Hell's Corner

By: David Baldacci

Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy

Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

Oliver Stone and the Camel Club return in number-one best-selling author David Baldacci's most stunning adventure yet.

An attack on the heart of power...
In sight of the White House...
At a place known as...

Hell's Corner.

John Carr, a.k.a. Oliver Stone - once the most skilled assassin his country ever had - stands in Lafayette Park in front of the White House, perhaps for the last time. The president has personally requested that Stone serve his country again on a high-risk, covert mission. Though he's fought for decades to leave his past career behind, Stone has no choice but to say yes.

Then Stone's mission changes drastically before it even begins. It's the night of a state dinner honoring the British prime minister. As he watches the prime minister's motorcade leave the White House that evening, a bomb is detonated in Lafayette Park, an apparent terrorist attack against both leaders. It's in the chaotic aftermath that Stone takes on a new, more urgent assignment: find those responsible for the bombing.

British MI-6 agent Mary Chapman becomes Stone's partner in the search for the unknown attackers. But their opponents are elusive, capable, and increasingly lethal; worst of all, it seems that the park bombing may just have been the opening salvo in their plan. With nowhere else to turn, Stone enlists the help of the only people he knows he can trust: the Camel Club. Yet that may be a big mistake.

In the shadowy worlds of politics and intelligence, there is no one you can really trust. Nothing is really what it seems to be. And Hell's Corner truly lives up to its name. This may be Oliver Stone's and the Camel Club's last stand.

©2010 David Baldacci (P)2010 Hachette Audio

Great Story and Characters.

I enjoyed the unpredictability of this story. Listen to the end to hear an interview with Ron McLarty and David Baldacci.

Great story, action and drama

I think of red almost all of the books written by David Baldacci and I commend him because his plot a very complicated yet they’re exciting and you can’t get enough of the story. I have to admit that towards the end, I was almost getting upset, thinking that a British agent was going to go through with the assassination, but as always it finished nicely, so I was very happy. And even though he’s 70 years old, I would still like to continue reading his books in stories even add a consultant .basis, while everybody else does the action.

Perfect 5th Installment of the Camel Club!

This book will grab you from the beginning as you accompany Oliver Stone on an International mystery with many twists and turns. The roller coaster doesn’t stop. When you think you know what’s happened you don’t. David Baldacci is a genius and will leave you wanting more.

Excellent

This is the best of the Camel Club books that I have listened to and I have listened to them all with but one exception, Stone Cold.

Oliver Stone wins again

The story has lots of twists and turns and keeps the listener off balance. You just think you have it figured out and then Baldacci throws another curve. The only downer is Stone's anguish over his responsibility for everyone's else's problems i.e. injuries sustained by his friends while helping him. They are willingly involved in his life and his activites. He is a hero, for sure, but it is tiresome to hear over and over about this anguish. The readers do a fantastic job of presenting this book and it definitely is entertaining and worth one's time and money.

another hit for baldacci

great story many twists, full rich characters, great narration team. can't wait for next camel club!

UNBELIEVABLY SUPERB

So well done. New characters emerge and established ones continue to grow in depth. A thickened plot of misdirection . Love this series.

Another great Oliver Stone Story

From a puzzle point of view, I thought this story was one of Baldacci's best. It starts with a puzzling combination of gun fire and a bomb that goes off near the White House. Oliver Stone is called back into the government by the President to investigate. The plot is a great combination requiring detective work , deductive reasioning and action. For those who have read previous Oliver Stone stories, you know that he is a member of the Camel Club, a group of friends with different skills and background who end up- in the middle of a lot of conspiracies. However, in this story, the other members of the Camel club do not play a particularly large role and you would not miss much if you haven't ready the earlier books.

I like the new character, Mary Chapman an agent from MI6 who teams with Stone. The story is one that involves multiple governments and you don't know who to trust. The story takes many turns and involves drug cartels, terrorists, government agents from many agencies. The pace is good and it is one of those stories that makes you stay in the car after you arrive at your destination because you have to know what happens next.

I deducted 1 star from my rating because for some reason, Baldacci' uses the environment that he used in a previous story as a locale for his finish...this was a bit dissappointing but it is still a good read.

Like McLarty and Cassidy; Story Mediocre

I enjoy the narrators immensely. Story was a little too unbelievable throughout. Narrators kept attention

Another great novel from a berth talented writer

I am a big Baldacci fan. This book does not disappoint. True to his past novels about the camel club Baldacci provides twists and turns that you just don't see coming. Ron Maclarty is an outstanding narrator and the additional female voice and some minor sound effects adds to, rather than takes away, from the excitement of the story.