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Split Second is David Baldacci at the top of his well-informed game, with a real sense of what the Secret Servicemen who protect the President and presidential candidates think about the job and how it feels to fail. Sean King looked away at the wrong moment and a man died; his career ended and he has spent eight years rebuilding a life. When Michelle Maxwell makes a similar mistake, she becomes convinced that there is a link between the man she lost to kidnappers and the man Sean failed to protect--and the more she learns, the more she can prove.
This is an odd couple thriller--Sean and Michelle have radically different attitudes to the job they both did well--and ingeniously put together in terms of what it tells us about the shadowy villain manipulating events and what it delays telling us about the past. It is a well-informed thriller that wears its research lightly--it has a sense of how it feels to see every large room as a potential killing ground in which you have to protect very vulnerable public men, and some charming scenes of budding romantic comedy. --Roz Kaveney --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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She lends an appropriate accent and inflection to the way LuAnn speaks before and after she becomes affluent. The narrator successfully manages to translate it into suspense through her speech and keeps the listener breathless with her flawless pacing and emotional pitch.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I thoroughly enjoyed this book with is large cast of characters, convoluted twists and false leads.
I also liked the interaction between the three secret agents, Saen, Michelle and Joan. Baldacci does his usual fine job creating believable characters and engaging them in challenging situations.
This is not a seat of the pants, page turning, read, but it is a well constructed criminal investigation novel that grips the interest and keeps you reading.
That is until the finale begins on page 364, and then we are thrown into something so bizarre, so totally unbelievable; then the novel degenerates into endless pages of explanatory dialogue that completely destroys the tension and drama.
Even so I expect all Baldacci fans will want to read this, it is only the end that disappoints.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is a terrible disappointment. I'm a great Baldacci fan and all all his previous books have been outstanding entertainment. But Split Second doesn't work, through a combination of lazy plotting and cardboard characters. The plot revolves around three supposedly intelligent and well-trained ex-Secret Service agents, who bumble and stumble thriough the book like Keystone Cops. The bad guys have no difficulty in bamboozling them, running rings aroound them, beating them up, even kidnapping them.Half way through, I lost all interest in the plot's tired convolutions; three-quarters way through, I gave up on it. Baldacci is capable of much, much better. What's going wrong? All my favourite writers (Clancy, Crichton, Baldacci, Grisham) have produced duds with their latest books.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was the third book I have read by David Baldacci. I found it difficult to get into at the beginning, interesting in the middle and then frustrating towards the end. Overall I'd say it was a good read (have read a lot worse), but the other books I have read by this author were much better. Thought it was a bit of a spin off of Absolute Power. Regardless it will not stop me reading other books by him.
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Split Second Review
This book is one of the best reads I've had for ages, suspense all the way, great car chase, and no idea who the killer is until its revealed near the end.
Published 1 month ago by TC
Shocking Publisher
As a fan of Lee Child, and having read all his books I thought I'd try David Baldacci, a very similar author as it turns out. Read more
Published 5 months ago by SimonR
the same old formula
finished the book in a weeks worth of commutes. It did what its meant to do but is a bit stale because Baldacci seems to be inventing US agent style storylines then deciding which... Read more
Published 6 months ago by J. Lancaster
Classic Baldacci but strange ending.
Split Second introduces King & Maxwell and demonstrates David Baldacci's ability to create believable loveable characters. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Leaveitwithya
split second
A great choice for our book club, all now ready and willing to read moe DB. Also great value as a second hand item.
Published 8 months ago by gr8 buys
Spoiled by over-complicated ending
Generally a pretty good thriller involving a complex plot of murders over several years. Characters better than average and a generally involving read. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Comical Engineer
I felt middle-aged reading this book
This was my first David Baldacci. The style, characters and plot are very formulaic (though that doesn't have to be bad). Read more
Published 22 months ago by thegoodbook
a real thriller
A book you will read from finish to end in a matter of hours. It's so compelling, you won't be able to put it down.
Published on 21 Mar 2010 by K. Wauters
Split Second - exciting right up to last second
Split Second it the first novel featuring Sean King and Michelle Maxwell both ex Secret Service agents who left with a cloud over their heads. Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2009 by L. Morrison
Another Winner for David Baldacci, A Stunning Book
I'd read a couple reviews that really slammed this book, so when a good friend got an advance copy and loaned it to me, I was almost afraid to read it. But, of course, I did. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2008 by Laurel Whitehead
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