Author: David Baldacci
- Fiction
- Ediciones B
- ISBN: 9788466655088
- Release Date: 06-30-2014
Synopsis
Este libro presenta por primera vez a John Puller, el mejor investigador militar de la División Criminal de la Armada de los Estados Unidos. En este thriller, Baldacci se adentra en un nuevo territorio -para el que investigó a fondo e incluso visitó un campo de entrenamiento militar- dando vida a un nuevo héroe, duro y singular. Narrada con minuciosos detalles que nos introducen en el mundo militar y situada en la rural Virginia del Este,Día ceroarrastra al lector hasta un municipio corrupto donde el crimen amenaza con destruir la nación entera.John Puller es un combatiente veterano y el miembro más experto del Departamento de Investigación Criminal del ejército estadounidense. Su hermano, militar como él, cumple cadena perpetua por traición y Puller está empeñado en averiguar la verdad.A Puller se le asigna un caso en una zona rural y aislada de la región minera de Virginia Occidental. Una familia ha sido asesinada, y la inspectora de homicidios local se alía con Puller para emprender la investigación.No tardan en darse cuenta de que absolutamente nada ni nadie en esta pequeña localidad es lo que parece. Enfrentado a una posible conspiración, Puller se convertirá en un hombre que busca hacer justicia pero debe enfrentarse a una fuerza abrumadora.
Someone has stumbled onto a crime scene, a family slaughtered. The local homicide detective joins forces with Puller, a combat veteran, in the investigation. Puller realizes that absolutely nothing he's seen in this small town is what it seems. Facing a conspiracy that reaches far beyond the hills of West Virginia, he is one man on the hunt for justice. ohn 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.
