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Baldacci burst on the thriller scene with Absolute Power (1995), which stayed on the New York Times best-seller list for more than four months. Total Control is even more suspenseful, and it is also far more interesting in terms of the questions it raises about how much technology controls us. Baldacci's ruthless characters wield the latest in action weaponry, laptops, and cell phones. Everyone still carries guns, but they're fighting over computer disks and trying to outsmart each other with frantically typed e-mail. Except for a sabotaged airliner that hits the ground with enough impact to practically disintegrate, creating a huge crater in rural Virginia and killing a couple of hundred innocent people, and a bunch of vicious murders, all the crime is online, involving the stealing of top-secret financial documents pertaining to high-tech companies with names such as Triton and CyberCom. Baldacci's heroes are also a mix of the old and the new: a bighearted FBI guy and a beautiful, high-powered attorney who really just wants to stay home and take care of the kids. Maybe so, but when her husband disappears, Sidney Archer transforms herself from corporate deal-maker into a gun-toting momma with a sure shot and enough smarts to outmaneuver her very angry, very evil assailants. Good and slick. Donna Seaman
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In a hugger-mugger attempt to follow up his bestselling Absolute Power (1996), Baldacci pits a young widow against corporate villains who want her silenced at all costs. When her husband Jason apparently dies in the crash of a jetliner bound from Washington to L.A., Sidney Archer's near- perfect world implodes. A high-powered attorney working on the latest merger planned by Triton Global (a high-tech multinational that employed Jason on hush-hush computer projects), she can't accept that the beloved father of her precocious little daughter Amy is dead. Sidney's subliminal faith is not misplaced. Jason, who had shopped his company's darkest secrets in an effort to make a quick financial killing, switched planes before takeoff and is alive but not well in Seattle. On the day of his funeral, Sidney hears from him via phone. She keeps her own counsel, but Lee Sawyer (an FBI agent assigned to the case) is suspicious because available evidence suggests that Jason not only sabotaged the downed aircraft but also engineered a megabuck embezzlement. Presciently, however, the missing man had encrypted his proof of Triton's misdeeds on a duplicate disk that he mailed to himself before disappearing. Eager to get a printout that could clear Jason, Sidney sets out on a roundabout odyssey that takes her from suburban Virgina to Manhattan and points north. Although Triton's corrupt CEO and his murderous, stop-at-nothing minions are on her trail, clever Sidney foils them at almost every turn. With help from a besotted Sawyer, the pistol-packin' mama also begins unraveling the mystery of her mate's vanishing act. In a violent climactic confrontation on the stormy coast of Maine, the two learn the truth about an immense conspiracy in which Jason's fate is but a sideshow. A talky, tedious tale of an unlikely heroine's desperate life on the run, longer on confusion than suspense or narrative coherence. (Main selection of the Literary Guild; $500,000 ad/promo; author tour) -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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I liked the book. It wasn't as good as The Simple Truth in my eyes but it kept my interest. Good characters in Sidney,Jason, and Sawyer. If you like Balduccis other work you'll enjoy it. I also think if you like Sandford, Grisham, or Martini you should try to read it.
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High tech read. It was great to see a woman with brains. I liked her a lot and thought she had more on the ball than some of the bad guys. I love David Baldacci and was hooked from the Winner. Looking forward to his next book. I highly recommend this book and his other novels.
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This book, the first of Balducci's that I have read was extremely entertaining, fast paced and definitely kept my interest. The plot was just complicated enough and kept me thinking throughout. The character development was excellent and the author is very observant of minor human tendencies. The one negative was that there were a number of scenes that were not credible and the final climatic scenes read more like a movie screenplay than well-thought out novel. Overall, I recommend it to anyone who likes a good mystery.
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Sehr spannend, gut geschrieben
"Total Control" ist ein sehr spannender Wirtschafts-Thriller.
Sidney Archer führt ein zufriedenes, erfolgreiches Leben als Ehefrau, Mutter und Anwältin - bis... Lesen Sie weiter...
Sidney Archer führt ein zufriedenes, erfolgreiches Leben als Ehefrau, Mutter und Anwältin - bis... Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 7 Monaten von Melli veröffentlicht
sad
The biggest gripe I have about this book is the quality of writing. For instance all the characters at some point in time seem to be "hitting" things. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. Juni 2000 von anand
Excellent Book
I found this book to be one of the best I have read. I started reading it and finished it in one day. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 5. Juni 2000 veröffentlicht
Twists and Turns Worth Navigating
Like earlier reviews, I do agree that Baldacci did go a tad overboard with the physical reactions of characters; however, I think the story line was engaging and just realistic... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 3. Mai 2000 von Katie Bodiford
Lame, but never boring
This novel is filled with technical inaccuracies (just about everything to do with computers is a "database"), implausible plot turns, and one-dimensional characters; but... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 7. April 2000 von Biff Tex
Very satisfying read
This is the first Baldacci novel I have ever read and I have to say that I am most impressed. The story is very, very entertaining and the pace of this book is very consistent. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 17. März 2000 von "doc_ew"
Total Control is a riveting page turner!
Set against an advanced technological backdrop the story quickly unfolds to let the reader know that the real control belongs to those with the most money. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. Januar 2000 von April Kempler
Suspension more important than style
The first 100 pages made me cringe because of the bad style. Can't believe he got this past the editors. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. Januar 2000 von Dominic Buschi
Total Time Killer
I enjoyed this book. Despite other reviewers' concerns about a lack of realism and poor characters, I thought the plot and characters were engaging and worth spending time with. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 22. Januar 2000 von Jason B. Lassner
poor technique destroys an otherwise interesting plot
Baldacci uses interesting words, phrases, and ideas-signs of a gifted wordsmith. But the technique (or lack of) is unforgivable. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 16. Januar 2000 veröffentlicht
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