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| Divine Justice | 
 enlarge | Author: David Baldacci
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $27.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 74
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.5
ISBN: 0446195502
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446195508
ASIN: 0446195502
Publication Date: November 4, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Following the instant # 1 New York Times bestseller Stone Cold, Oliver Stone and the Camel Club return in David Baldacci's most surprising thriller yet . . .
Known by his alias, "Oliver Stone," John Carr is the most wanted man in America. With two pulls of the trigger, the men who destroyed Stone's life and kept him in the shadows were finally silenced.
But his freedom comes at a steep price: The assassinations he carried out prompt the highest levels of the U.S. government to unleash a massive manhunt. Behind the scenes, master spy Macklin Hayes is playing a very personal game of cat and mouse. He, more than anyone, wants Stone dead.
With their friend and unofficial leader in hiding, the members of the Camel Club risk everything to save him. Now, as the hunters close in, Stone's flight from the demons of his past will take him from the power corridors of Washington, D.C., to the small, isolated coal-mining town of Divine, Virginia-and into a world every bit as lethal as the one he left behind.
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 Another good Camel Club thriller November 6, 2008
24 out of 27 found this review helpful
The fourth installment of the Camel Club series is a fast paced thriller that shows Baldacci's winning style. If you are a Baldacci fan, I can recommend this novel. If you are not a fan, you will be one after finishing Divine Justice. It is not the best novel of the series, but it is a high quality mystery nonetheless.
The heroes of The Camel Club return their latest adventure, one which may be their last. The action puts all of them into jeopardy, and they find themselves in a series of desperate situations. There is a nation wide manhunt for Oliver Stone, who flees to a small town, only to find himself immersed in anther dangerous mystery there.
The main characters, Oliver Stone and Joe Knox, are flawed but understandable characters, men who don't always do the right thing, but try to act according to their principles. You get to hear their thoughts as one hunts the other, and I found myself caring about both of them, even though they were headed for an inevitable show-down. This element heightens the tension in the story, and made it hard to put the book down. Making Stone seem sympathetic to new readers was a considerable feat for Baldacci, after his main character executes a US senator and the "Head of Intelligence" in the first chapter. Both men admit to themselves that they have broken laws along the way, and they are troubled individuals. The fact that they are often more threatened by their own people than by the bad guys makes the story difficult to put down.
In a rare moment of agreement with Publisher's Weekly, I must admit that this is not Balducci's best effort. Nevertheless, his characters are believable and sympathetic, the action never slows, and the book will hold your interest to the last page. Balducci's lesser novels are better than many author's best.
exciting thriller November 4, 2008
15 out of 22 found this review helpful
Joe Knox scans two homicide scenes in which he concludes a professional sniper took out DC super VIPs, Intel Chief Carter Gray and US Senator from Alabama Roger Simpson. At the same time Joe concludes the same sniper did both murders and that the Intel community was hiding something, former CIA assassin Oliver Stone takes the Amtrak train from Union Station heading to New Orleans after killing the two government superheavyweights who murdered his wife and for all intent and purposes buried his real identity John Carr with her.
Unable to mind his business, Stone intercedes in a fight on the train, but when the Amtrak conductor asks for a picture identification, he knows he must disembark ASAP because he will be exposed as a fake with minimal examination. He ends up in the mining town of Divine, Virginia where once again his tendency to get involved in a David vs. Goliath good cause gets him in trouble with high level corruption and a widow in peril.
The latest Camel Club thriller (see THE COLLECTORS , STONE COLD and THE CAMEL CLUB) is an exciting tale that fans of the series will relish as Stone's code of justice makes him act when he should remain passively in the background. He cannot help himself when he took out the VIPS, on the train or in Divine. Although somewhat formulaic in the mining town reminiscent of Spencer Tracey in Bad Day At Black Rock and Steven Seagal in Fire Down Below, readers will enjoy Stone's latest escapades.
Harriet Klausner
A winner in the Camel Club series. November 5, 2008
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
Divine Justice is a totally satisfying follow up to Stone Cold. For more go to YouTube and look up BobsBooks.
 "He'd become the most wanted man in America." November 10, 2008
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Baldacci pulls out all the stops in fictional Oliver Stone's continuing contretemps with his nemesis Macklin Hayes, a powerful man who balances between military and civilian intelligence. Stone (aka John Carr), a former member of the Vietnam-era secret killing arm of the Triple Sixes, an elite force, has been on the run for thirty years. Only Stone's closest friends and comrades-in-arms, the Camel Club are aware of his activities. Stone has finally avenged a great injustice, but in so doing has become a marked man. After removing two critical targets in his own government, Stone is on the run, the CIA not far behind. Deftly maneuvering behind the scenes, the ubiquitous Hayes calls on uber-agent Joe Knox to track his quarry, leaving Hayes to deliver the final blow once Stone is brought to ground.
Meanwhile, Stone goes into overdrive, adapting to his environment as he flees the government agents, seeking a place to disappear for a while. His original plan short-circuited by random violence, Stone makes the acquaintance of a young man, Danny Riker, whom he impulsively accompanies into the heart of a small Appalachian mining town, Divine, Virginia. It is in Divine that Stone is confronted by a whole new set of problems, drug-addicted miners, a series of suspicious murders, a high-security prison with a sadistic warden, brother to the town's sheriff and an elaborate criminal operation that will resort to any means to protect its profit.
The plot moves back and forth geographically, from the clandestine operations of the intricate WA spy network to the increasing violence of an insular town whose men are enslaved to the coal mines. The Camel Club's latest adventure to rescue Oliver Stone from certain death requires considerable suspension of belief. But Baldacci writes with his usual brisk pace, bullies and heroes in a never-ending competition for the soul of the free world. Luan Gaines/ 2008.
 Instant Book November 18, 2008
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
Divine Justice is the typical product of an author writing to fulfill a contract. This tale is unbelievable and poorly told. I have purchased all of Baldacci's books but Divine Justice and The Whole Truth have convinced me to look elsewhere for quality fiction.
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