Too many twists and characters to keep a smooth flow. Baldacci cant decide whether to use the characters first name or last adding more to the confusion. Its like the only way to finally understand who is who, is when the main character confronts the villain and explains the entire plot to them (a little too typical as well). Too many comments by characters that seem out of character for them to say, making it hard to picture them, or get to know them. Not Baldacci s best. Too bad, I really like his books normally.