Początek znajomości najbardziej rozpoznawalnych bohaterów Davida Baldacciego. Michelle Maxwell, agentka Secret Service, zaprzepaściła swoją karierę – chwila jej nieuwagi wystarczyła, by kandydat na prezydenta został porwany. Michelle nie daje jednak za wygraną. Udaje jej się skontaktować z byłym agentem, który osiem lat temu znalazł się w podobnej sytuacji. Kandydat, którym opiekował się Sean King, został zastrzelony. Co łączy obydwa wydarzenia? Skompromitowani agenci muszą połączyć siły, żeby odzyskać reputację i rozwiązać tajemniczą sprawę.
Sean King i Michelle Maxwell Seria
Sean King i Michelle Maxwell, byli agenci Secret Service, teraz pracują jako prywatni detektywi w Waszyngtonie. W każdym śledztwie stają w obliczu złożonych i niebezpiecznych spraw, wykorzystując swoje elitarne umiejętności oraz głęboką wiedzę o spiskach i zdradzie. Ich dynamiczna współpraca i zawirowania fabuły wciągają czytelników w świat intryg i napięcia.
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Hour Game
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A duo of private investigators are after a flamboyantly enigmatic copycat killer in this thriller by bestselling author David Baldacci. Ex-Secret Service agents turned private investigators, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell have been hired to find evidence exonerating a handyman accused of burglarizing the local bluebloods.
As former Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell investigate a murder at an exclusive scientific retreat, they find themselves in a race against time to stop a conspiracy of traitors operating in the shadow of the White House itself. Now in a tall Premium Edition.
First Family
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A daring kidnapping turns a children's birthday party at Camp David, the presidential retreat, into a national security nightmare.Former Secret Service agents turned private investigators, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell don't want to get involved. But years ago Sean King saved the First Lady's husband, then a senator, from political disaster. Now the president's wife presses Sean and Michelle into a desperate search to rescue a kidnapped child. With Michelle still battling her own demons, the two are pushed to the limit, with forces aligned on all sides against them--and the line between friend and foe impossible to define . . . or defend.
The Sixth Man
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Watch King & Maxwell, TNT's new series based on David Baldacci's blockbuster novels, on Mondays at 10 p.m. (ET/PT) After the #1 New York Times bestsellers Split Second, Hour Game, Simple Genius, and First Family, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return in their most shocking case: a high stakes struggle where the relentless needs of national security run up against the absolute limits of the human mind. THE SIXTH MAN Edgar Roy--an alleged serial killer held in a secure, fortress-like Federal Supermax facility-is awaiting trial. He faces almost certain conviction. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by Roy's attorney, Sean's old friend and mentor Ted Bergin, to help work the case. But their investigation is derailed before it begins--en route to their first meeting with Bergin, Sean and Michelle find him murdered. It is now up to them to ask the questions no one seems to want answered: Is Roy a killer? Who murdered Bergin? With help from some surprising allies, they continue to pursue the case. But the more they dig into Roy's past, the more they encounter obstacles, half-truths, dead-ends, false friends, and escalating threats from every direction. Their persistence puts them on a collision course with the highest levels of the government and the darkest corners of power. In a terrifying confrontation that will push Sean and Michelle to their limits, the duo may be permanently parted.
AIn de ultrabeveiligde staatsgevangenis Cutter's Rock wordt seriemoordenaar Edgar Roy gevangengehouden, in afwachting van zijn rechtszaak. Het is vrijwel zeker dat hij veroordeeld zal worden. Privétectives Sean King en Michelle Maxwell worden door Roys advocaat Ted Bergin, een oude vriend van King, gevraagd hem bij te staan. Maar onderweg naar hun eerste bespreking treffen King en Maxwell het levenloze lichaam van Bergin in zijn auto aan. Hij is vermoord. In een poging te achterhalen wat er precies gebeurd is, neemt King, die tevens advocaat is, de verdediging van Roy op zich. Samen met Maxwell gaat hij op zoek naar antwoorden op vragen die iedereen uit de weg gaat. Want is Edgar Roy inderdaad een moordenaar? En wie heeft Ted Bergin vermoord? En waarom is de FBI zo geïnteresseerd in deze zaak? Wanneer King en Maxwell in Roys verleden beginnen te graven, komen ze tegenover een zeer machtige vijand binnen de overheid te staan. Maar terwijl de dreigementen aan het adres van de twee onderzoekers steeds serieuzer worden en de muur tussen hen en de waarheid steeds hoger lijkt te worden, krijgen ze hulp vanuit een onverwachte hoek.
King and Maxwell
- 514 stron
- 18 godzin czytania
David Baldacci brings back Sean King and Michelle Maxwell - former Secret Service agents turned private investigators - in their most surprising. personal. and dangerous case ever ... KING AND MAXWELL. It seems at first like a simple. tragic story Tyler Wingo. a teenage boy. learns the awful news that his father. a soldier. was killed in action in Afghanistan. Then the extraordinary happens:.. Tyler receives a communication from his father ... after his supposed death. Tyler hires Sean and Michelle to solve the mystery surrounding his father. But their investigation quickly leads to deeper. more troubling questions. Could Tylers father really still be alive What was his true mission Could Tyler be the next target
