Walk the Wire (Amos Decker series, 6)

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In fact, I would go so far as to say that there's no point watching the film anywhere else other than at a cinema. Petit had already identified points at which to anchor two cavalletti ( guy lines) to other points to stabilize the cable and keep the swaying of the wire to a minimum. He also took note of the clothing of office workers so that some of his collaborators could pose as white-collar workers.

Walk The Wire” David Baldacci’s latest Amos Decker thriller may be the most odd he has ever produced. Two more collaborators, Jean François Heckel and Jean-Louis Blondeau, helped him practice in a field in France, and accompanied him to take part in the final rigging of the project, as well as to photograph it. Philippe Petit, On The High Wire, Preface by Marcel Marceau, Postface by Werner Herzog (New York: Random House, 1985). On the night of Tuesday, 6 August 1974, Petit and his crew had a lucky break and got a ride in a freight elevator to the 104th floor with their equipment.Petit became known to New Yorkers in the early 1970s for his frequent tightrope-walking performances and magic shows in the city parks, especially Washington Square Park. When New York Police Department and Port Authority of New York police officers learned of his stunt, they came up to the roofs of both buildings to try to persuade him to leave the wire.

The introduction of the other famous Baldacci character comes as a pleasant surprise, but understandably, his role is limited in scope. To complicate matters further, there is an ‘Eye In The Sky’ facility of the DoD, which looms over the town and has its own share of secrets to hide. Though Imagine Dragons uses less acoustics and more country music here, the song is evidence of the group's potential to achieve 2017-style music stardom while not completely straying from their roots. Fans will rejoice at some of the idiosyncrasies, but they, along with “normal” readers, will have to be patient with the many storylines.And it’s unfortunate for some involved in nefarious dealings that they get tangled up in something bigger that might have otherwise seen them escape scott-free.