Wednesday, November 1, 2023

First Family

Baldacci, David. First Family. Book 4 of the Sean King & Michelle Maxwell series. 2009. 449p. ISBN 9780446539753.


Solicited by the sister of the President's wife for a possible assignment, private detectives and former Secret Service Agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell arrive at the house late at night only to be shot at by two guys wearing body armor. Inside the house, their potential client is dead, and Willa, her eldest daughter, niece to the President, has been kidnapped. Her husband was attacked as well, but not seriously hurt. The other two children were drugged but not otherwise harmed.

With time ticking and the first 72 hours of a kidnapping the most important, Sean and Michelle are hired by the First Lady to track down her sister's killers and find Willa before it is too late. In the midst of a re-election campaign, the First Couple does not trust the FBI to quickly solve this dastardly attack.

Sam Quarry has been planning the demise of the President and his wife for many years. Extremely meticulous and careful, he has assembled enough information to convict both of them of crimes, let alone that they do not deserve another term. But Sam wants revenge for all of the evil things they have done, including the harm that happened to his daughter Tippy, now in a coma.

As Sean and Michelle use all means, legal or otherwise, to find the President's niece, they must contend with a powerful adversary who has noting to lose. With the Presidency and the life of a young girl in the balance, time is already running out!

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