Split Second

By: David Baldacci

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

Michelle Maxwell has just blown her future with the Secret Service. Against her instincts, she let a presidential candidate out of her sight to comfort a grieving widow. Then, behind closed doors, the politician whose safety was her responsibility vanished into thin air.

Living a new life on a quiet lake in central Virginia, Sean King knows how the younger agent feels. He's been there before. In an out-of-the-way hotel eight years earlier, the hard-charging Secret Service man allowed his attention to be diverted for a split second. And the presidential candidate Sean was protecting was gunned down before his eyes.

Now Michelle and Sean are about to see their destinies converge. She has become obsessed with Sean's case. And he needs a friend - especially since a series of macabre killings has brought him under suspicion and prompted the reappearance of a seductive woman he's tried hard to forget.

As the two discredited agents enter a maze of lies, secrets, and deadly coincidences, they 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....

©2003 Columbus Rose, Ltd. (P)2003 Time Warner AudioBooks

Critic reviews

"Baldacci's new thriller is sustained by the pulse-pounding suspense his fans have come to expect." ( Booklist)

Excellent Read

This is the first of his books I've read. looking forward to the next King & Maxwell book.

Very good listen but a little e confusing

I love the characters, especially Sean King and Michelle Maxwell but I found the plot to be somewhat confusing and hard to follow. I'm starting book to this evening so obviously I am a fan!

chapter breaks

Great story but audio needed to have a break between chapters...made it hard to follow.

Excellent story with wonderful twists and turns.

Any additional comments?

Thanks for hours of delightful entertainment.
It is hard to figure out all the involvements which makes for a great story.

love baldaccis stuff

I have loved all of baldaccis books. expected no less and was not disappointed here.

Great murder mystery

Great story - flows nicely. Easy to keep track of all of the characters and the flow of the story - have listened to it twice. Just as good the second time around.

Intriguing mystery, great characters.

Baldacci always creates characters you feel like you know or want to know and this story is no different. There were so many threads to the mystery it was impossible to figure out the ending or who, among that fascinating cast were good guys and who were the bad ones half the time. Scott Brick is a terrific reader and did total justice to this book.

Twists and turns galore beginning to end.

Did not get much sleep after starting this novel but who cares. Buy this one.

well done

incredibly interwoven plots with Baldacci twists and turns that brings high suspense and intrigue. Tough not to binge listen

Too much going on.

This was not my favorite of his. There were too many side characters with other stuff happening. Still a good mystery, but somewhat difficult to follow.