Deliver Us From Evil by David Baldacci (Book Review)

Deliver Us From Evil is David Baldacci’s latest thriller and I was thrilled to get my hands on an early review copy. I’m a fan of many different types of genres, but Baldacci consistently writes fun and exciting books covering a verity of topics. Deliver Us From Evil is another fast paced crime and mystery novel, but I was surprised to find that Baldacci devoted more time to developing characters and establishing themes.

I strongly believe in a no spoiler rule, so without uncovering too much about the novel I can say that Mr. Baldacci’s characters are not just related to the main antagonist through professional circumstances (their cops and he’s a criminal), but also through personal conflicts and inner turmoil in their own lives. Personally I prefer flawed and conflicted characters in stories so I found Delivers Us From Evil to be not only exciting for all the action (which is common to a Baldacci novel) but also for the well developed characters, a trait not well known in many thrillers.

Overall, I thought Deliver Us From Evil was thrilling with the perfect amount shock and suspense to keep me hooked. Great from the coming summer vacation trips or beach trips. Pick it up when it comes out on April 20, 2010.

Rating: 7 out of 10

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