Absolute Power

By: David Baldacci

Narrated by: David Baldacci, Scott Brick

Length: 19 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

In this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller, a burglar, Luther Whitney, breaks into a Virginia mansion, and witnesses a brutal crime involving the president—​a man who believes he can get away with anything. Featuring a Preface Read by David Baldacci.

In a heavily guarded mansion in the Virginia countryside, professional burglar and break-in artist Luther Whitney is trapped behind a two-way mirror. What he witnesses destroys his faith not only in justice, but in all he holds dear.

What follows is an unthinkable abuse of power and criminal conspiracy, as a breathtaking cover-up is set in motion by those appointed to work for one of the most important people in the world: the President of the United States.

©1996 Columbus Rose, Ltd. (P)2009 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"[A] first-rate storyteller who grabs readers by their lapels right away and won't let go until they've finished his enthralling yarn." (Publishers Weekly)

Awesome

Guy reading is croppy in his voice. Story wonderful. Looking forward to the next book.

The story that got me hooked on audiobooks!

The hundreds of titles in my library are all the fault of David Baldacci and Scott Brick and this audiobook, which was intriguing and riveting.

excellent

well written, characters well defined, action sparse yet more than enough to balance a great read...

Absolute Power Corrupting Absolutely

This is up to this author's usual well written literary standards, with a good reader, plot, and story. It is, unfortunately, entirely believable, given our recent (and known long past) political history. Hopefully, this plot will always be (have been) fictional; though something tells me that there is more to the fiction than fiction, either now, or in the past or future.

One of the best stories I've ever heard

Loved the story. Gripped my attention the entire length. Loved the narration. I have heard most of his other books and this is the best. King and Maxwell series 2nd.

Movie was good, book is great!

Most books are better than the movie, but Absolute Power has such huge differences, it was like I hadn't seen it. I really loved this book and it is something that I will listen to many more times. The language can be rough at times, but it doesn't detract from the story. It is really worth the time it takes to listen to this story.

BEST OF THE BEST!

I've listened to so many of David Baldacci's books but I would rate this one the BEST of all his great books! It was so in depth with fascinating twists and turns, such great characters and in my opinion, capped with the best narrator of all times. So worth the credit!

A good read.

As are most of Baldacci's books, this is a good one and if you've seen the movie, it's interesting seeing how they extracted the movie from the book. It's not a great book, but it keeps your interest. It's well read too. A bit longer than it needs to be ... but that's a quibble. If you are looking for a fast paced novel with a high body count -- and at least one really evil bad guy at the center -- and you don't mind that the plot is predictable, it's a good read.

A stunner!

Absolutely stunning! And it’s the author’s first novel. I’ve been disappointed by the stupidly convoluted endings in some of his other books. But this first book is exquisite! Well worth the listen. I’ll re-listen after a suitable amount of time.

Great read

Loved it! This book had me hooked from the beginning to the end. I'd definitelyrecommend it.