Latest reviews about The Collectors

AWESOMEMOM88 says "Wonderful surprise...." about The Collectors

AWESOMEMOM88 — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:26:25 GMT

Our office has a table in the lunchroom where people leave books that they have finished for others to enjoy. This particular title intrigued me as well as the blurb on the back cover. The author is noted for complex characters and plot lines, well researched backgrounds and history, vivid and accurate place descriptions. Well this book is no exception, and a wonderful treat. David Baldacci delivers on all counts with suspense, thrills, intrigue, mystery, and complex personalities and interactions between characters. What is exceptionally nice is that reading this book does not require having read the previous novel dealing with the Camel Club. The book is complete in and of itself and at no time does the reader feel that they are missing something important. It is a sequel or continuation, but it is a fully fleshed out storyline in and of itself. I found myself doing the "just one more page" thing until almost 4 AM.....Don't start this book on a work or school night.......

lawardrop says "riveting, couldn't put the book down until I finished it." about The Collectors

lawardrop — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:48:36 GMT

Excellent overall, one of Baldacci's best novels. The collectors is a good way to spend a rainy weekend & still feel like you've had great fun....

skeeterred says "This is a fabulous book, I couldn't put it down." about The Collectors

skeeterred — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:31:46 GMT

David Baldacci did an excellent job with the collectors. I love the way the story lines intertwine and he keeps the reader hooked with details....

bhinchee says "Made my want to read more by this author" about The Collectors

bhinchee — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:34:37 GMT

Suspense at its best. A twist when you least expect it. Very interesting plot and characters. Leaves you wanting to know more about these people who are caught up together thru no fault of their own. Makes you wonder if this is close to reality or just fiction at it best....

Magician says "Why was the Speaker of the House and a librarian killed?" about The Collectors

Magician — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:43:25 GMT

David Baldacci's recent book, The Collectors, is the second in his series on The Camel Club, a loosely organized collection of four men who have met and bonded over the years in Washington, D.C. The Camel Club consists of Oliver Stone, nee' John Carr, a former assassin for the CIA and now a groundskeeper/caretaker for an old cemetery and sometime protester with a tent in front of the White House; Caleb Shaw, a research specialist in the Rare Books room of the Library of Congress; Rueben Rhodes, a Vietnam veteran, former Defense Intelligence Agency employee, and currently working on a loading dock; and Milton Farb, the son of carnival employees, formerly employed at the National Institutes of Health, sufferer of various mental disorders and now the designer of Web sites for corporations.

The novel opens with the assassination of the new Speaker of the House, Robert Bradley. This is shortly followed by the death of the director of the Rare Books and Special Collection Division of the...

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