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Split Second
- King and Maxwell, Book 1
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Series: King and Maxwell, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
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- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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Publisher's Summary
Split Second is the first in the gripping King and Maxwell series by best-selling author David Baldacci.
When something distracts Secret Agent Sean King for a split second, it costs him his career and presidential candidate Clyde Ritter his life. But what stole his attention? And why was Ritter shot?
Eight years later Michelle Maxwell is on the fast track through the ranks of the Secret Service when her career is stopped short: presidential candidate John Bruno is abducted from a funeral home while under her protection.
The similarity between the two cases drives Michelle to reopen investigations into the Ritter fiasco and join forces with attractive ex-agent King. The pair are determined to get to the bottom of what happened in those critical moments.
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Split Second is followed by Hour Game, Simple Genius, First Family, The Sixth Man and King and Maxwell.
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- Vanchha HSY
- 11-09-21
Narration is totally off
Its painfull to my ears to hear such narration after listening to wonderful narrations from Ron Mclarty and Orlagh Cassidy.
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- arif khan
- 17-09-20
Another thriller. Better than the memory Man.
good story line.
poor audio quality , lot of audio glitches.
need to look into that.
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- derbyfile58
- 05-05-17
Baldacci at his best
Thoroughly enjoyed this story which was fast paced. Was listening to it while working in house and found myself sitting down to listen to the story rather than switch it off in order to vacuum. Narration good and to me it was Baldacci at his best.
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- Mark
- 17-08-17
What an annoying narrator
I'm only a few chapters in but the narrator's voice and style are driving me crazy. I would listen to another book by Baldacci but not if read by Scott brick. He has an annoying voice and most of the time I can't tell if it's the man or women talking. They both sound the same.
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- kenneth
- 25-05-17
great story less than great performance
the story itsslef was really good however the narrator's performance left a lot to be desired.
he sounded bored and had no get and and go for the book. as well as that the editing left choppy areas and a lack of audio every now and then.
7 people found this helpful
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- oAjCo
- 04-09-17
Excellent
Fantastic, intricate, thrilling and compelling story. Scott Brick is one of the best narrators. I have listened to many of his and disturbed that previous reviews have expressed the opposite. can't wait for the next book.
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- Jo
- 15-10-17
Far-fetched plot, shallow characterisation
Not for me. Clichéd and lazy writing, no depth to characters, turgid dialogue. And "lightyear" is a measurement of distance, not time, David Baldacci and your lazy editor!
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- Philip
- 29-04-17
Log awaited unabridged
I loved the abridged version, got me hooked on Baldacci books. I have been wanting this version for a while 😊. The Story is amazing characters well made good and bad guys. King and Maxwell are a great team.
6 people found this helpful
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- chris
- 24-09-17
Skips sooo much
Very disappointed. This had the potential to be a great books but had to many skips. Refund please.
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- Judith
- 13-05-17
Convoluted
I am a Baldacci fan so am maybe not the best critic. I loved this book which is the first in the Maxwell series and puts into context how they came to work together. The plot is extremely convoluted but comes together well at the end, always a bonus!
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- Paul
- 12-07-18
Satisfied reader.
A good plot, well written. David Baldacci has delivered another thriller, fast paced with twists and turns right up to the final page.
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- Judy Lovelock
- 21-02-18
Excellent
Another winner, such a gripping story, expertly written and narrated, will keep you on the edge of your seat all the way through
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- David Murray
- 04-02-21
Dumb characters
Another story where the characters just keep doing stupid but still survive and come through
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- gen
- 09-07-22
Crackling narration at some points
Actually enjoyed this though a few minutes where there was crackling through the narration caused a blip in the story
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- Grant
- 12-05-21
Lots of twists
There are few twists, but lots of clues .... that you notice, once pointed out to you by King & Maxwell !!!🤣🤔
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- Peter J. Coombs
- 20-03-21
Another great Baldacci
David Baldacci writes beautifully and I love the way he develops his stories. Pure Brilliance.
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- Smithy NZ
- 04-08-20
Great story
Great story line, usual Baldacci excellence and well performed. Four separate locations in the recording were very glitchy, repeated lines and up to 30seconds at a time missing. Reminiscent of a sticky CD. A little disappointed but enjoyed the book all the same.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-07-20
File is corrupted problems begin chapter 15
Audio file is corrupted, the problems begin in chapter 15. I deleted and re downloaded it but it did not resolve the problem.
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- John Lewis
- 18-02-20
Split Second
Brilliant Author, brilliant Narrator. Being a David Baldacci fan I found this to be his best book ever! The plot went on & on & on.
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- Claudia
- 23-10-19
Did not like the narrator :(
did not like the narrator's way of reading, surprised they used him as changes the tone of thr whole book
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- Anonymous User
- 25-08-19
SPLIT SECOND by David Baldacci
I truly enjoyed listening to this book.
It was well written offering drama, strong story line and mystery galore! The second best thing was the narration read by Scott Brick he is excellent and told the story well and as a story should be told!! Next one please 🌺🌸🌷
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- chris schuck (amazon)
- 01-07-19
It’s ok but not great
I read his later series Amos decker and John puller first and thought these were excellent and on the list for a reread in a couple of years. This is obviously and earlier work and while the dynamics of king and maxwell were really well crafted I just found the twists at the end a little less than the build up. Also what happened to book 2 in the series ... what’s the point of having a series of you are missing book? I’m trying the camel club now and giving this series a miss ... shame