The first in the King and Maxwell series where the two protagonists are brought together by similar circumstances that ended both their careers. A great thriller, Baldacci does his research, writes well and keeps the reader guessing until the final pages. In King and Maxwell he has created a great crime fighting duo.
The King & Maxwell Series:
1. Split Second
2. Hour Game
3. Simple Genius
4. First Family
| Primary Genre | Thriller and Suspense |
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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 features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, Crime and Mystery, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
Split Second is available in Paperback, CD-Audio
Split Second was written by David Baldacci and published by Pan Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
