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)

Download wrong

The story ends then there are several more hours where the story starts over again somewhere in the middle

Download issues

This book downloads in multiple parts and the parts did not play in order. Was half way through the book before I realized the end played first. Very frustrating!

Enjoyable suspense

The genre was a little different and the action was acceptable. The characters held my interest and sympathy. The story twists were diverting and interesting. The book was entirely entertaining and exciting. Get it!

loved it! narrator is awesome!

book is good as I have come to expect from the author. amazing performance by the narrator. looking forward to more of this combination.

Riveting

Really enjoyed these two main characters. It was definitely a thriller. I look forward to continuing this series.

Ok Till Wrap-up

The writer kept me mostly interested until the wrap-up at the end. It was just silly/

Might try something else by the writer. His problems knew little about law enforcement and weapons but that was a large part of the story.

Good, but…

Very interesting story, but how can a writer write about two US Secret Service agents, and get their official duty sidearm wrong?!? Since 1999, the SIG-Sauer P229 double-action/single-action pistol chambered in .357 SIG, has been the official USSS sidearm. NOT a revolver.
(Amazingly, Lee Child often gets weapons wrong too!)

Awesome book

This is my third time reading/listening to King and Maxwell. I love the story line and Scott Brick’s voice. Only problem in chapter 65, there was a background noice,that interfered with Scott speaking. I have never heard it before on the previous audiobook.That’s why I gave a 4 star on performance….

Split Second

This book kept me guessing almost to the end. The King and Maxwell series us excellent.

Great

Great book. Readers excellent.

Can' t enough about the book. Fast pace and excellent plot.