First Family, David Baldacci
First Family, David Baldacci
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First Family

Author: David Baldacci

Narrator: Ron McLarty

Abridged: 6 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/21/2009

Synopsis

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, a child is kidnapped at a presidential retreat and two former Secret Service agents must become private investigators in a desperate search that might destroy them both.

A daring kidnapping turns a children's birthday party at Camp David, the presidential retreat, into a national security nightmare.

Former Secret Service agents turned private investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell don't want to get involved. But years ago Sean saved the First Lady's husband, then a senator, from political disaster. Now the president's wife presses Sean and Michelle into a desperate search to rescue a kidnapped child. With Michelle still battling her own demons, the two are pushed to the limit, with forces aligned on all sides against them-and the line between friend and foe impossible to define...or defend.

About David Baldacci

Author, David Baldacci, was born in Richmond VA in 1960. He had had a different plan for his life than most authors. He received a law degree from the University of VA and practiced in law for many years in Washington, DC. He actively began writing stories as a child after his mother gave him a notebook. As he got older he wrote short stories and screenplays without reaching much success. He then turned to writing a novel where he spent three years writing Absolute Powers in 1996, which proved to be a bestseller. He has published 29 bestselling adult novels and 4 children's novels.

Baldacci and his wife live in Vienna, VA where they are the founders of "Wish You Well Foundation". (named after one of his novels, "Wish You Well" which was also a screenplay for the movie starring Ellen Burstyn.) The Foundation works to combat illiteracy in the United States. Baldacci has over 110 million copies of his book in print.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Baba on November 02, 2022

Sean King and Michelle Maxwell case No. 4: A Baldacci mystery thriller masterclass… a multi facetted conspiracy thriller set around an outrageous kidnap attempt, a second-term campaigning US President, the Secret Service and the FBI. And just like that, now I'm caught up with another Baldacci series......more

Goodreads review by Karen on November 27, 2024

Even though this was published in 2009 it felt timely. (I wrote this review originally on my Facebook page on November 1, 2020.) We start with...A daring kidnapping (the niece of the President/First Lady) turns a children's birthday party at Camp David, the presidential retreat, into a national secu......more

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on September 27, 2015

This was an exceptional read. I often need to "side step" some of Mr. Baldacci's more overt political stereotypes. They have on occasion almost overwhelmed one of his stories. That could easily be the situation here. While we get some political shots I'm glad to say that it nowhere drowns the plot o......more

Goodreads review by Aj the Ravenous Reader on April 12, 2016

As I have already mentioned, I'm not very keen on reading detective novels with the exception of this one. In fact after reading this book, I acquired this sort of new and better appreciation of detective novels. Reading this book was practically just like watching movies about the U.S. president on......more

Goodreads review by kartik on May 13, 2018

First Family is a great entry in the King-Maxwell universe. It continues the protagonists' character arc development that we saw in Simple Genius and brings it to a conclusion. In addition, the story is excellent with its themes around revenge and forgiveness, both the in the main and side plots. I......more

Quotes

"Plenty of action drives Baldacci's stellar fourth novel to feature Maxwell and King."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Fightening...shocking...Sean and Michelle [are] surely one of the more interesting teams of private investigators...Baldacci is a more subtle writer now, able to tell stories of deep moral ambiguity and to create characters who balance on the line between hero and villain...It will be fascinating to watch where he takes these two heroes from here."
—Booklist

"It's always a good thing when David Baldacci brings back former FBI agents King and Maxwell."
—New York Daily News

"Mr. Baldacci's books are jigsaw puzzles of intersecting events, not simple whodunits. FIRST FAMILY is no exception."—Washington Times

"What Baldacci does best is provide thrills, chills, and suspense. This novel is a total surprise from beginning to end."—Columbus Telegram

"The story unfolds wonderfully. It's another top-flight thriller from this bestselling author, and it's good to see King and Maxwell again."—Oklahoman

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