Maybe this one was a bit over the top. It is the fifth and last in the Camel Club series, so it was the usual cast of characters, starting with Oliver Stone, Annabelle Conroy, Alex Ford, Reuben Rhodes, and Caleb Shaw. Baldacci added some new characters over the course of the five books, and killed off some others. Stone is the master spy/assassin, now in his post-prime years. His instincts are so good that, which each new twist in the plot in this particular story, those instincts are not only surprising to the reader, but they become unfathomable. This story had too many twists to follow, and I was tired of it well before the last page. I’ve recommended the first four books in the series, but not this one. It is not clear that this book was meant to be the end to the series, so assuming that the author writes another one, we’ll see if I choose to read it. I’m disappointed. On the other hand, I’m not kicking Baldacci out of my power rotation of authors.
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