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Simple Genius (edition 2007)

by David Baldacci

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Title:Simple Genius
Authors:David Baldacci
Info:Grand Central Publishing (2007), Hardcover, 432 pages
Collections:Your library
Rating:****
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Simple Genius by David Baldacci

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Sean King & Michelle Maxwell, hired by someone unknown, are sent to a secret site across the river from another secret site, to solve the mystery of one and then multiple murders. I could tell you about it but then I'd have to kill you. ( )
  justicefortibet | Jun 9, 2013 |
I love this series. This book seemed more harrowing than the last two. VERY good book, I loved how the bond between King and Maxwell is defined and tested, and how you get to see behind Michelles tough exterior. Great book...read it! ( )
  kcoleman428 | Apr 3, 2013 |
I liked this book. Many story lines, quite a few persons and a story that is quite believable.

I liked the way that Michelle's story was told, the influence it has on her, but also on the people surrounding her. I like the attraction between her and Sean, although they'll never admit it is there (not at this stage anyway).

And I like the idea that a small girl outwits several grown ups :-) ( )
  BoekenTrol71 | Mar 31, 2013 |
Michelle is having a mental breakdown and Sean accepts a job from his old boss so he can afford to pay for Michelle’s treatment. She is fighting the treatment and leaves the hospital to go help Sean in a complicated CIA conspiracy plot. It involves secret codes given to a young girl with an asperger’s type of condition. ( )
  Kathy89 | Dec 21, 2012 |
simple and easy to read. not sure how much of it is simply made up while other thing might be true and that would be scary. ( )
  kakadoo202 | Apr 12, 2012 |
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To my dear friend Maureen Egen,
May the days be long and the seas calm.
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There are four acknowledged ways of meeting your maker: You can die by natural causes including illness; you can die by accident; you can die by another's hand; and you can die by your own hand.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 044661873X, Mass Market Paperback)

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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After checking into a psychiatric institution, former Secret Service agent Michelle Maxwell is worriedly monitored by partner Sean King, who distracts himself with a murder investigation at a genius enclave where a sophisticated microprocessor is being developed.… (more)

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