The Whole Truth

by: David Baldacci

Published by: Grand Central Press

Reviewed by Bob Pike CSP, CPAE-Speakers Hall of Fame

(Also available in audio CD)

Nicholas Creel wants a war. He needs a war. The threat of war sells weapons – and he owns the largest arms manufacturer in the world. With the aid of Dick Pender, a perception manager, the two unleash a flood of lies disguised as truths on the Internet that within a matter of weeks threaten to destabilize the entire world.

Only three people stand between him and his goal: First is Shaw, the top agent for a multinational superspy organization who gets the impossible done – including killing people who need to be killed. Second is Anna Fischer, his bright and beautiful fiancé who is a geopolitical researcher. She senses something is not right with all the facts flooding the Internet that are heating up old tensions and rivalries. Third is Katie James, a two-time Pulitzer prize-winning reporter turned alcoholic who is trying to redeem herself and stay sober.

Can they unravel the lies and come up with the truth? How does Katie get to interview the only survivor of a London massacre that has rocked the world? Was it luck – or was it something else?

Baldacci weaves a powerful story that will have you asking again and again – could that really happen? And all the time knowing deep inside that not only could these things happen – they probably do happen. The reader will be shocked, thrilled, horrified, and educated all at the same time by The Whole Truth.

Armchair Interviews says: This is a must read.