true blue

A mysterious high-profile homicide in the nation's capitalcollides with the dark side of national security in DavidBaldacci's new, heart-stopping thriller.

Mason "Mace" Perry was a firebrand cop on the D.C. police forceuntil she was kidnapped and framed for a crime. She losteverything-her badge, her career, her freedom-and spent two yearsin prison. Now she's back on the outside and focused on onemission: to be a cop once more. Her only shot to be a true blueagain is to solve a major case on her own, and prove she has theright to wear the uniform. But even with her police chief sister onher side, she has to work in the shadows: A vindictive U.S.attorney is looking for any reason to send Mace back behind bars.Then Roy Kingman enters her life.

Roy is a young lawyer who aided the poor until he took ahigh-paying job at a law firm in Washington. Mace and Roy meetafter he discovers the dead body of a female partner at the firm.As they investigate the death, they start uncovering surprisingsecrets from both the private and public world of the nation'scapital.

Soon, what began as a fairly routine homicide takes a terrifyingand unexpected turn-into something complex, diabolical, andpossibly lethal.

David Baldacci lives with his family in Virginia. He and his wife have founded the Wish You Well Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across America. He invites you to visit him at www.david-baldacci.com and his foundation at www.wishyouwellfoundation.org, and to look into its program to spread books across America at www.FeedingBodyandMind.com.