From David Baldacci–the modern master of the thriller and #1 worldwide bestselling novelist-comes a 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 … 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.
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This book introduces us to John Puller, an Army Special Investigator, who is involved in a case in West Virginia. A horrible crime has been committed against a family. They were slaughtered. A tough local female detective is working with Puller to help solve this coal town murder case.
They find that nothing seems exactly right about this case. …
The story begins with a murder of an army Colonel. It moves along encompassing a whole series of murders, all in a plot which in its finality will surprise you greatly. I will not tell you the rest of the story. To learn that you must read the book. I will tell you it is a page turner, moves rapidly from one scenario to another which all add up to …
Great audio version of this book.
5 Stars
Introducing John Puller, man among boys and true investigator for the US Army. Keep them coming Mr. Baldacci, this one is perfect!
Always read this author
Nothing like an indestructible hero to solve the crime, although he didn’t manage to save the lady in distress. This is the first in Balducci’s John Puller books so it was nice to get some background. In this one, a small town in West Virginia experiences multiple murders, including that of a military man and his entire family, and being that a …
Typical Baldacci, lots of action with an interesting plot.
David Baldacci has created a character like one you would love to have on your side in a tense situation. John Puller is a courageous man of integrity and intelligence, someone you would respect and admire. The subject matter is real and something most of us would care about. Once you have been introduced to John Puller, you will live in eager …
I read everything Baldacci writes. Never disappointed.
There are 4 books by with the main character John Puller. He is great. Listened 2 all four books in a matter of weeks. A lot of my listening is during exercise – John Puller jmakes the miles go by without notice as you become so absorbed in the story.
Great author
Excellent page turner. Can’t wait till the end !!!!
It was great, as are all of his books.
Love the characters, interesting interactions, author brings out your emotions of anger, helplessness, happiness and fear for characters. David Balducci is an engaging writer!!!
Always good, Baldacci.
John Puller is an investigator in the US Army’s CID. He’s be assigned to case in West Virginia where a military family has been brutally murdered. Assisted by a local detective, Samantha Cole, Puller is up against the clock as the bodies are piling up.
This book had me changing my opinion constantly as to who done it! There are lots of twists …