The Fix by David Baldacci

#4-Liked It

With Balducci, you get what you get.  You know when you pick it up you are going to read an adventure story with a couple of badass characters who go up against some not-so-good-guys and hopefully at the end come out ahead.  He's not as good as Grisham at his best; he's far above Grisham at his worst.  The plot just rolls past you...seriously, I am not sure that I can remember exactly who the main character was or what the objective of his mission was and I just finished the book...but that's not really important when reading his stuff.  And his characters, while by no means flat, are not exactly full-dimensional.  But hey, why do they need to be?  If a book's goal is to get you through a flight and some out of town downtime, and you are just looking for escapism and not anything fancy, he's your guy.  I've read most of his stuff and I'll continue to read it until he stops publishing it...so that, my friends, is sometimes all that you can ask for.  Solid "Liked It" from me on this one.