Split Second
By David Baldacci 

     Secret Service agent Michelle Maxwell just let the man she's guarding go into a funeral parlor -- unescorted. In a split second, behind those closed doors, a presidential candidate is kidnapped and Maxwell’s career takes a dive. In that split second Maxwell’s life takes off on a roller coaster ride of danger, death and destruction. Within time Secret Service agent Sean King, now a lawyer joins her on this tumultuous ride. He, too, suffered disgrace when the presidential candidate he was guarding eight years before was shot and killed. The twists and turns Maxwell and King face are enough to give a reader whiplash. The two hold on to each other with an uneasy trust in an attempt to find out who kidnapped her charge and who is leaving dead bodies in King’s wake.

     Split Second is a comprehensive novel of thrills and spills, and that doesn’t surprise me at all. Baldacci has fast become an expert at giving his readers enough action and surprises to keep them coming back. After listening to the audio book of Split Second, I can easily predict this one will climb the bestseller list in no time.

     Film, television, and radio performer, Scott Brick, narrates Split Second. He is a veteran at narrating suspenseful audio books, so he had no trouble in making this one his own. I think the most interesting part was how regional he made Maxwell and King’s accents by ending their sentences as if they were questions. With this unabridged version listeners won’t miss a moment of the suspense. I have to recommend it.