Split Second
By David Baldacci
Read by Scott Brick Hachette Audio, (2007)
An Unabridged Recording on 10 CDs
ISBN 10: 1-60024-134-4
ISBN 13: 978-1-60024-134-5
Genre: Mystery
Reviewed by Angela Evans - October 16, 2007
Split Second is an action packed thriller from the pen of David Baldacci. In this story, the life of Secret Service agent Michelle Maxwell is changed in a split second. Letting her heart overcome her professionalism, she allowed one of her charges, a presidential candidate, out her sight so that he could console a newly made widow. In a blink of an eye he vanished - and so did her career.
Eight years previously, the same thing had happened to another secret service agent, Sean King. Like Maxwell, he had been guarding a presidential candidate. In his case, his charge was murdered when King took his eyes off of him for a split second. Joined by common mistakes, Maxwell and King soon find themselves joined by an even more deadly bond - murder. Interested in King's case, Maxwell has been studying him, and comes to think that he was unfairly condemned for his losing his charge. When a horrific murder occurs, with a large body count, King, who is now a lawyer, starts out as a witness, but quickly falls under suspicion as the murderer. Maxwell steps when it becomes clear that the murders King witnessed are connected to the disappearance of her missing candidate. Joining forces, Maxwell and King soon find themselves trapped in a macabre maze filled with deadly secrets that could destroy them both.
In this book, Baldacci has crafted a complex and action packed mystery full of enough twists and turns to hold your interest. Like all his books, Baldacci's writing is crisp and effortless to read or listen to, and it will not tax your brain. Making it an ideal book to listen to when you are doing something else like driving or cleaning. This unabridged audio edition of Split Second is read by one of my favorite readers, Scott Brick, who also read The Lion's Game by Nelson De Mille, The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer, and The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
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The Camel Club, by David Baldacci.
When four eccentric men who study conspiracy theories stumble upon an all too real conspiracy they must race to reveal the truth before the world is plunged into a nuclear war.
Last Man Standing, by David Baldacci.
Part police procedural, part psychological melodrama, Last Man Standing is a fast paced thriller that follows one man's attempt to rid himself of his emotional demons while at the same time tracking down those responsible for the cold-blooded murder of six of his fellow Hostage Rescue Team members.
