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| | Description | Still reeling from their last chronicled adventure; 2 former Secret Service agents turned Private Investigators: Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, now have a hostage situation on their hands. "Personal baggage" in Sean's case. His relationship (professional and questionably personal) with the president and first lady, serves to complicate the problem, endangering the mission and putting the investigative duo in harm's way. | |
| | Product Details | | Author: | David Baldacci | | Hardcover: | 464 pages | | Publisher: | Grand Central Publishing | | Publication Date: | April 21, 2009 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0446539759 | | Product Length: | 6.0 inches | | Product Width: | 1.5 inches | | Product Height: | 9.25 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.53 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.1 inches | | Package Width: | 6.3 inches | | Package Height: | 1.6 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.6 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 271 reviews |
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56 of 60 found the following review helpful:
 Captivating and satisfying Aug 07, 2009
By allie Brummond
First Family is David Baldacci's follow-up to Simple Genius. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are summoned by Pam Dutton to instruct them on their next case. Before they can meet with her, however, they notice two men running from the scene firing their guns. As they investigate the house they notice Pam is dead, but, Willa, her eldest daughter, is missing. Subplots are plenty as Michelle, who is still struggling to come to terms about her mother's death, returns home to be with her father. First Family is a beefy book with twists and turns reminiscent of a roller coaster. Its politics and scandals are so complex that the reader stays in tune with the book from page one, and doesn't blink until the book ends. David Baldacci has once again delivered a novel that will captivate its readers....
I would also highly recommend: S is for Sirens a novel that ranked one of the best this year.
115 of 144 found the following review helpful:
 Just a review of the printed book. May 04, 2009
By J. Lee
"imajeel"
I'm not a kindle user, so am not involved in the controversy that makes up most of the reviews based upon it's Kindle price. This is simply a review of the book after reading it. And, I found it to be a decent thriller with one major flaw. Here's the upsides and downsides of it for me:
Upsides:
- I love the characters in this book: From "superheroes" Michelle, the blunt damaged secret service agent and Sean, her big more laid back partner to the evil-or-is-he-so-evil Quarry.
- Even though Michelle and Sean are from his previous book Simple Genius - this works just fine as a stand-alone thriller.
Downsides:
- The beginning was a little slow, though it picks up in the middle. (There's an interesting side-plot with Michelle in the middle that picked up the pace, but I expected it to connect more with the total story).
- The overall plot is mildly implausible, but that's alright given it's thriller nature and that there's Baldacci's writing to compensate. But, the ending just gets outrageously implausible. There's about 70 pages of it that go from one completely unbelievable action to another. I would just get through one thing that happened that I'd had to convince myself that "alright, maybe it's a little believable", before something even more outlandish would occur! The size of the "holes in the story"- just grew wider and wider!
BOTTOM LINE: A good page-turning premise and characters brought down to a just average thriller(and below what I expect from Baldacci) by some completely implausible action at the end.
17 of 20 found the following review helpful:
Too many loose ends Aug 06, 2009
By Soferet
"soferet2"
I am always ready to go for a ride with Sean King and Michelle...but even the wildest plot has to respect a minimum of rules. Not all questions are answered at the end, which is a little too predictable. I won't go into details so as not to spoil the story for new readers, but our heroes get to the solution through a wildly implausible clue left by a murderer. Overall the pace of the book is a little slow, though there are some pleasant interludes and some clever red herrings. Bottom line - will I buy the next Baldacci? You bet.
48 of 63 found the following review helpful:
Great book Apr 21, 2009
By grumpydan
David Baldacci creates an impossible situation with believable characters. When the president's niece is abducted after attending a birthday party at Camp David, the question is why? Why are private investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell hired to locate the missing child? And what does the abductor want? Why has he kidnapped another woman along with the child? So many questions, which all get answered as the story unfolds. This book had me on the edge of my recliner as I read each chapter wondering where is was headed and why. Great book.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 It is, what it is. Aug 08, 2009
By CAPinBoynton
I have read all of David Baldacci's books; and yes, some are better than others. I don't think that First Family was his best book, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I like the characters of Sean and Michelle and hope to see them again in future adventures. The "all charm but can't keep his pants zipped" President and his manipulative, powerful first lady were very believable (due to our own country's past history). Sam Quarry was a stereotypical redneck and somewhat extreme example of how some picture Southerners. Since I am from MS / AL, Sam was insulting, but plausible. The story line was, at times, stretching the reader's acceptance; but that is one of the appeals of Baldacci's writing. He pushes the believability factor to the absolute limit and then just a little beyond. But after all, that's why I am reading, for the entertainment factor. It's not supposed to be anything more. I'm anxiously awaiting his next book.
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