King and Maxwell by David Baldacci

King and Maxwell by David Baldacci
(Sean King & Michelle Maxwell #6)
640 pages / 12 hrs, 56 mins)

"It seems at first like a simple, tragic story. Tyler Wingo, a teenage boy, learns the awful news that his father, a soldier, was killed in action in Afghanistan. Then the extraordinary happens: Tyler receives a communication from his father...after his supposed death.

"Tyler hires Sean and Michelle to solve the mystery surrounding his father...their hunt for the truth leads them relentlessly to the highest levels of power and to uncovering the most clandestine of secrets..."

I thought this was one of the better stories in the series.  It was a nice change to have a teenager as the client, and the reader is kept wondering about the adversary's end-game until the end.  Good story!

First Family by David Baldacci

First Family by David Baldacci
(King & Maxwell #4)
464 pages / 14 hrs, 35 mins

"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 King 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."  (from the publisher)

The reviews for this one are all over the place.  One complaint is that the plot is unbelievable, however, with the recent explosion of sexual harassment allegations against our government officials it may be more believable in 2017 than it was in 2009.  While it may not be Baldacci's best work, I found it entertaining.