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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:The sole survivor of a devastating ambush, FBI Hostage Rescue Team agent Web London would do anything to find out what really happened that nightâ??and a ten year old boy may be the unexpected key in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller.Web London was trained to penetrate hostile ground and come out alive. Then ten seconds in a dark alley cost him everything: his friends, his fellow agents, his reputation. Among his super-elite FBI Hostage Rescue Team, Web was the sole survivor of a high-tech, devastating ambush.Now Web is trying to put his life back together and understand what really happened. To get answers, he'll need the help of psychiatrist Claire Daniels and the one other human being who lived through the attackâ??a ten-year-old boy. But when his search leads him back to that bloodstained alley, Web suddenly realizes he is about to face his assassin again. And this time, one of them will become the Last Man Standing.… (more)
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I happened on this book during an international Bookcrosser meeting in Switzerland. Picked it up from the book smorgasbord, took it to the hostel with me and started reading. And was hooked. Some parts may
[Bookcrossing book: Will travel on. I have obtained my own copy.]
One witness to the team's massacre is a ten year old named Kevin Westbrook. He's the brother of a drug dealer named Big F. After the shooting, Kevin disappears.
Web knows that
FBI supervisor, Percy Bates meets with undercover agent Randall Cove. Cove gave the FBI the information about what was important in the building there were raiding. He believes that the Oxycontin flow from rural areas into the cities in the East Coast is coming from one group. He thinks that they might be located in Appalicia.
I enjoyed the book and feel that Web London is one of the author's better protagonists. His interaction with Claire Daniels left me wanting more.
The author also provided a number of well timed plot twists that caught me totally unaware.
I received this book as a birthday present and the gift brought a grateful smile to my face since I have enjoyed many of David Baldacci's novels, i.e., Absolute Power, A Simple Truth and others and within a few days I was reading Last Man Standing.
Anyway, in my opinion Last Man Standing doesn't seem to fit Mr. Baldacci's style of a thrilling mystery novel that is at least realistic to a degree and his intensive research into the subject matter that he noted for. One last thought I think the book could have been shorten by at least 50 or 60 pages. It's not a terrible novel, it's a good read and I wouldn't recommend purchasing it.
I received this book as a birthday present and the gift brought a grateful smile to my face since I have enjoyed many of David Baldacci's novels, i.e., Absolute Power, A Simple Truth and others and within a few days I was reading Last Man Standing.
Anyway, in my opinion Last Man Standing doesn't seem to fit Mr. Baldacci's style of a thrilling mystery novel that is at least realistic to a degree and his intensive research into the subject matter that he noted for. One last thought I think the book could have been shorten by at least 50 or 60 pages. It's not a terrible novel, it's a good read and I wouldn't recommend purchasing it.
Interesting and quite readable
The edition was unabridged audio by Recorded Books 2005 (I
The book is long at 19 CDs, and the story seems to be more detailed than I wanted at the beginning, but a few chapters in and I was loving the detail. At that point I never lost interest.
When Web London's FBI Hostage Negotiation Team is ambushed in a dark alley, Web is the only survivor. As the FBI investigates, suspicion surrounding Web deepens. Now, he needs help from an unlikely ally in
Trying to cope with the blame that has been placed on him by grieving widows, Web must try to put the pieces of that fateful night together. What went wrong? How were they ambushed? And who was the young boy Web saved in that alley, and why was he there? As these questions plague Web he seeks the help of psychiatrist Claire Daniels, and with her help he will be able to confront his own tainted past, as well as answer the question, why was he chosen to be the sole survivor?
David Baldacci packs the book with a brilliant plot and more than a few surprises that will knock your socks off, and includes a wealth of detail that highlights his meticulous research skills. I can only hope that we'll see Web and company again in a future Baldacci thriller.