Simple Genius
by David Baldacci
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Author: David BaldacciEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-01
ISBN: 044661873X
Number of pages: 576
Publisher: Vision
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Book Review: Something a little different from Baldacci
Summary: 5 Stars
Synopsis
Private Investigator Sean King and his long-time friend and PI partner Michelle Maxwell are back for a return engagement in Baldacci's Simple Genius. And from page 1, it is painfully obvious that Sean has his hands full keeping his partner from self-destructing.
As Michelle attempts to get her life together, Sean is going deep into debt to help her out, when he is hired to investigate a mysterious murder at Camp Peary, an even more mysterious government facility used by the CIA to train spies. King also visits Babbage Town,a top-secret facility housing an odd collection of quantum physicists and computer scientists working on a very interesting program.
The complicated story lines move along at a rapid pace, making this a top-shelf thriller a great read. Baldacci fans will devour this story from beginning to end.
My Two Cents Worth
I read a novel for much the same reason I watch movies, to be entertained. I want a story that captures my attention and engages my mind, leaving me with a feeling of satisfaction. You get that with a movie by George Lucas or Steven Spielberg, or in a novel by Grisham, Clancy, or Baldacci - the masters of storytelling. You can trust them when you spend your money or invest your time with them.
In Simple Genius, Baldacci delivers again. His characters are personable yet complex, and he never "gets in the way" of telling the story. The pace is quick but natural and the twists and turns of the plot are always clever and compelling.
Simple Genius was different from the Baldacci novels I have read to date, but I enjoyed it a great deal, and I think you will too. There is a reason he is at the top of the international bestseller list - he delivers.
Summary of Simple Genius
In a world of secrets, human genius is power.And sometimes it is simply deadly...
A three-hour drive from Washington, D.C., two clandestine institutions face each other across a heavily guarded river. One is the world's most unusual laboratory, whose goals and funding are a mystery. The other is an elite CIA training camp shrouded in secrecy. Now a man and a woman are about to run a gauntlet between these two puzzle factories, straight into a furious struggle to exploit a potentially world-shattering discovery--and keep some other secrets underwraps forever...
Former secret service agents turned private investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell have seen their lives splinter around them. Michelle lies unconscious ina hospital bed after a night of suicidal violence. And Sean is forced to take on a thankless investigation into the mutder of a scientist just inside the CIA's razor-wire fence near Williamsburg, Virginia.
Soon he is uncovering layer after layer of disinformation that shields a stunning world filled with elite mathematics, physicists, war heroes, spies, and deadly field agents. 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. Now more than ever, he needs Michelle--at her best--to help stop a conspiracy of traitors operating in the shadow of the White House itself.
From Michelle's courageous struggle to defeat her long-buried personal demons to a
centuries-old secret that surfaces in the heat of action, SIMPLE GENIUS pulses with stunning, high-intensity suspense. The heroes of Split Second and Hour Game, David Baldacci's #1 New York Times bestsellers, are back--as you've never seen them before.
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