Hell's Corner

By: David Baldacci

Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy

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

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5 out of 5 stars

By Craig H. on 02-22-11

Baldacci does it again

I love the John Carr stories the best. This one gives the same great action and adventure. Baldacci has a great plot and flows right through the whole story. He brings back the past and starts into the future.

Baldacci writes it and I immediately read it.
I have not been disappointed yet and I am a critical reader.

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4 out of 5 stars

By Beverly A. Sykes on 11-18-12

Omit the sound effects!

Where does Hell's Corner rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Near the top. I love Baldacci's books

Who was your favorite character and why?

Oliver Stone. Always. Why? Why not?

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

I'm not a huge fan of Ron McLarty. Don't think his narration flows as well as others I've listened to, but I listen to him because I like Baldacci's books. I initially hated having a second voice doing the women's lines, but eventually got used to it.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It just held my attention

Any additional comments?

Please, please, PLEASE stop adding sound effects to audio books. It's stupid and distracting.

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4 out of 5 stars

By J. Russ on 04-20-15

Parts were a bit predictable compared to his other

Parts were a bit predictable compared to his other books. The twists were in where was it going next vs who was behind it. That, coupled with the length didn't keep me quite as engaged. The little twist at the end was a surprise though and a nice way to wrap.

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