Split Second: King and Maxwell 1
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4.1 • 18 Ratings
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
Split Second is the first in the gripping King and Maxwell series by bestselling author David Baldacci.
When something distracts Secret Agent Sean King for a split second, it costs him his career and presidential candidate, Clyde Ritter, his life. But what stole his attention? And why was Ritter shot?
Eight years later Michelle Maxwell is on the fast track through the ranks of the Secret Service when her career is stopped short: presidential candidate John Bruno is abducted from a funeral home while under her protection.
The similarity between the two cases drives Michelle to re-open investigations into the Ritter fiasco and join forces with attractive ex-agent King. The pair are determined to get to the bottom of what happened in those critical moments.
Meanwhile, high-ranking members of the legal system and key witnesses from both cases are going missing. King is losing friends, colleagues and clients fast and his ex-lover, Joan Dillinger, is playing curious games – she wants Sean back, but she also owes him for something . . .
Split Second is followed by Hour Game, Simple Genius, First Family, The Sixth Man and King and Maxwell.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Eight years apart, two intricate political plots derailed the respective careers of Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell. Could there be a connection between these targeted attacks on promising presidential candidates? Sidelined from their former jobs and hungry for answers, Sean and Michelle team up to discover if and how their fates might be intertwined. The first in a long-running series starring the ex-agents, Split Second not only introduces their natural chemistry as crime-solvers but sees author David Baldacci flex his talent for disclosing minute details—whether in service of a realistic setting or to provide lifelike background players. That only adds to the carefully controlled tension, and narrator Scott Brick follows suit with a dry, stoic delivery that never loses its cool.
