Book Review: No Man's Land by David Baldacci
Published in 2016. The story begins in a California prison where Paul Rogers is due to be released. He’s been in prison for ten years for murder and has been paroled. However, due to a clerical error, he’s being released a day early. No problem. As he leaves on a bus, a young couple makes the mistake of trying to rob him of the money the prison system gave him to start a new life. He kills them, trashes any thought of meeting his parole officer, and heads east where he has a score to settle.
Meanwhile, John Puller, an Army CID officer, arrives home to see his father in a nursing home. His father, once a three-star general, suffers from Alzheimer’s and is bedridden. However, two Army CID agents have opened a new investigation into the general based on a letter received from an old neighbor who accuses the general of murdering his wife. John was eight at the time and remembers little. But he opens his own personal investigation of his mother’s disappearance. The story continues on two separate tracks for the majority of the book but I like how it comes together at the end. Even though John is ordered to stand down from his investigation, he plows ahead in spite of the impact on his Army career.
I really didn’t understand why the book had this title, though. A ‘no man’s land’ is a place where no man can survive but that isn't part of the book. I didn’t see any reference to it in the book, either.
At any rate, it was a thrilling read and I couldn’t put it down, especially towards the end. For me, it took a little bit for it to get going. Still, I’d recommend it and will look for other books by the author.
Meanwhile, John Puller, an Army CID officer, arrives home to see his father in a nursing home. His father, once a three-star general, suffers from Alzheimer’s and is bedridden. However, two Army CID agents have opened a new investigation into the general based on a letter received from an old neighbor who accuses the general of murdering his wife. John was eight at the time and remembers little. But he opens his own personal investigation of his mother’s disappearance. The story continues on two separate tracks for the majority of the book but I like how it comes together at the end. Even though John is ordered to stand down from his investigation, he plows ahead in spite of the impact on his Army career.
I really didn’t understand why the book had this title, though. A ‘no man’s land’ is a place where no man can survive but that isn't part of the book. I didn’t see any reference to it in the book, either.
At any rate, it was a thrilling read and I couldn’t put it down, especially towards the end. For me, it took a little bit for it to get going. Still, I’d recommend it and will look for other books by the author.
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