The Collectors

By: David Baldacci

Narrated by: L.J. Ganser, Aimee Jolson, Richard Mover

While a gifted con artist plots against the most ruthless businessman in the world, the Camel Club must stop a renegade CIA agent from selling American secrets to the highest bidder in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller.

The assassination of the speaker of the House has rocked the nation. And the Camel Club has found a chilling connection with another death: that of the director of the Library of Congress's Rare Books and Special Collections Division.

The club's unofficial leader, a man who calls himself Oliver Stone, discovers that someone is selling America to its enemies one secret at a time. Then Annabelle Conroy, the greatest con artist of her generation, comes to town and joins forces with the Camel Club for her own reasons. And Stone will need all the help she can give, because the two murders are hurtling the Camel Club into a world of espionage that is bringing America to its knees.

Critic reviews

"Entertaining..."—Publisher's Weekly

Great plot twist....

David Baldacci did it again!!! This book has twist and turns in it that will keep you on the edge of your seat. The ending will leave you dying for the sequel!!!!!

Superb narration

The book is very exciting and the narrators are extremely good. Listening to this audio book is similar to listening to a very thrilling radio play!

Interesting narration

Those of you that are old enough to remember Old time radio classics like the "Shadow" or "Have gun, will travel", should be familiar with this type of narration. The director here wanted to give this narration a play-like feel. I didn't have a problem with it, but rather enjoyed it. The bottom line is that the "purists" will always want to stick to the norm, but wait,... aren't audiobooks sacrilegious?
Don't cheat yourself from yet another great book by David Baldacci. This book is filled with drama, surprise, twists, and a promising ending.

The Collectors

These comments reference the entire series of The Camel Club, at this writing consisting of five novels. Audiobooks, unabridged, all released by Hachette Audio from 2005 through 2017, lengths from ten to sixteen hours. All novels are narrated by Ron McLarty with the exception of Book 1, narrated by LJ Ganser. Typical Baldacci audiobooks, lots of music, sound effects, solid productions. Although there are no audio issues of note, the McLarty renditions are a cut above. Hell’s Corner narration includes Orlagh Cassidy reading the female voices - a nice touch. No trouble discerning who-says-what-to-who in any book.

Oliver Stone is a great character, a bit quirky, but a stand-up fellow who takes patriotism seriously. Oliver and his small band of close friends find themselves in defense of our country, themselves, and the right side of justice … you’ll enjoy rooting for the gang.

No gratuitous sex scenes, no objectionable language - clean reads.

Super adventures. Enjoy!

Good second in the series

While not as good as the first book in the series, this is still a really good story told well.