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The Book Show #1586 - David Baldacci

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published December 10, 2018 at 3:00 PM EST
David Baldacci and book cover for "Long Road to Mercy"

David Baldacci is one of the greatest thriller writers of the last two decades. He creates heroes with severe flaws, powerful people of influence who are easily corruptible, or in the case of his most recent novel, "Long Road to Mercy," an FBI agent with special skills assigned to the remote wilds of the southwestern United States.
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