About this title: At crucial moments eight years apart, two Secret Service agents are distracted--with disastrous results: in one case, a presidential candidate is assassinated, and in the second, one is kidnapped. The two disgraced agents set out to trace the myriad connections between the events.
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Edition: 1st pbk ed; 1st printing
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Warner Vision
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780446614450ISBN:0446614459
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Warner Vision
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780446614450ISBN:0446614459
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light edge and corner wear. Some spine creases. No marks. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 496 p. Audience: General/trade. "Explosive"--People read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Warner Vision
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780446614450ISBN:0446614459
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Good plus condition. Light edge and corner wear. Spine slope. No marks. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 496 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Warner Vision
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780446614450ISBN:0446614459
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice soft cover, lightly read, light shelf wear to cover, light bend on bottom corner of front cover, stk #2331t9. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 496 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Warner Vision
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780446614450ISBN:0446614459
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"I think I've found another author I have to follow. What a wonderful mystery book with twists and turns, and tons of red herrings right up to the end. Stayed up late (really it was early) because I couldn't put it down. I'm so glad he is going to write more about Michelle and Sean. Wonderful book for all of my mystery reading friends."
"Do you remember when you first saw Star Wars? If you are a certain gender and a certain age, it was THE defining movie of your childhood. You were either Luke or Han when you played. You craved everything Star Wars.
Then The Empire Strikes Back came out and it added so many layers. You were blown away. "No....I am your father" rocked your little mind. Yoda letting the audience know "No. There is another" led to rampant speculation for a few years about where the story was going to go next.
And then we got Return of the Jedi which pretty much showed us that George Lucas was just making this stuff up as he went along. Luke and Leia are brother and sister and it was always Lucas' intention? Watch the kiss in Empire again and tell me if you believe that.
And then he made the "real" first three and things get out of control. Chewbacca and Yoda are "old friends"? Kenobi and Anakin are enemies for about 30 seconds before Obi Wan runs and hides for twenty years but watch the first one and Kenobi is calling Vader "Darth", as if it was his name and they knew each other for awhile.
Basically, Lucas was winging it. Granted, it is probably one of the most successful wing its in wing it history but still....
A long winded way to get into this review, but "Split Second" was the first novel where Michelle Maxwell and Sean King meet each other, but it is the fourth of their adventures I have read. Some of their back story has been hinted at in the other novels I read but all of those novels were accessible so I didn't really worry about it.
Now having read this story, I am even more appreciative of the "world" that David Baldacci has created. The narrative thread is strong and while some of the situations are obviously a little far fetched (kidnapped Presidential candidates, underground bunkers, and villains renovating derelict buildings while no one notices) the story is engaging and keeps you guessing.
I seem to be in a rut as to the type of story I am reading these days but I am really okay with that.
Next three: "The Race" by Patterson, "Hell to Pay" by Pelecanos and something by Michael Connely."
"An enjoyable story. I've heard this author recommended several times, so decided to start at the beginning of his series.
There are two main crimes described - each with their own set of characters. The main characters have to solve the mystery of how the crimes are related. It does get a bit confusing at times with so many different names and who did what, when."
"This is another of you wonderful Conspirathy Theory books.But this one is about two Secret Service agents who have lost the presidential canadate that they were protecting, One who's was killed and the other who was kiddnapped. How they worked together to solve the mystery of why it happened to them and there is a surprising twist at the end of the book."
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