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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
3 and a half. An entertaining read with an over-the-top, mustache-twirling villain. A recommended beach read.
A really good novel with the right amount of mystery and suspense. This is the first novel in the King-Maxwell series and it is a hit. In this book there is nothing between the lead characters but it will soon develop... maybe in the next book. The character development was also painless. Recommended.
This is the third book in this series ice read this week. Good, but I think these are better when read every now and then. Too similar to each other.
Decent writing and a good story, but I must admit that I got some of the characters mixed up - they weren't developed enough for me to quickly visualize them.
Fantastic!! This book had me riveted from the beginning to end. I picked it up to read every opportunity I could find, and can't wait to start the next in the series. Brilliant.
A fast read that was hard to put down. I really enjoyed the build up but then was let down by the big reveal. I’d be interested in another in this series. I enjoyed the writing.
It was okay....kept me interested until the end. There were a few too many villains to keep track of. I will probably read the next one in the series to see whether it improves.
Published and set in 2003/2004, the plot revolves around the assassination of one Presidential candidate eight years before the start of this book and the kidnapping of another one in the story's present day. The main characters are the two Secret Service agents, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, whose errors in judgment factored heavily into the aforementioned assassination and kidnapping. Events conspire to bring King and Maxwell together to figure out how, or even if, the two events are related.
As with most of the Baldacci books I've read to date, the writing style is smooth and easy with a sure-footed pacing that ensures a fast read. King and Maxwell make for likable characters; he's in his mid-forties and has managed to rebuild his life after his career took a nose-dive after he lost his protectee to an assassin's bullet. She's in her early thirties and facing her first real failure at, well, anything once the candidate she was guarding gets snatched right out from under her nose. It did irk me a little that once the two started working together it seemed like it was only King who ever made the important connections and discoveries in the cases while Maxwell was left to mostly function as his sounding board. The crimes also seemed extreme and over-the-top considering the motivation behind them. It would be akin to taking some overly winding, side road to get from point A to point B, that ends up taking you three hours out of your way before you get there, instead of the interstate highway that offers a straight shot.
That said, I haven't read a bad Baldacci book yet. I'm always entertained and this book met that standard.
As with most of the Baldacci books I've read to date, the writing style is smooth and easy with a sure-footed pacing that ensures a fast read. King and Maxwell make for likable characters; he's in his mid-forties and has managed to rebuild his life after his career took a nose-dive after he lost his protectee to an assassin's bullet. She's in her early thirties and facing her first real failure at, well, anything once the candidate she was guarding gets snatched right out from under her nose. It did irk me a little that once the two started working together it seemed like it was only King who ever made the important connections and discoveries in the cases while Maxwell was left to mostly function as his sounding board. The crimes also seemed extreme and over-the-top considering the motivation behind them. It would be akin to taking some overly winding, side road to get from point A to point B, that ends up taking you three hours out of your way before you get there, instead of the interstate highway that offers a straight shot.
That said, I haven't read a bad Baldacci book yet. I'm always entertained and this book met that standard.
This book was a real page-turner. I never could figure out who did it and what was really going on. The ending was surprising and I wouldn't have asked for a different one. Loved this book.