The novel ends with a set-up for Stone Cold, the third novel of the Camel Club series. One of Annabelle Conroy's collaborators in the heist is tortured for information by the angry casino owner, who finds out the general area in which she is living ( Washington, D.C.). Alex Ford and his agents take Seagrave's remaining collaborators into custody.

Alex Ford from the previous novel reappears, and in the climax Seagraves is killed by a knife thrown at his carotid artery by Stone who turns out to be an ex-CIA killer. Bagger wants to find and kill Annabelle and her con team. Annabelle Conroy is introduced as a con artist, who after pulling off a $40 million heist against an Atlantic City Casino owner (Jerry Bagger) is on the run for her life. Seagraves kidnaps and subsequently tortures Stone for information. However, when they are followed and ask the Secret Service for help, the followers disappear, and the Camel Club becomes interested in their activities. Stone and his cohorts discover that Seagraves had been selling American intelligence secrets to terrorists in the Middle East, compromising intelligence efforts in the region. The Speaker has been killed by a sniper at a party while the head of the rare books collection dies from 'unknown circumstances.' Oliver Stone and the Camel Club become suspicious, although initially they indulge what they believe is his overactive imagination. The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and the curator of the rare books collection of the Library of Congress both are found dead. 2 on The New York Times Best Seller list and remained on the list for seven weeks. On November 5, 2006, the novel debuted at No. civilian misfits led by ' Oliver Stone', an ex- Green Beret and a former CIA trained assassin.

This is the second installment to feature the Camel Club, a small group of Washington, D.C. The book was published by Warner Books on October 17, 2006. The Collectors is a thriller novel written by American author David Baldacci.

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