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Overview

From David Baldacci—the modern master of the thriller and #1 worldwide bestselling novelist-comes a new hero: a lone Army Special Agent taking on the toughest crimes facing the nation.

And Zero Day is where it all begins....

John Puller is a combat veteran and the best military investigator in the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigation Division. His father was an Army fighting legend, and his brother is serving a life sentence for treason in a federal military prison. Puller has an indomitable spirit and an unstoppable drive to find the truth.

Now, Puller is called out on a case in a remote, rural area in West Virginia coal country far from any military outpost. Someone has stumbled onto a brutal crime scene, a family slaughtered. The local homicide detective, a headstrong woman with personal demons of her own, joins forces with Puller in the investigation. As Puller digs through deception after deception, he realizes that absolutely nothing he's seen in this small town, and no one in it, are what they seem. Facing a potential conspiracy that reaches far beyond the hills of West Virginia, he is one man on the hunt for justice against an overwhelming force.

David Baldacci is one of the world's favorite storytellers. His books are published in over 45 languages and in more than 80 countries, with over 110 million copies in print. David Baldacci is also the cofounder, along with his wife, of the Wish You Well Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across America. Still a resident of his native Virginia, he invites you to visit him at www.DavidBaldacci.com and his foundation at www.WishYouWellFoundation.org, and to look into its program to spread books across America at www.FeedingBodyandMind.com.

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You might say that John Puller comes from a famous family that sends out mixed messages: His father was a renowned Army hero; his brother is serving a no-exit sentence for treason in a military prison. As if those personal burdens aren't enough, the number one sleuth in the Army's Criminal Investigative Division is facing his toughest case. A family in a West Virginia town has been savagely slaughtered and no one in this remote coal mining community seems eager to tell the truth about anything. To complicate matters further, the headstrong local homicide detective clearly regards Puller as an interloper. But as disturbing clues come to light, it becomes clear that this is no strictly local matter. (P.S. Author David Baldacci once told an interviewer than a good writer approaches every novel as their first. Apparently that advice still works: With one hundred million copies of his books sold, Zero Day proves that Baldacci still puts the "S" in "suspense.")

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In his 22nd, Baldacci (The Sixth Man, 2011, etc.) introduces a soldier/sleuth who fights like Rambo and thinks like Holmes. Mountain-sized and über-brainy, John Puller is about as unconquerable as mere mortals get to be. An ex-warrior--Iraq, Afghanistan and wherever else his country's enemies happened to be entrenched--he's served with unvarying distinction. As a consequence, the fruit salad (Army slang for medals) he pins to his dress uniform tells a glory story already the stuff of legend. These days, however, Warrant Officer Puller fights a somewhat different kind of war--quieter perhaps, but only marginally less dangerous. Employed by the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigations Division, he battles military crime, and he is--it's universally acknowledged--terrific at it. Still, his latest assignment has him scratching his head a bit. In tiny Drake, W.Va., a colonel, his wife and two teenage kids have been murdered, and Puller's been ordered to find out the why and catch the who. A pitiless, carefully staged bloodbath, it's the kind of headline-grabber that ordinarily would have had teams of special agents pell-melling into Drake, yet here's Puller flying solo, offered not much more in terms of guidance than, "play nice with the locals." On the upside, one of the locals turns out to be a smart, remarkably attractive police sergeant named Samantha Cole. Born and Bred in Drake, she's in a position to provide needed insights into her town's power structure and usual suspects list. Four dead bodies on Puller's arrival, a total that almost at once zooms to seven with no real reason to suppose it's reached its limit. What's going on in this small, coal belt community to suddenly transform it into a charnel-house? Another poser for Puller: how to keep from personally adding to the count? Relentlessly formulaic, but Puller is a strong enough protagonist to keep the pages turning.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781455518999
  • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
  • Publication date: 3/27/2012
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 448
  • Sales rank: 657
  • Product dimensions: 5.20 (w) x 7.90 (h) x 1.30 (d)

Meet the Author

David  Baldacci
David Baldacci

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.

Biography

David Baldacci's authoritative legal thrillers operate on the irresistible notion that a sinister undercurrent threads through the country's most powerful institutions.

While his stories hinge on the complex machinations behind the presidency, the FBI, the Supreme Court and other spheres of influence, Baldacci (a former Washington, D.C.-based attorney) finds his way into a mystery through the eyes of the innocents. Semi-innocents, at least: small players who often don't realize they're players at all end up hunting down answers, and their hunt becomes the reader's.

According to Baldacci, reading John Irving's The World According to Garp convinced him that he wanted to be a novelist. Absolute Power -- in which a thief finds himself accidentally connected to a murder involving the president and the ensuing coverup -- was hardly Irvingesque; but it did begin Baldacci's friendly relationship with the bestseller lists, which has continued over his writing career.

Baldacci's style is brief and plot-driven, but he's not afraid to linger on macabre and vivid details, such as a rosary clenched in a plane crash victim's hand, or hard-learned lessons from a sniper's life (pack your food so you can find it at night, by touch). These small but memorable -- indeed, almost cinematic -- details give his books another layer that distinguishes them from the average potboiler.

Although the author has occasionally departed from his usual fare (examples include the tenderhearted coming-of-age tale Wish You Well and the holiday-themed adventure The Christmas Train), it is high-octane thrillers that are his true stock in trade. Whether it's a taut stand-alone or a new installment in his Camel Club series, readers know when they crack the spine of a new Baldacci book, they're in for an action-packed page-turner.

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Good To Know

Baldacci was a trial lawyer and a corporate lawyer for nine years in Washington, D.C.

He worked his way through college as a Pinkerton security guard and by washing and detailing 18-wheel trucks.

Baldacci writes under his own name except when published in Italy, where he uses a pseudonym because it is the homeland of his ancestors.

Bill Clinton selected The Simple Truth as his favorite novel of 1998, according to Baldacci's web site.

    1. Hometown:
      Northern Virginia
    1. Date of Birth:
      November 30, 1959
    2. Place of Birth:
      Richmond, VIrginia
    1. Education:
      B.A. in Political Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1983; J.D., University of Virginia, 1986
    2. Website:

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  • Posted September 17, 2011

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    This is a superb police procedural

    U.S. Army's Criminal Investigative Division Warrant Officer John Puller, Jr. visits his brother Robert, a nuclear scientist convicted of treason at the US Disciplinary Barracks, but his sibling refuses to answer whether he did it or not. Their father the famous Army hero would like to believe his oldest son did not betray his country.

    At Quantico, Puller's Special Agent in Charge Don White assigns the Warrant Officer to investigate the murder of Defense Intelligence Agency Colonel Matthew Reynolds in Drake, West Virginia. The officer worked at the Pentagon, but what disturbs Puller is the DIA should be making the inquiry into the murder of the colonel, his wife and two teenage children in their rural home. He makes contact with Sergeant Samantha Cole, the civilian homicide detective investigating the mass murders, but she considers him an unwanted outsider and acts accordingly towards cooperative Puller.

    This is a superb police procedural filled with a twist that takes a local rural homicide investigation spinning it into international waters as only David Baldacci can do and make it feel real. Puller is terrific as the agent holding the story line together. Readers will relish this fast-paced thriller as Zero Day has come to West Virginia and other nearby states.

    Harriet Klausner

    29 out of 41 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 6, 2011

    the next big thing!

    Baldacci did it! Zero day has all the elements needed for it to be a success. Thriller, suspense and mystery all in one book! Very worth your buy.

    16 out of 18 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 18, 2011

    Great book!!

    Loved the book. Unfortunately, "HARSTAN" strikes again and writes a review that gives everything away. You know those people who watch a good movie, convince you to go see it yourself, but not before telling you how it all ends? Well, thats good ole "HARSTAN" for you. EVERY review this person writes (and there are MANY) gives away the best parts of the book before anyone has a chance to read it themselves. May I be so bold as to suggest that "HARSTAN" go to the apps and purchase a journal? That way you can write and write and write and write and STOP with the annoying reviews. Like I said, great book, tired of "HARSTAN" reviews.

    11 out of 14 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted November 3, 2011

    Did Lee Child Write This?

    Not one of his best but a decent book. It reminded me of the Lee Child - Jack Reacher series.

    10 out of 10 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 27, 2011

    Uh... David have you been reading the Reacher series???

    David Baldacci isn't a pen name for Lee Child is it?? Mr. Baldacci, you should not do this... ever. Your story telling style is good with most of your books, but I felt as if Lee had written this book. The likeness with the comparison strains credibility. Since I've enjoyed most of your novels to date, I will give you the benefit of the doubt (however small that doubt is). Be careful.

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 9, 2011

    Come on, even a head butt?

    There has to be a conspiracy with Lee Child and Baldacci with this book. Maybe Mr. B needed a story and Lee had one saved up, or maybe they are drinking buddies and decided it would be good fun to share a character. The protagonist is EXACTLY like Reacher - (maybe as a sequel he and Reacher could meet up in some remote town where things are SO bad that they need 2 Reachers instead of just one to straighten it out!!)

    Because I like the Reacher books so much, this one is enjoyable, but as others reviewers noted, not as strong as the Child books - and it's just incomprehensible that there could be such a glaring similarity without some kind of agreement between the two authors. When stuff like this happens in music, people soemtimes end up in courtrooms.

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted November 2, 2011

    A great story, but . . .

    As usual, Baldacci concocts a great yarn, but his prose continues to be the clunkiest on the bestseller lists. It's hard to stay interested in the plot while you're wincing at the writing.

    3 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted January 5, 2012

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    A thrill ride...

    Reviewed by Anne B. for Readers Favorite

    "Zero Day" by David Baldacci is a bit unbelievable but still a thrill ride. Fans will have mixed feelings for Baldacci’s latest audiobook. Despite the over the top, exaggerated abilities of the main character, the way the author left the reader with no idea of what is going on until the last of the book, and the way he kills off the female lead for absolutely no reason, I enjoyed this audiobook. The reader Orlagh Cassidy did an excellent job.

    The setting is a small rural town in West Virginia. John Puller is a larger than life Army CID, Special Forces Agent with unique skills of protection such as using an iPod sharp enough to cut someone’s throat. The government may want Apple to add a warning on all IPod’s that they could be hazardous to others. Puller’s brother is in prison for treason although he is innocent and his father is a well-respected retired Colonel suffering from some form of dementia. When the family of a Defense Intelligence Agency officer was found brutally murdered Puller was called to assist the local police. Police Officer Samantha Cole is in charge of the investigation. At first she was not happy to have Puller on the scene but slowly the relationship takes on a romantic air.

    The author has depicted West Virginia as a state filled with stills. I feel he has done an injustice to a beautiful state with friendly people. I am not from WV but have visited it many times and dislike seeing the population typecast.

    The investigation leads to danger for Puller. Explosions can’t keep our guy down! I believe this book will lead to a sequel. I would enjoy reading more about Robert Puller; perhaps John can figure out how to get him released from prison. I was extremely disappointed about the death of a likable character. I cannot perceive a purpose. I think the character could and should have been used in other books. But what do I know; I am just a reader, not the author.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 1, 2011

    I usually love David Baldacci's books...

    But, just like a bunch of other reviewers, I had to keep looking at the cover to make sure it wasn't a Jack Reacher story. I mean, Puller's history is almost exactly like Reacher's, so much so that I was waiting to reach that his father married a French woman. I am not all the way through the book, and I am finding it hard to read. It is definitely not at the same level as Baldacci's other work or as Lee Child's Reacher stories.

    2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 28, 2011

    Good but not great

    I have read every Baldacci book and i am a huge fan. This book was very entertaining in general and i loved the plot idea. However after reading his last book (The sixth man) i felt this one was not as good.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 27, 2011

    Lee Child??

    I couldn't believe this book. I like Lee Child's character Jack Reacher. This book was so similar it was a bit frustrating. Strange for Baldacci.

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted November 22, 2011

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    Not up to Par

    As much as I love David Baldacci and all his books, this one had me checking the author. As another reviewer said: Did Lee Child write this. The hero of the piece certainly reminded you of Reacher and I did actually check to see who's book I was reading. It was a good book, but not as good as usual and, sorry to say, it seemed a rip-off of Lee Child's books.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 18, 2011

    Coincidence? I don't think so...

    John Puller --- Jack Reacher --- really? Don't do this again, ever.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 5, 2011

    Move over, Jack Reacher

    This is the best book I've read in some time, and I'm an avid reader! Hopefully we will read more about Puller!

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 24, 2012

    GREAT READ!

    Really enjoyed this book. Great story. Relevant, creative, and kept me engaged and wanting more. Completed book in 3 sessions. I would like to see a series involving the main character.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 25, 2011

    Disappointing

    Not up to par...I kept wondering if I'd picked up one of Lincoln Child's "Reacher" novels by mistake. The writing style was terse and choppy; the plot rather predictable. Sadly, not one of Baldacci's finer efforts.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 14, 2011

    DB never disappoints

    My only complaint - I wish this book was "lendable"

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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    Posted May 26, 2012

    Ave

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    Posted May 21, 2012

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 11, 2012

    Anonomous

    I'm an avid reader of David Baldacci and enjoy most of his books. Those with the Camel Club characters I don't care for but otherwise always look forward to his new novels. This one had me thinking about it when I wasn't reading it trying to figure out what was goimg to happen next.

    I'm not going to give a synopsis of what the book is about since other commentors already have. I'm just going to say that this is a good read all the way to the end even if it doesn't quite have the ending you thought it might.

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