Total Control

By: David Baldacci

Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz

Length: 16 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

When her husband mysteriously disappears in a plane crash into the Virginia countryside, a devastated wife must sort out truth from lies in this pause-resisting New York Times best seller.

Sidney Archer has it all: a husband she loves, a job at which she excels, and a cherished young daughter. Then, as a plane plummets into the Virginia countryside, everything changes. And suddenly there is no one whom Sidney Archer can trust.

Jason Archer is a rising young executive at Triton Global, the world's leading technology conglomerate. Determined to give his family the best of everything, Archer has secretly entered into a deadly game. He is about to disappear - leaving behind a wife who must sort out his lies from his truths, an accident team that wants to know why the plane he was ticketed on crashed, and a veteran FBI agent who wants to know it all.

©2002 David Baldacci (P)2013 Hachette

Captivating

Book held my interest - great read and would recommend-captivating and kept you wondering what was going to happen next!

Could not put down

Intriguing development of detailed story lines captured attention begging for resolution before reader can stop.

A mother is not to be taken lightly

The author could have told the story with a lot fewer words. Good story but became tedious.

action packed

This book is action packed and the twists and turns keep coming at you the entire book. It keeps you engaged and going.

This book was originally published in 1997 and released in audio format to audible in 2013. At my reading the book is 25 years old so don't be surprised if you find the technology old. It didn't bother my enjoyment. A 4.6 rating on almost 10,000 reviews says a lot of people think it is a pretty good story.

Exciting Story

My wife and I both enjoy David Baldacci stories. I thought I would have read this one before but the story was unknown to me. And, it was great! Pure and simple - a great story! What was both intriguing and 'quaint' was the characters' use of telephone calling cards and tape answering machines. While listening to this it seemed incredible to me that it was "only 1995" that we still relied so heavily on land lines and telephone calling cards and tape machines. And, there was so much time taken in the story dealing with remembering telephone numbers (not actually mentioned but in there) and then running around and finding "pay phones" to use "the calling card" on. Incredible! The digital revolution has so over taken our society that to go back in time, even a decade, (a little more than less) and see how much time and energy land line communications took. And here, how much time and energy it took just to be part of the story - it was incredible! I think if the author rewrote this story - and without the land lines but with smart cell phones with apps - he'd cut 30 pages out of the story and an hour of reading.

What was also amazing to me was the thought that the author could modify this story and use smart phones but not really change anything else about the plot or theme of the book. The truly an exciting concept in the late 90's as to the internet and organizing material - what a dream by the author - remains a dream, now, nearly 15 years later. We have different 'gadgets' but the dream is still there. I wonder how long it will so remain?

Overall, this story gets an A+.

Solid story

Good story well Performed. Writing is a little sappy at times. Not Baldaccis best writing but pretty good story concept.

Best of Baldacci

I’ve read several of his books and this is one of his best. Thrilling and surprises from beginning to end. Highly recommended!

Awesome Baldacci book

A terrific novel with many twists and turns in a tricky plot that is better than many of his books.

Give Marosz a chance

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Jonathan Marosz' narration of Total Control. I almost didn't purchase the book because of negative reviews about the narrator. I'm glad I purchased the book. As soon as I began listening to the story, I forgot the negative reviews and enjoyed Marosz' skilled performance. Also, David Baldacci consistently creates entertaining plots that intrigue and challenge the listener (reader).

Best story to date

Many a night I would sit in the driveway listening to the remaining chapter before I went into the house. Great story and enjoyed how you tied all the pieces together.