It soon becomes apparent that the shooting is somehow related to the killing of his family 18 months before. After his family is murdered in an unsolved case, Decker loses his will to live, and becomes a transient while working as a private investigator.Īfter a mass shooting at a local high school, Decker is asked to assist in solving the case by the local police force he used to work for. First Family by David Baldacci: A Book Review Posted on Sometimes you luck out and find good reads just by browsing, and so it was with David Baldacci’s First Family, 2009, an action adventure novel featuring private detectives Sean King and Michelle Maxwell. As his football career has ended, Decker becomes a police officer, and later a successful detective, while using his newly acquired mental abilities ( synesthesia and hyperthymesia). The novel was released in September 2015 by Grand Central Publishing.Īmos Decker is a former professional football player who was violently hit on his first play, resulting in severe injuries and changes to his brain. This is the first novel to feature the character Amos Decker. Washington Times What Baldacci does best is provide thrills, chills, and suspense.Memory Man is a crime novel about a man whose wife, daughter and brother in law were murdered, written by David Baldacci. Baldacci's books are jigsaw puzzles of intersecting events, not simple whodunits.

Plenty of action drives Baldacci's stellar fourth novel to feature Maxwell and King or defend.ĭavid Baldacci's smash-hit series continues with The Sixth Man and King and Maxwell.

In the race to save an innocent victim, the line between friend and foe will become impossible to define. With Maxwell battling her own demons, and forces aligned on all sides against her and King, the two are pushed to the absolute limit. But is there a greater secret in their past? The First Lady trusts King, for years ago he saved her then-senator husband from political disaster. Regardless, they are enlisted by the First Lady to bring the child home safely. The FBI doesn’t want private investigators King and Maxwell anywhere near the case. Former secret service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return to the White House.Ī children’s birthday party at the presidential retreat turns into a nightmare when a child is snatched after the celebrations.

David Baldacci's First Family is the fourth gripping New York Times bestseller in the King and Maxwell series.

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