num_pages: 699
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
characters: Sandy Lord, Christy Sullivan, Jack Graham, Tim Collin, Kate Whitney, Walter Sullivan, Seth Frank, Jennifer Ryce Baldwin, Gloria Russell, President Alan Richmond, Bill Burton, Luther Whitney
genres: Fiction, Action, Politics, Mystery, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Novels, Crime, Audiobook, Suspense
ratings_count: 104244
places: Virginia, Middleton (fiktive); Virginia, Washington, D.C., The United States of America
series: Absoliuti galia
publisher: Thorndike Pr