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Split Second (King & Maxwell Series, 1) Audio CD – Abridged, August 1, 2007

by David Baldacci (Author), Ron McLarty (Reader)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 86 ratings
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Two Secret Service agents sworn to guard their protectees lost them in a single moment . . . and in this #1 New York Times bestseller, they're about to learn that the violence has just begun.

Michelle Maxwell has just wrecked her promising career at the Secret Service. 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.

​Sean King knows how the younger agent feels. Eight years earlier, the hard-charging Secret Service agent allowed his attention to be diverted for a split second. And the candidate he was protecting was gunned down before his eyes. 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.
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  3. Publication date
    August 1, 2007
  4. Dimensions
    5.25 x 0.75 x 5.75 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1600240917
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1600240911
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"The action is explosive. Readers will barely have time to catch their breath."―People

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"Genuinely scary scenes...driven by tense action."―New York Daily News

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Publishing; Abridged edition (August 1, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1600240917
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1600240911
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.75 x 5.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 86 ratings

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Tom Graham
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2023
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HEYJUDE
5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE READ
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2013
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This book is so good, I could not get through it fast enough. Maxwell joins forces with Sean King and boy do they make things work as a team. First off, I love David Baldacci's works. I also love a series and this is an extremely talented one and crime and injustice is going on and they are called to action. I thought retirement would be boring but not with books like this to read. Full of intensity, and I highly recommend everyone read this. You will probably get hooked on this series as I did. I hope so.
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Mike Billington author of Murder in the Rainy Season
4.0 out of 5 stars Two of my favorite fictional detectives
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2016
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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 shot the presidential candidate he was supposed to be protecting when he was a Secret Service agent. It also explains how Maxwell wound up suspended eight years later when a candidate she was protecting was kidnapped.
That should make this a 5-star novel but Baldacci, in my opinion, doesn't quite make the villain and his henchmen very convincing. They are cartoonish more than menacing; cutouts rather than fully realized characters with believable motives. Baldacci does try to explain the villain's reasons by saying he is insane but... well, that's just not really believable given the length of time that passes between the death of one candidate and the kidnapping of another. It is, in fact, not very believable when it comes to explaining the assassination.
That said, Baldacci does a nice job fleshing out King and Maxwell, which makes this a 4-star story rather than a 2-star or 3-star novel. As a reader - or, in this case a listener - I enjoyed the interaction between the two protagonists. I also liked the way Baldacci painted both of them: King, more reserved, Maxwell, more action oriented.
As I said, King and Maxwell are favorites of mine and I can only hope that in subsequent novels Baldacci brings readers fully realized villains with believable motives.
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Karen Cates
5.0 out of 5 stars Big on Balfacci
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2013
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Outstanding. We lov the tv show, King & Maxwell, but my husband had never read the books that have their history so I bought the cd's & we listened to this one on a recent trip. Even though I'd read the book a few years ago I still was on edge hearing it. Loved it! Next will be Hour Game.
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keola
5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2021
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enjoyed storyline - kept you hooked!
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Robert Hoff
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2018
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I love the King & Maxwell series. Listening to this makes dreary long drives seem a lot shorter.
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GARY FONDA
3.0 out of 5 stars ORDER PLACED NOT THE SAME AS RECEIVED.
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2021
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Ordered David Baldacci Split Second (replay edition) unabridged with read by (most important) Scott Brick. Shown
on information sales page, of which I have a copy. Received 1) abridged edition 2) read by Ron McLarty.
Please advise as what I haver to do to get the item displayed on computer rather than the item I received.

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Babs Riddick
4.0 out of 5 stars good author
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2020
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keeps me on edge of my seat
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A E Pedley
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2015
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Canada on July 27, 2017
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
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postage was poor but item okay
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