Absolute Power

Words really cannot express how much I hated this book. It's flaws are too numerous to list, but I will try:

Way too long
Ridiculously implausible
Graphic sex with no real purpose (the cheif of staff on the passed-out drunk President)
A career criminal described repeatedly as loyal and trustworthy
The reuse of a Baldacci plot mechanism (glare in the eyes)

Ok, maybe this was actually the first use of the glare trick, but I know I have read that before in a King and Maxwell novel.

Whatever. Baldacci, you lost me with this one!