Divine Justice (Camel Club)
by David Baldacci
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Book Reviews of Divine Justice (Camel Club)
Book Review: Well written fast paced thriller
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a huge fan of David Baldacci and have read virtually all of his books, including the Camel Club series in which an unlikely group of friends band together to help one another and then solve some problem that affects the public at large.
In this book, one of the friends (Oliver Stone a/k/a John Carr) kills two prominent public figures for whom the reader loses all sympathy as the story unfolds as to what they did to Stone.
Stone does not have much of a plan for evading pursuit by an arch enemy who now wields considerable power and wants to make Stone "disappear" in retribution for the murders. Stone winds up in a rural Virginia town named Divine by a happenstance rescue of a young man who is traveling on the same train as Stone. It turns out that Divine is teeming with intrigue, murder, and drug runners.
Most of the other reviews discuss further details of the story line as to how Stone's friends find and help rescue him from an assortment of evil doers, and also how Joe Knox, a CIA agent who has been assigned by Stone's arch enemy to find Stone, instead winds up befriending him.
I totally disagree that this book is not as interesting or well written as other Camel Club books, or as other Baldacci novels. To the contrary, not only is the action fast paced, but there are interesting insights provided into Stone's character.
Not only did I find this a page turner, but I thought it deftly brought together multiple plot lines, with an ending that was realistic given how politics and top secrets work.
If you are a fan of David Baldacci, or want to read him for the first time, you will not be disappointed with this book.
Book Review: Review
Summary: 4 Stars
John Carr otherwise known as Oliver Stone and the rest of the Camel Club are back in David Baldacci's latest book Divine Justice.
John is on the run after his recent assassinations have pissed off some people, particularly Macklin Hayes with the CIA. Now John is American's most wanted man. John makes his way to the small town of Divine, Virginia. A town where the biggest attractions are its mine and Dead Rock State prison. John figures no one will find him in Divine. To John's misfortune he becomes the town's hero. He saves two young men. In the process of saving one of the young men, Danny, John starts forming a close relationship bond to Danny's mother Abby. John was not planning on staying in Divine, Virginia but now he doesn't want to leave just yet. It seems this small town has a secret of its own. Some people feel John has worn his welcome out and it is now time for him to leave. Plus the CIA is closing in on John.
John Carr has seen and done it all so dealing with some small town bad guys is like a snack before the main course to him. If there was an award for being one of the best assassins's than it should go to John Carr. I have to admit that I have not read any of the other books in this series, so I was surprised by how easily I enjoyed this book. I read it in a matter of a few hours. Having said this, I never felt like I had missed too much by not reading the other books. I now want to go back and read all the rest of the books in the Camel Club series.
Book Review: exciting thriller
Summary: 4 Stars
Joe Knox scans two homicide scenes in which he concludes a professional sniper took out DC super VIPs, Intel Chief Carter Gray and US Senator from Alabama Roger Simpson. At the same time Joe concludes the same sniper did both murders and that the Intel community was hiding something, former CIA assassin Oliver Stone takes the Amtrak train from Union Station heading to New Orleans after killing the two government superheavyweights who murdered his wife and for all intent and purposes buried his real identity John Carr with her.
Unable to mind his business, Stone intercedes in a fight on the train, but when the Amtrak conductor asks for a picture identification, he knows he must disembark ASAP because he will be exposed as a fake with minimal examination. He ends up in the mining town of Divine, Virginia where once again his tendency to get involved in a David vs. Goliath good cause gets him in trouble with high level corruption and a widow in peril.
The latest Camel Club thriller (see THE COLLECTORS , STONE COLD and THE CAMEL CLUB) is an exciting tale that fans of the series will relish as Stone's code of justice makes him act when he should remain passively in the background. He cannot help himself when he took out the VIPS, on the train or in Divine. Although somewhat formulaic in the mining town reminiscent of Spencer Tracey in Bad Day At Black Rock and Steven Seagal in Fire Down Below, readers will enjoy Stone's latest escapades.
Harriet Klausner
Book Review: Not the best in the series but I enjoyed it
Summary: 4 Stars
I have loved the Camel Club series but this was probably my least favorite of the 4. That being said, it was interesting and engaging but didn't make me stay up late and lose sleep to finish it.
So much has happened to Oliver Stone and the fellow members of the Camel Club during the three previous books that I almost wished the book had begun like many TV series with continuing stories: "Previously on the Camel Club..." so I could get up to speed more quickly. There were things I had forgotten until there was a mention them in this book. I would definitely not recommend anyone read this book before the others in the series. You will miss a lot of the background of the friends and why they come to help Oliver while he is on the run.
In this book we learn there is someone else who has a grudge against John Carr (aka Oliver Stone); a long-held grudge as Carr has been "dead" for 30 years. And naturally being Stone, his adversary is a high-ranking government official able to use the resources of the federal government to go after Stone. What's worse, Stone managed to find the one small town with as many corrupt people as he left behind in Washington. And thus the thrill ride kicks into high gear with the rest of the Camel Club tracking Stone's tracker to that small town to help him out of trouble.
The ending makes me wonder if this is the end of the Camel Club series or just a change of direction.
Book Review: 4th in the Camel Club series
Summary: 4 Stars
I have read many of David Baldacci's earlier novels, but haven't read him in awhile. Big mistake - I forgot how good he is!
Divine Justice picks up the story of Oliver Stone, aka John Carr - one of the most deadly assasins the U.S. government ever produced. But when Carr wanted out and they killed his family, they made a terrible mistake. Stone retaliates and Macklin Hayes, a high ranking spy, is determined to find him and make him disappear for good. Stone ends up in the small mining town of Divine, Virgina hoping to lie low for awhile. But trouble seems to go hand in hand with Oliver Stone. All is not fine in Divine. Stone's sense of justice will not let him walk away. At the same time his friends from the Camel Club are trying to find him to help him.
As I had not read the Camel Club, The Collectors or Stone Cold, the other novels featuring these characters, I was a bit concerned that I wouldn't understand the plot in Divine Justice. But it wasn't a problem. A few pages in I was up to speed. Most of the action takes place in the Divine setting.
If you're looking for a fast paced, thrilling novel - this is it! The characters are larger than life and the action never stops. Good and evil are clearly defined and you'll find yourself rooting for John Carr.
If you have enjoyed the Jack Reacher character by Lee Child, then this is a series you would enjoy.