The Simple Truth by David Baldacci Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Simple Truth
Book Review: Entertaining and a quick read
Summary: 3 Stars
In Simple Truth, Baldacci gives us another of his action-oriented mysteries in which innocent people are unknowingly caught up in events over which they have no control. When Michael Fisk, a Supreme Court clerk opens and reads a new filing, he finds himself in the midst of events which actually started 25 years earlier when a young girl was brutally murdered by Rufus Harms, now a prisoner at Fort Jackson in Virginia. Although Harms confessed, and in the beginning of the story we are told how repentant he is, the crime is not as simple as it seems at first.The story begins when Harms receives a letter from the Army, smuggled to him by his brother Josh. Rufus contacts the lawyer who defended him 25 years ago and through him files an appeal with the Supreme Court, based on the facts in the letter, which is the filing Micheal Fisk sees. He takes the papers to Ft. Jackson prison to ask Rufus about it. Soon after he leaves the prison, Michael is found dead.
When Michael's brother John learns of his brother's death, he goes to Washington to identify the body and try to tie up his brother's affairs. He immediately gets the sense that the crime was not a random robbery at all, a feeling shared by Detective Chandler who is investigating the crime. Within a short time, John meets, among others, an FBI agent named McKenna, several of the justices on the Supreme Court, the chief of police for the court -- and Sara, another court clerk and friend of Michael's. Before any progress can be made in the investigation, another clerk is found murdered.
More complications occur and questions are raised. Did John kills his brother for the half a million dollar insurance policy? What does Justice Knight have to do with it all? Is McKenna out to railroad John Fisk? And what is the secret information in the letter sent to Rufus Harms? The questions are all answered in the exciting end and Baldacci has wrapped it all up once again.
Book Review: thought provoking
Summary: 4 Stars
I have read several of his books and have not been disappointed in any of them yet and this is no exception. A few years ago I may have thought it was a little far fetched, but I have been reading too many political books lately (trying to figure out what is going on in this country) and find that it is very believable. There are a lot of twists and turns and thrills and suspense, and romance (some have said they could leave it out, but I kinda liked it) to keep you interested. Rufus Harms has been in military prison for 25 years for killing a little girl. He knows he did it but he didn't know why until he receives a letter and then it comes back to him. He gets an appeal sent to the supreme court, but important people find out and anyone who has any knowledge about the case is murdered. Rufus knows he is in trouble and his days are numbered if stays in prison. Buy the book and find out what happens. I don't think you will be disappointed.
Book Review: Pretty bad
Summary: 1 Stars
"The Simple Truth" has a lot of Baldacci's trademark derring-do and excitement. Alas, what it lacks is a believable plot and three-dimensional characters. The thriller genre requires a certain amount of suspension of disbelief, of course, but there is little that is believable here. Baldacci's first book, "Absolute Power" was outstanding but nothing he has done since has come close to its quality. Because of its utter preposterousness, I almost stopped reading "The Simple Truth about two-thirds of the way through but I finished it. I should have trusted my instincts.Book Review: A Wonderful Thriller
Summary: 5 Stars
An appeal received by the Supreme Court from Rufus Harms, a convicted murderer from 25 years in a military prison revealing names cause an unchain reaction from those people who want the prisoner Harm silence forever to cover a mind control experiment with drugs that the US Army experimented with the prisoner and its terrible consequences for him and many more soldiers used as human guinea pigs without their knowledge or consent. An interesting thriller that give us a lot of details about the role of the Supreme Court and the gaps and failures of the criminal justice of USA.Book Review: Food for your mind
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Simple Truth" is the second book I read of David Baldacci's. Previously I'd read "The Winner" and recently I've finished "Saving Faith". All three books have much in common: the beautiful heroines, the evil masterminds who try their very best to kill those innocent angels and, of course, the big, muscular overachievers unexpectedly taking the role of the women's saviors. Whether they succeed, that's left to the author's imagination, Baldacci's novels are suspense thrillers after all.Having said this, I preserve to myself the right to object.Even considered Baldacci's simple formula, it's still pretty clear that Baldacci writes great books.The women of his books are not only good-looking, they're all beautiful persons in their own right. The other characters are not less compelling, which makes for a tense read.
From all of Baldacci's books, this one particularly stands out. With all its heart, "The Simple Truth" fights against prejudice in the reader's mind and offers a fresh sense of humanity. You can easily identify with all characters, each of them resembles a part of yourself. "The Simple Truth" is by far not a timeless book, but it's a contemporary's view on our time worth reading and arguing.
Enjoy this delicious food for your mind!