Book Discussion : The Innocent by David Baldacci

This is the group for the book discussion by the Mystery and Suspense Group of The Innocent by David Baldacci which is the first book in The Will Robie Series

All are welcome to join the discussion whether you are a member of the Mystery and Suspense Group or not, but please ensure that you you do not leave any spoilers if you finish the book before Monday 28th August when others will be reading the final section. If you are new to the discussions check the thread below 'How the discussion works...'

Schedule
Wednesday 23rd August : Chapters 1 to 16
Thursday 24th August : Chapters 17 to 32
Friday 25th August : Chapters 33 to 50
Saturday 26th August : Chapters 51 to 67
Sunday 27th August : Chapters 68 to 84
Monday 28th August : Chapters 85 to 100

Book Description (From www.davidbaldacci.com)

America has enemies — ruthless people that the police, the FBI, even the military can’t stop. That’s when the U.S. government calls on Will Robie, a stone-cold hitman who never questions orders and always nails his target.

But Will Robie may have just made the first — and last — mistake of his career.

It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something about this mission doesn’t seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable. He refuses to kill. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and must escape from his own people.

Fleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths with a wayward teenage girl, a fourteen-year-old runaway from a foster home. But she isn’t an ordinary runaway — her parents were murdered, and her own life is in danger. Against all of his professional habits, Robie rescues her and finds he can’t walk away. He needs to help her.

Even worse, the more Robie learns about the girl, the more he’s convinced she is at the center of a vast cover-up, one that may explain her parents’ deaths and stretch to unimaginable levels of power.

Now, Robie may have to step out of the shadows in order to save this girl’s life . . . and perhaps his own.