sequel to the collectors by david baldacci

These clever smaller jobs are aimed at procuring the funds to finance an ingenious 'long' con to lighten Jerry Bagger's wallet to the tune of $30 million. The other half of this dual plot-line novel involves Annabelle Conroy, a gorgeous confidence trickster, who pulls together a team of top flight criminal colleagues to engineer three 'short' cons. Why DeHaven, a harmless antiquarian book lover? Thus are sown the seeds of the involvement and interest of the four gents of the Camel Club - Milton Farb, obsessive-compulsive computer geek and ex-Jeopardy champion Oliver Stone, former CIA black ops agent whose past has simply been erased and swept under the carpet Reuben Rhodes, the pugilistic, big man and decorated Vietnam veteran and Caleb Shaw, the mild-mannered, retiring librarian who stumbled across the body of his recently deceased boss as he arrived for his day's work! As one might expect from such a collection of aging, overwrought conspiracy theorists (C'mon! This is a thriller after all!), the details of DeHaven's death, written off as cardiac arrest, smell slightly off and our heroes are unable to resist inserting themselves into a search for the solution to a mystery that nobody else even believes is a mystery.

Having recently completed a successful hit on Speaker of the House, Robert Bradley, his next job was Jonathan DeHaven, Director of Rare Books and Special Collections in the Library of Congress. Roger Seagraves, top flight CIA agent has turned renegade assassin for hire and seller of top level secret information. Established by David and his wife, Michelle, the Wish You Well Foundation supports family and adult literacy programs in the United States.Ī lifelong Virginian, David is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia School of Law.Įven from the opening pages, THE COLLECTORS harbours no deep, dark secrets about the identity of the villain. In addition to being a prolific writer, David is a devoted philanthropist, and his greatest efforts are dedicated to his family’s Wish You Well Foundation®. David has also published seven novels for younger readers. His books are published in over 45 languages and in more than 80 countries, with 150 million copies sold worldwide.

In total, David has published 46 novels for adults all have been national and international bestsellers, and several have been adapted for film and television. (Much later, when David thanked her for being the spark that ignited his writing career, she revealed that she’d given him the notebook to keep him quiet, 'because every mom needs a break now and then.”)ĭavid published his first novel, Absolute Power, in 1996 the feature film adaptation followed, with Clint Eastwood as its director and star. David Baldacci has been writing since childhood, when his mother gave him a lined notebook in which to write down his stories.

Sequel to the collectors by david baldacci