Another David Baldacci thriller,
The 6:20 Man. The title is a reference to the train that Travis Devine took every morning into work in Manhattan for a large and very successful investment firm. He had come to the investment game rather late in life, having been an Army Ranger until he took an early out after some gruesome work in the Middle East. He used the GI Bill to finish his MBA. The reader learns that he is really a domestic spy and the firm where he is working is suspected of significant fraudulent trading. Like so many younger people trying to climb up the halls of wealth in NYC, Devine was living in a shared apartment with others of apparently similar circumstances.
It seemed that all parties involved came from highly dysfunctional families which allowed the author to invent a story with twist after unexpected twist, twists that continued right to the end of the book. Lots of people die in this story who seem to have no connection to one another. I’ve come to expect this circuitous plot line from Baldacci, so I just sat back and enjoyed the run, however unbelievable it seemed at times. Devine was a good character, and Baldacci surrounded him with a good cast of characters. It was an entertaining story, a good vacation read, that I’d give a 3.9 rating.
West Coast Don
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