Zero Day / David Baldacci / 434 pages

Baldacci introduces a new character (John Puller) to his suspense and intrigue repertoire. John is a character who you want to know personally and have covering your back. He's a wounded and decorated hero of Iraq and Afghanistan and an investigator for the Army who has no ambition other than doing the right thing. John is the son of a legendary general and the brother of a solider convicted of treason. His mission in this novel is to investigate the murder of a military family in a small West Virginia mining town. He knows there's more to the story because he sent in alone. After more killings, near death experiences, and hooking up with a local female deputy, John saves the world from the greedy and corrupt. Yeah. Baldacci knows how to tell a good story and he succeeds in this one.