Determined to give his family the best of everything, Archer has secretly entered into a deadly game. Jason Archer is a rising young executive at Triton Global, the world's leading technology conglomerate. And suddenly there is no one whom Sidney Archer can trust. Then, as a plane plummets into the Virginia countryside, everything changes. Sidney Archer has it all: a husband she loves, a job at which she excels, and a cherished young daughter. He is married with two teenage children and lives in Virginia.When her husband mysteriously disappears in a plane crash into the Virginia countryside, a devastated wife must sort out truth from lies in this page-turning He was voted one of the 51 most beautiful people in the world in 1997 by People magazine. Since then, Baldacci has published twenty-five books, including two children's books. His first book, Absolute Power, was published in 1996 and made into a movie directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Eastwood himself and Gene Hackman. He went on to study law at the University of Virginia's School of Law and became a practicing lawyer for nine years in Washington D.C. As usual, David Baldacci keeps the reader hooked from beginning to end with his fast-paced, action-packed plot that features a gutsy female protagonist and an upright, dependable FBI agent who is as determined as a bulldog to get to the bottom of things.ĭavid Baldacci was born in Virginia and went to school at Virginia Commonwealth University where he studied Political Science. This is a great plot which has something for everyone-there's a little bit of breaking and entering, an encrypted computer disk that must be cracked, some blackmail and, of course, murder. Of course, Sidney doesn't know any of this and starts investigating things herself which eventually leads to her being suspected in a triple homicide.

He shows up later selling company secrets to a competitor. The truth is that Jason didn't actually get on that plane he sent someone else in his place while he flew to Seattle. The FBI agent in charge of the investigation is Lee Sawyer, and Sidney knows that she ought to tell him everything she knows but, afraid of being implicated in this conspiracy and separated from her daughter, she holds back certain things. The situation is already difficult for her, but it's soon going to become worse because of allegations of corporate espionage against Jason. Now, Jason's wife, Sidney Archer, is left widowed with a young daughter whom she must raise by herself. The plane was carrying Jason Archer, who worked for a firm named Triton Global. It starts with a plane that goes down unexpectedly, leading the FBI to suspect foul play.

Total Control is one of David Baldacci's earlier books, which was published in 1996.

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