way mirror in a country house in Maryland, Luther Whitney, a professional burglar, witnesses an event that destroys his faith in justice. By the time he escapes, pursued by two Secret Service agents, a young woman has been sexually assaulted, then shot dead. And a breathtaking cover-up has been set in motion. "Baldacci's prose is fluent and amazing ...this book is sure to make a killing"- "The Times." "A high-octane legal thriller. An almost Shakespearian study in the nature of evil - horror in its purest form" - "Spectator".
language: English
title: Absolute Power
titlecomplete: Absolute Power (Export)
characters: Sandy Lord, Luther Whitney, Tim Collin, Seth Frank, Bill Burton, Christy Sullivan, President Alan Richmond, Kate Whitney, Walter Sullivan, Jack Graham, Gloria Russell, Jennifer Ryce Baldwin
genres: Audiobook, Crime, Suspense, Novels, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Action, Fiction, Politics, Mystery
ratings_count: 104232
places: Middleton (fiktive); Virginia, Washington, D.C., Virginia, The United States of America
series: Absoliuti galia
publisher:  Warner Books