01379cam a2200289 i 4500 10127281 TxGeo 950525s1996||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 95022956 9780446519960 hbk. 0446519960 hbk. (OCoLC)32665645 TxGeo rda Baldacci, David. Absolute power / David Baldacci. New York, NY : Warner Books, 1996. 469 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier A burglar in the bedroom of a mansion has his work interrupted by the arrival of the mistress of the house with the president of the U.S. The couple have a fight and she is killed. The burglar flees, taking along a blood-stained letter opener as evidence, but is spotted by presidential bodyguards. The White House chief-of-staff, an ambitious woman, has him tracked and killed, but not before the burglar has told his story to a lawyer. The lawyer realizes he is next, but how to save oneself from the government? A first novel. 20190524. Presidents United States Fiction. Political fiction. Tayshas High School Reading List 1997-1998. QS5