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King and Maxwell

Split Second (2003) | Hour Game (2004) | Simple Genius (2007) | First Family (2009)

Sean King is a former Secret Service agent who allowed his attention to wander for a split second, an error that resulted in the death of the presidential candidate he had been protecting. Michelle Maxwell is a former Secret Service agent who "lost" the politician she was supposed to protect when the politician vanished behind closed doors while comforting a grieving widow. Their destinies converge when Michelle becomes obsessed with Sean's case, and when Sean needs the help of a new friend to solve crimes that implicate him as the culprit. Professional pride, romantic tension, and common causes bring together King and Maxwell as a crime-solving dynamic duo.

 

Split Second

Dust JacketU.S. Release Date: September 30, 2003

King and Maxwell meet in Split Second, both discredited Secret Service agents who "lost" a protectee in the line of duty. The two work to solve the campaign-trail crimes that discredited them, and in the process uncover the careful planning that initiated the separate acts of violence that shattered their lives and brought them together in a common cause. Michelle has become obsessed with Sean’s case. And he needs a friend -- especially since a series of macabre killings have brought him under suspicion and prompted the reappearance of a seductive woman he’s tried hard to forget.

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Hour Game

Dust JacketU.S. Release Date: October 26, 2004

King and Maxwell return in Hour Game as private investigators hired to solve a domestic burglary and prove a man's innocence. They get drawn into a more sinister crime, a murder that appears to bear the hallmark of some of the most infamous killers of all time, and discover a macabre puzzle that offers one horrible revelation after another. Stunning secrets lead the partners into the middle of a frantic search for a killer unlike any they've confronted before.

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Simple Genius

Dust JacketU.S. Release Date: April 24, 2007

King and Maxwell return as private investigators, their lives splintered around them and needing one another more than ever. Michelle encounters and struggles to defeat long-buried personal demons, while Sean, out of money from saving Michelle a costly personal lawsuit, is forced to investigate a murder just inside the CIA's fence near Williamsburg, Virginia, that reveals layer after layer of disinformation. Amid more murder, a seemingly autistic girl’s extraordinary genius, and a powerful breakthrough in the realm of classified codes, Sean soon learns enough to put his life at risk. Sean and Michelle work together to catch a killer, save an innocent life and solve a stunning mystery that threatens the very soul of the nation.

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First Family

Dust JacketU.S. Release Date: April 21, 2009

 

It began with what seemed like an ordinary children’s birthday party. Friends and family gathered to celebrate.  There were balloons and cake, games and gifts.

This party, however, was far from ordinary. It was held at Camp David, the presidential retreat. And it ended with a daring kidnapping... which immediately turned into a national security nightmare.

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