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John Puller: Book 1

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by David Baldacci (Author) (edit contributors)

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In this heart-racing thriller, military investigator John Puller is called to a remote, rural area where an entire family have been murdered in their home.

John Puller is a former war hero who has become the best military investigator in the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigative Division.... read more

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John Puller is a former war hero and now the best military investigator in the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigative Division. He is a loner with few possessions by preference, but he has an indomitable spirit and an unstoppable determination for finding the truth. His father was the most... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

John Puller is a former war hero and now the best military investigator in the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigative Division. He is a loner with few possessions by preference, but he has an indomitable spirit and an unstoppable determination for finding the truth. His father was the most decorated U.S. Marine in history, but now resides in a nursing home far from his battlefield glory. Puller’s older brother, also a military vet, is serving a life sentence in Leavenworth Penitentiary.

Puller is called out to a remote, rural area far from any military outpost to investigate into the brutal murder of a family in their home. The dead husband was in the army and the wife worked for a Pentagon contractor.

The local homicide detective, a woman with personal demons of her own, clashes with Puller over the investigation. What neither of them knows is what is waiting for them across the street from the murdered family’s home. It is something that will turn an already complicated case on its head. As Puller digs through deception after red herring, he realizes that absolutely nothing, and nobody, he’s so far seen in this small town, are what they seem. He is truly one man against an overwhelming force.

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  • “If I shot your front tires you'd be head over the bars. This way the only thing you hurt was your ass. But then again, with you, I don't see much difference between that part of your body and your brain, if you actually have one.”
    John Puller to Dickie

Setting & Locations edit see section history

Drake, WV

Organizations edit see section history

  • DIA: Defense Intelligence Agency
  • US Army: United States Army
  • CID: Criminal Investigative Division

First Sentence edit see section history

The cloud of coal dust driven deeply into his lungs nearly caused Howard Reed to pull his mail truck off the road and throw up onto the stunted, burnt grass.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Untitled Chapters 1-96

Glossary edit see section history

  • Juliet: Local daylight savings time
  • Romeo: Eastern standard time

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Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 2 in John Puller. (standard series)

Followed by Forgotten.

This is book 11 of 14 in New York Times Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction (Current). (authoritative list)
This book is in 2011 Published Books. (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. David Baldacci (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Dale Fiorillo (Designer) - jacket design
  2. Mark Owen (Photographer) - jacket photgraph
  3. Travis Rigg (Photographer) - Author Photograph
  4. Roland Otewell (Editor)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 2011
ISBN: 9780446573016
Page Count: 436

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3552.A446Z46 2011
  • Dewey: 813.54

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