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Summary: I liked it
Review: I briefly scanned the 90 reviews and what I found was either 1) readers loved this book or 2) they hated it because they couldn't remember the characters involved. I'll try not to be to harsh to the latter group, but I was able to follow along and thought that Baldacci did a great job keeping me from accurately guessing who the bad guys were. Enjoy the book!!
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Summary: Another Baldacci Blockbuster
Review: Michelle Maxwell made the mistake of her career. The presidential candidate she was guarding barked an order at her she knew she shouldn't follow. Now he's been abducted and she's left with all of the responsibility weighing on her as well as a ruined Secret Service career. Sean King can certainly relate. In his Secret Service career, he dropped the ball guarding a presidential candidate and that man was gunned down in a hotel. Those split second decisions cost people their lives and destroyed careers. Michelle is quite familiar with Sean's history. She knows she's in a similar situation and seeks out his help. In their investigation together, they discover more questions and just when they think they have things figured out, they get new wrinkles to their theories. With more interviews and clues, they even start to unravel the mystery behind the even that tore apart Sean's career eight years earlier. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell go on such an interesting journey and you're right there with them every step of the way. These are a couple of characters you'd like to catch up with in a sequel.
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Summary: Almost excellent
Review: All the book is excellent, it will keep you reading all the time and you will always want to know what will happen in the next page, but it has two big mistakes, the first one is that you know exactly what happened with the kidnap when the FBI make his investigations and deductions, you know what deductions are good and what aren't, the second mistake is the end of the book, Baldacci must thought another reason for the kidnapping.
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Summary: It has its moments
Review: This book definitely has some strong moments in it. The idea is that a secret service agent fails and a presidential candidate is killed. Years later, the mastermind behind the killing is back and wants to kill the agent, who is now retired and trying to get on with his life. Another agent loses her candidate altogether, and now we have the beginnings of the story. There are some tangled moments here, but overall this is a good story. The only thing I didn't really care for was the ending. It seemed a little too comic-bookish. Why does the character stand in one spot rather than do the smart thing and move around to protect himself and his charge? Still, I enjoyed the book and would read the sequel.
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Summary: Great read
Review: Okay, let's see: Interesting and intricate plot,
great dialogue, twists and turns, wonderful characters,
and, oh, yeah, great writing.
That equals . . . . a great read! Loved, loved, loved this book!
This is by far Baldacci's best effort to date.
Would also recommend Brown's ANGELS & DEMONS and
McCrae's BARK OF THE DOGWOOD.
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Summary: a rollickingly fast read
Review: in a nutshell: two secret service agents mess up, allowing their charges to be assassinated and kidnapped. the two agents eventually get together and figure out the 8-year-old conspiracy at the heart of the matter. my first Baldacci read, and not too bad! the prose hit fast & hard, never limping like, say nicholas sparks; but baldacci and vince flynn share the same classical weakness of setting up a good plot, fanning the flames at the beginning and then letting them die by the end. i finished this book 2 days ago and i don't actually remember the wrap up, if that tells you anything -- and i'm not yet old enough for alzeimers. this book provides a darn good escape from normal life (unless you're a secret service agent, presumably).
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Summary: It Is What It Is ¿ and Its Entertaining Besides
Review: I admit it. I am surprised by the hostile nature of so many of this book's reviews. I think it is a great thriller. David Baldacci has created an intricate plot that sees the lives of two discredited Secret Service Agents converge. The story charges ahead, making the book difficult to put down. What more can you ask for from a novel written to entertain?
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Summary: Gripping Book, Dwindling Plot
Review: As a fan of David Baldacci, I really looked forward to this book, Split Second. The author kept me interested with great characters and intrigue. The relationships between the characters are well-developed, and I found my self caring for them. I especially appreciate not having to wade through tawdry sex scenes and an abundance of foul language. Although the believability of the plot falls apart about 3/4 of the way through the book, I hung in there for the characters. The ending sets up the possibility of a sequel - I certainly hope so for these great characters. And maybe the ending will be plausible.
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Summary: Split Second
Review: I was looking for a "page turner" from an author who had been a best seller. It was very good until I was about 75% through it. Then, he began to mix so many characters and plots that it became confusing. I couldn't keep everything straight from the time I put it down for a couple of days until I finally finished. A real disappontment!
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Summary: Tension Galore, Some Romance and Even a Mystery too
Review: Eight years ago Secret Service Agent Sean King was distracted for a split second and Clyde Ritter, the presidential candidate he was protecting, was assassinated. It cost his job and now he's started a new life as an attorney and he's living on a fifteen-acre spread in the Blue Ridge Mountains. In the present day Secret Service Agent Michelle Maxwell is guarding presidential candidate John Bruno, when Bruno insists on being alone in a funeral parlor to pay his last respects to a friend. Bruno is kidnapped and Michelle's Secret Service career is in the tank. However she thinks there are some similarities between the disappearance of Bruno and the assassination of Ritter and she starts quietly investigating. Not long after King comes so work to find a body on the floor. Michele and King link up. More bodies pile up and there is a passel of suspects. Someone is killing witness or witnesses go missing. Kings friends, colleagues and clients don't want to know him. Add King's ex-lover, a gal with the last name of Dillinger into the mix, lots of bad guys and questionable cops and you wind up with a heck of a story that kept me reading the night away. Tension galore, some romance even and mystery too. Reviewed by Lenore Douglass
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