Split Second

By: David Baldacci

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Two Secret Service agents sworn to guard their protectees lost them in a single moment . . . and in this #1 New York Times bestseller, they're about to learn that the violence has just begun.

Michelle Maxwell has just wrecked her promising career at the Secret Service. Against her instincts, she let a presidential candidate out of her sight for the briefest moment and the man whose safety was her responsibility vanished into thin air.

​Sean King knows how the younger agent feels. Eight years earlier, the hard-charging Secret Service agent allowed his attention to be diverted for a split second. And the candidate he was protecting was gunned down before his eyes. Now Michelle and Sean are about to see their destinies converge.

Drawn into a maze of lies, secrets, and deadly coincidences, the two discredited agents 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.

Plot Twists

Very nicely written with surprizing plot twists and revelations throughout. I found the narration distracting at first, because the narrator has a strange inflection when reading questions. It was odd to hear each character use the same quaint inflection. As the story became more involved, however, it was less bothersome. More diffentiation in the characters speaking would have made the story less confusing.

OK Story - bad audio chapter 20

Scott Brick could make a phone book sound interesting - one of my favorite voice actors!

The book itself was OK - neither great nor terrible. But, there was a significant digital audio problem with Chapter 20.

Length of time confusing

Loved this 1st in the King & Maxwell series. However, the Length of Time listed is 18 hrs. and 35 Min. The Epilogue ended at 11 hrs. 25 Min. then proceeded into a part of the book that occurred about 1/3 of the way into it. We didn't listen to what appeared to be a repeat. Has anyone else experienced this?

MLB

I adore Scott Brick’s narration!! Baldacci really writes some well planned mysteries and really makes you think about ‘who did it’.

mostly great

It was a very good story but a less than satisfying conclusion.