Split Second

From #1 bestseller David Baldacci comes a new thriller reminiscent of his phenomenal bestselling debut; Absolute Power.It was only a split second--but that's all it took for Secret Service agent Sean King's attention to wander and his "protectee;" third-party presidential candidate Clyde Ritter; to die. King retired from the Service in disgrace; and now; eight years later; balances careers as a lawyer and a part-time deputy sheriff in a small Virginia town. Then he hears the news: Once again; a third-party candidate has been taken out of the presidential race--abducted right under the nose of Secret Service agent Michelle Maxwell. King and Maxwell form an uneasy alliance; and their search for answers becomes a bid for redemption as they delve into the government's Witness Protection Program and the mysterious past of Clyde Ritter's dead assassin. But the truth is never quite what it seems; and these two agents have learned that even one moment looking in the wrong direction can be deadly. Full of shocking twists and turns; and introducing a villian to rival Jackson in Baldacci's The Winner; SPLIT SECOND is pure; mind-numbing adrenaline to the last page.