Split Second (King & Maxwell Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (894 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1600240917 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 152 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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It begins in 1996, when Secret Service agent Sean King is distracted-by what isn't revealed until near the book's end-just when the presidential candidate he's guarding is shot dead. And that is the problem: this story of two disgraced Secret Service agents who come together to solve two campaign-trail crimes doesn't play to Baldacci's strengths, which are suspense and action (as well as strong characterizations; here's one thriller author who writes people that readers care about). The novel is primarily a mystery, with lots of talk and untangling of clues, and a less than gripping one at that. Mea
Eight years earlier, the hard-charging Secret Service agent allowed his attention to be diverted for a split second. Now Michelle and Sean are about to see their destinies converge.Drawn into a maze of lies, secrets, and deadly coincidences, the two discredited agents uncover a shocking truth: that the separate acts of violence that shattered their lives were really a long time in the making-and are a long way from over. Against her instincts, she let a presidential candidate out of her sight for the briefest moment, and the man whose safety was her responsibility vanished into thin air. And the candidate he was protecting was gunned down before his eyes. Sean King knows how the younger agent feels. The world can change forever in a singleSPLIT SECONDMichelle Maxwell has just wrecked her promising career at the Secret Service
Two of my favorite fictional detectives Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are among my favorite fictional detectives and in "Split Second" author David Baldacci spins a tale about how they first met and, eventually, became partners with their own agency.It's an interesting story; one that details how a momentary distraction caused King to look away at the precise moment that an assassin sh. "Entertaining Intrique Mixed With Interesting Characters." according to Michael Sholders. **** For pure entertainment and reading pleasure, this was great. It took two different incidents spread apart by 8 years involving Secret Service members who lost their protectee, and placed these two events together in a thrilling adventure that ended up joining the two ex -Secret Service agents into a new partnership of King and Maxwell, Privat. "A bit too much of a soap opera in the end" according to Dan Berger. This was my first read of a David Baldacci book. I don’t know if I’ll be back.I liked it through the first half. I liked the premise of two Secret Service agents, each professionally disgraced by an attack on the presidential candidate they were respectively guarding, drawn to each other to dig deeper into the crimes, which show links