Books by David Baldacci
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Author: David Baldacci
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An Overview:
For those who have not yet tried listening to any audiobooks by David Baldacci them, as they will refresh your mind! David Baldacci is renowned for his mesmerizing murder mysteries that have earned him a remarkable reputation and a massive audience.
Main Body:
The Collectors and Simple Genius. His books have been translated into more than forty languages and sold more than 50 million copies in print in 80 countries across the world. David Baldacci, born in Virginia in the US, has written many New York Times best sellers. Try these: • Simple genius • The Collectors • Hour Game • The Winner • Last Man Standing • The Simple Truth • Total Control • Split Second • Saving faith • Wish You Well These novels are the examples of fantastic plots put together with a skillful narration of events.
These books are some of the best creations of David Baldacci. “The Christmas Train” This fantastic tale revolves around a journalist, Tom Langdon, who lives in Washington, DC. He boards a cross-country train to meet his assumed girlfriend, who lives in Los Angeles. The story is filled with twists and turns. Every passenger in the train is on the look out for something that, they believe, will sweep away their troubles, and impart peace to their tensed minds.
This book is not in the usual style of David Baldacci. Here, you will find a completely different Baldacci’s style of putting plots. For instance, a thunderous winter storm enters the scene at the right time. Meteorologists in the introduction do not observe this storm, yet it sweeps into the story in the most unlikely manner. Another instance is the world famous director, Max Powers, who is on the same train.
Max is depicted as a Santa figure that can make out the naughty from the nice. He lays down things in such a way that it makes “The Christmas Train” a terrific story. Saving Faith The second example is the audio narration of Saving Faith, another Baldacci’s novel; it is available as an audio book CD. The story, a political thriller, sounds like a movie pitch and is spiced with the techno-wizardry.
The story is about a villainous character Robert Thorn hill, a spy, Danny Buchanan, one of the great Washington lobbyists and his assistant Faith Lockhart. Thorn hill wants to resurrect the lost glory of the Central Intelligence Agency. The story is voiced by Chris Noth who lends cinematic impact and captures David Baldacci’s cliff-hanger suspense. The Winner Here are two examples of the spoken narration in the audio versions of Baldacci’s novels.
In the first example Frances Cassidy narrates the story of The Winner, one of Baldacci’s finest novels. It is a thrilling story of LuAnn Tyler, a smart, beautiful but poor waitress. Fortune favors her with a big lottery of millions of dollars. A sudden catapult from poverty to riches comes with dangers. Frances Cassidy narrates the story in a rich, sultry and powerful manner.
She lends an appropriate accent and inflection to the way LuAnn speaks before and after she becomes affluent. The listener notices the difference in the speech of a well traveled and educated LuAnn and when she was poor and desperately in need of money. Cassidy also captures the speech nuances of the streetwise Charlie, LuAnn’s friend and companion and the threatening Mr. Jackson.
The writer deftly creates the plot and the narrator successfully manages to translate it into suspense through her speech and keeps the listener breathless with her flawless pacing and emotional pitch.
The Narration:
In many of David Baldacci’s audbooks, the spoken narration is assisted by musical scores that accompany the breathtaking action of the stories.
Reviewed by Peter Markovic
Resources: wikipedia: David Baldacci
