| First Family |  | Author: David Baldacci
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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Rating:  252 reviews
Sales Rank: 742
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Pages: 464
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
ASIN: B00256Z3EK
Publication Date: April 4, 2009
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Product Description
Following the instant #1 New York Times bestseller Simple Genius, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return in David Baldacci's most heart-pounding thriller to date . . .
FIRST FAMILY
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.
Sean King and Michelle Maxwell were not looking to become involved. As former Secret Service agents turned private investigators, they had no reason to be. The FBI doesn't want them interfering. But years ago, Sean King saved the First Lady's husband, then a senator, from political disaster. Now, Sean is the one person the First Lady trusts, and she presses Sean and Michelle into the desperate search to rescue the abducted child.
With Michelle still battling her own demons, and forces aligned on all sides against her and Sean, the two are pushed to the absolute limit. In the race to save an innocent victim, the line between friend and foe will become impossible to define . . . or defend.
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 First Family Book July 18, 2010
Karen Bachtell (Florida)
This was very good book...took a little bit to get into it but once I had, it was hard to put it down.
 Baldacci needs to work on his female characters July 10, 2010
B. Cannon (Pennsylvania)
As a long-time Baldacci fan ("The Last Man Standing" is one of my all-time favorite books; The Winner is another good one, as well as the Stone series), I again looked forward to this read. Although the story did have its suspense, the twist was predictable. My biggest annoyance was with the female characters. Baldacci seems to have trouble finding the right balance between female characters as saints (e.g., Willa) or heartless (e.g., *** can't say or it will give away the plot). Michelle, the partner of Sean (who needs some character development himself), continues to waffle between brave and hysterical. Frankly, I'm not sure she should be licensed to carry a weapon, given her fragility. And having the classic ankle injury for a female character, well, that's just sad. Does it turn me away from Baldacci? No, but just lowers my expectations a bit.
The First Family July 9, 2010
NWKerch
The story was good. The author can spin an exciting tale. I did get a bit tired of of the cheap way in which he built up the tension. He would let the character read something important to the plot, but we the reader would not get to know what the character had read. Ditto with the character seeing something, b ut what he saw was kept from us, the readers. One or two of these I could accept, but it was standard policy through the book. If you are going to draw me into the tension, do it through the plot and plot twists, not by getting me to wonder what they'd just read or seen. But even with those somewhat trite plot tools, it was a good read.
 Fast-Paced Action June 14, 2010
Sandra Kirkland (High Point, North Carolina United States)
Sean King and Michelle Maxwell have been hired to help on the hottest crime around. The President's niece, Willa, has been kidnapped in a home invasion and her mother killed. Willa's dad, Tuck, is the First Lady's brother. Jane Cox, the First Lady, has known Sean for years and trusts him to work on the case without political bias.
Sean and Michelle, private investigators who both retired from the Secret Service, are thrown into the fray. Was this a kidnap for ransom? A terrorist plot to force concessions from the President? Or a crime focused personally on Willa's family and the desire to hurt her parents? It is unclear what kind of crime the two are dealing with.
Far away in Alabama, Sam Quarry has his own problems. He has a daughter who has been in a coma for thirteen years. His son is a deserter from the Army and not exactly heir material. Sam's other 'family' are Ruth Ann and Gabriel, her son. Ruth Ann has been the Quarry housekeeper for years, and Gabriel has grown up in the household. How does this family's troubles fit in with those of the Cox family?
This is the seventeenth novel by David Baldacci, and Sean and Michelle are repeat characters, first seen in his bestseller, Simple Genius. Baldacci delivers as always, an action-packed thriller that saves a punch of excitement for the final revelations. This book is recommended for suspense lovers who enjoy fast-paced action.
 Not A Page Turner June 11, 2010
Ana M. Vasquez (Newark, New Jersey United States)
The reviews on the back of this book stated "Page Turner/Thriller" well not for me. I was able to put this book down several times and force myself to finish reading it. The story line starts out great X-Secret Service Agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are hired by the First Lady's sister to conduct an investigation on her husband whom she believes is cheating on her. However, when they arrive at the residence they find the First Lady's sister murdered and one of the children kidnapped. Read other reviews for more info/details on the story line.
What I didn't like about this book was that it jumped from one plot to another, X-Secret Service Agent Michelle's mom has been murdered, she suspects her dad and on top of that, she has all these emotional issues. The writer spent more time focused on Michelle and her baggage then the First Families possible scandal and deep secrets. Eliminating those chapters would have made this book a possible "Page Turner" but not a Thriller.
I am following one reviewer's advise "2 bad book rule" Adios Baldacci for now.
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