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The President Is Missing

By: President Bill Clinton, James Patterson
Narrated by: Dennis Quaid, January LaVoy, Peter Ganim, Jeremy Davidson, Mozhan Marnò, President Bill Clinton
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of The President Is Missing by President Bill Clinton and James Patterson, read by Dennis Quaid, January LaVoy, Peter Ganim, Jeremy Davidson, and Mozhan Marno, with an extract read by Bill Clinton.

The President is missing.

The world is in shock.

But the reason he’s missing is much worse than anyone can imagine.

With details only a President could know, and the kind of suspense only James Patterson can deliver.

©2018 James Patterson and Bill Clinton (P)2018 Random House Audiobooks Crime Thrillers Political Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Espionage Thriller Fiction Crime

Critic Reviews

"The dream team delivers big time...Clinton’s insider secrets and Patterson’s storytelling genius make this the political thriller of the decade." (Lee Child)

"I felt like I was right along with the characters for the shocking twists and turns you’ll never guess are coming. Patterson and Clinton have created a truly unique character in their ‘missing’ President. The President Is Missing puts the listener inside the White House and inside the mind of a President grappling with extraordinary circumstances." (Dennis Quaid)

"Yes, The President Is Missing is fiction - it’s a thriller - but James Patterson and I have come up with three of the most frightening days in the history of the presidency. And it could really happen...These days, the seemingly impossible can happen. And it happens so fast. I believe that readers will not soon forget President Jonathan Duncan and his story." (Bill Clinton)
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I enjoyed the fast pace of this book. The narration was excellent. I particularly enjoyed hearing President Clintons narrative to conclude this audible book. I highly recommend you listen.

I loved this book

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I’m not normally into political books but thought I would give this a go. I loved all the characters and the subplots and the twist and turns worth a read/listen!

Worth a read

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a really well written book. I hope there is more collaboration between these two great people.

excellent

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I like Bill Clinton’s first novel but I didn’t like the writing style. This one is so much better. I truly loved this novel.

So good

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I found the narrator read well but his voice is not super clear so difficult to listen to if there is other noise around, needed much louder volume than usual. the female narrator was good but perhaps an actor with an actual eastern European accent would be a better choice.
Story itself rolled along well and had enough intrigue to be interesting but very "Americans are the best and will save the world" and paternalistic towards other cultures. I could almost picture the movie with a American flag flying at the end.

easy listen

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Couldn’t finish the book as the main narrator’s voices for all characters other than the President were beyond farcical and unbelievable. It sounded like the characters all spoke with the same thick, forced staccato-delivered tones, and wacky, cartoon accents. It was. Like they had. Towels wrapped around. Their. Heads. The brilliant Patterson and real President Clinton deserve much better. Female narrator was great, but overall done a disservice by main actor. Won’t buy Dennis Quaid-narrated books again.

Great story: awful narration.

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I read some good reviews so decided to give this one a go. As an Aussie, I don't buy into the belief that America is the best country in the world but I do love stories of American politics. I thought the story was a good one but little slow to get started. Once the story got going, it was hard not to keep listening. I had an inkling of how it might end but that did not spoil my enjoyment of the story. I loved the President's speech at the end .... a world to aspire to. Nothing wrong with a bit of idealism. Having Bill Clinton read the whole speech again was maybe a bit of overkill but I not so much that it bothered me. I liked listening to him.

I liked it!

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this book starts strong but trsils off before getting lost in its own mess. the assassin may be the sillest character written in a long time.

good performances can't save a mediocre story

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The traitor was a bit obvious too early in the story but continued to try and point to an innocent one ... Politics in the states is definitely close to a blood sport and with current rubbish that has been going on under Trump this story brings home that this book is too close to the truth of it to be called a work of fiction but hopefully, it still is ... the final speech reminded me of a George M Cohan Broadway show waving a flag ...

Interesting

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What a load of dribble there is in this story. It is a sickly sweet vision of how Bill Clinton would like the US to be.
The story had moments, but lapsed into self serving dribble. Characters were not finalized satisfactorily for me. Bach - what happened there. And why were we subject to the same 15 mins the speech again at the end of the book - it was hard enough to listen to the first time.

Load of dribble

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