Split Second

The King and Maxwell, Book 1

By: David Baldacci

Narrated by: Scott Brick

'The action is explosive. Readers will barely have time to catch their breath' - People

Split Second is the electrifying first thriller in the gripping King and Maxwell series from international no.1 bestselling author David Baldacci.

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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 . . .

Continue the action with Hour Game, Simple Genius, First Family, The Sixth Man and King and Maxwell.

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KILLER TWISTS. HEROES TO BELIEVE IN. TRUST BALDACCI.

'One of the world's thriller masters' – Daily Mail

'Baldacci is still peerless' – Sunday Times

'One of the all-time best thriller authors' – Lisa Gardner

'Baldacci delivers, every time!' – Lisa Scottoline

*The 6.20 Man, the first instalment in the Travis Devine series, was an instant New York Times bestseller w/c 31/07/2024

Critic reviews

The action is explosive. Readers will barely have time to catch their breath

Pulse-pounding suspense

Genuinely scary scenes . . . driven by tense action

Great . . . a fast-paced thriller

Baldacci is still peerless

Baldacci is the master (Jeffrey Archer, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles and the William Warwick series)

A tour de force (S. A. Cosby, New York Times bestselling author of All The Sinners Bleed)

Baldacci delivers, every time! (Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author of What Happened to the Bennetts)

David Baldacci has readers the world over flocking for more (Jane Harper, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Dry)