First Family (King & Maxwell Series)

Baldacci's careful plotting and confidant depictions of national security procedures make this a thinking man's thriller. All rights reserved. Meanwhile, Maxwell has to deal with her mother's death and a host of other personal issues. They even manage to bruise the ego of First Lady Jane Cox, who hires them after her 12-year-old niece is kidnapped following a birthday party at Camp David. Maxwell and King, D.C. PIs, step on the toes of everyone, including the FBI and the Secret Service. (Apr. From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. can muster from his Alabama redoubt. . 21)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Plenty of intense action drives bestseller Baldacci's stellar fourth novel to feature former Secret Service agen

I think the book was as I rated it. I think the book was as I rated it. Lots of gaffes as mentioned by another reviewer. I was asked to rate this book before I read it ( I ordered a few at once and finally got around to reading it ) much to my chagrin. As I discovered when I got around to reading it , after chapter 78 the chapters were duplicated and a lot was left out toward the ending. The book was relatively new and I suspected nothing until . "Good, Puzzling and Fun Mystery" according to Louisa Livingston. King and Maxwell are such a good team. Of the Good, Puzzling and Fun Mystery King and Maxwell are such a good team. Of the 3 - Good, Puzzling and Fun Mystery Louisa Livingston King and Maxwell are such a good team. Of the 3 - 4 books I've read involving this team, I like this book the best. It was so interesting and I liked much of the dialogue between Sean and Michelle. They're so comfortable with each other. Their banter is fun to hear and occasionally they ribbed one another - particularly in this book. We also sometimes know their inner thoughts - including dread or fear at time. books I've read involving this team, I like this book the best. It was so interesting and I liked much of the dialogue between Sean and Michelle. They're so comfortable with each other. Their banter is fun to hear and occasionally they ribbed one another - particularly in this book. We also sometimes know their inner thoughts - including dread or fear at time. - Good, Puzzling and Fun Mystery Louisa Livingston King and Maxwell are such a good team. Of the 3 - 4 books I've read involving this team, I like this book the best. It was so interesting and I liked much of the dialogue between Sean and Michelle. They're so comfortable with each other. Their banter is fun to hear and occasionally they ribbed one another - particularly in this book. We also sometimes know their inner thoughts - including dread or fear at time. books I've read involving this team, I like this book the best. It was so interesting and I liked much of the dialogue between Sean and Michelle. They're so comfortable with each other. Their banter is fun to hear and occasionally they ribbed one another - particularly in this book. We also sometimes know their inner thoughts - including dread or fear at time. What an involved web of a plot!!! Patricia S. Burgess Baldacci is one of my favorite authors. Anything he writes, I am eager to read and always enjoy particularly the political plots. This one was intriguing in that he did NOT try to paint the President and the First Lady as perfectly innocent and untouchable but instead as real people with real faults and problems. The picture of the First Lady as responsible for her husband is one that too many women understand

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. Now the president's wife presses Sean and Michelle into a desperate search to rescue a kidnapped child. . But years ago Sean King saved the First Lady's husband, then a senator, from political disaster. Following the instant #1 New York Times bestsellers Split Second, Hour Game, and Simple Genius, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return in David Baldacci's most heart-pounding thriller to date FIRST FAMILYA 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

David Baldacci lives with his family in Virginia. He and his wife have founded the Wish You Well Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across America. He invites you to visit him at davidbaldacci and his foundation at wishyouwellfoundation.