Book description
'He was the only one in the room who could see it. His attention
stayed there for one beat, two beats, three beats, far too long. Yet who
could blame him for not being able to pull his gaze away from
that
?'
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 re-open
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.
Meanwhile, high-ranking members of the legal system and key witnesses
from both cases are going missing. King is losing friends, colleagues
and clients fast and his ex-lover, Joan Dillinger, is playing curious
games - she wants Sean back, but she also owes him for something . . .
David Baldacci is the nine-time New York Times
best-selling author of ABSOLUTE POWER, TOTAL CONTROL, THE WINNER, THE
SIMPLE TRUTH, SAVING FAITH, WISH YOU WELL, LAST MAN STANDING, THE
CHRISTMAS TRAIN and SPLIT SECOND. He lives in Virginia with his wife and
two children.
