In a terrifying confrontation that will push Sean and Michelle to their limits, the duo may be permanently parted. This novel is action-adventure, the plot ricocheting between isolated Maine woods and Washington power corridors, with stops in Virginia and New York.
Their persistence puts them on a collision course with the highest levels of the government and the darkest corners of power. But the more they dig into Roy's past, the more they encounter obstacles, half-truths, dead-ends, false friends, and escalating threats from every direction. It is now up to them to ask the questions no one seems to want answered: Is Roy a killer? Who murdered Bergin? With help from some surprising allies, they continue to pursue the case. King and Maxwell We’ve apparently come a long way since the 1966 Mustang, added Michelle. But their investigation is derailed before it begins-en route to their first meeting with Bergin, Sean and Michelle find him murdered. The Sixth Man (King & Maxwell Series, 5) Baldacci, David (Author) English (Publication Language) 432 Pages - (Publication Date) - Grand Central Publishing (Publisher) Buy on Amazon 6. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by Roy's attorney, Sean's old friend and mentor Ted Bergin, to help work the case. I love the Wall concept where all the intelligence gathered by the disparate intelligence organizations is displayed for one person of extreme intelligence (Roy was the only E-Six) to figure out.Edgar Roy-an alleged serial killer held in a secure, fortress-like federal supermax facility-is awaiting trial. They find that the deception reaches the highest political offices in Washington, D.C. 4. “The Sixth Man” follows Sean and Michelle (and Roy’s half-sister, Kelly Paul (a new continuing character?) as they try to unravel the mystery of Bergin’s death, and the subsequent deaths of several other people involved in the Roy case. Why the FBI?Īs explained in the first paragraph, Edgar Roy WAS Homeland Security. A single bullet to the head.Ĭalling the authorities, not only do the local cops show up, but, also the FBI, lead by Special Agent Brandon Murdock.
Summoned to a meeting in Maine with old friend and lawyer representing Roy, Ted Bergin, Sean and Michelle are driving to their destination when they find Ted dead (that rhymes!) in his car.
The E-Program is in jeopardy, and under attack from politico’s. He sits, in a near catatonic state, in a highly secure Federal prison in Maine…Cutter’s Rock. Now Roy is awaiting trial for possibly murdering 6 people. Countless lives were saved as he deftly put random pieces of information together (out of billions of pieces of information) to avert terrorist strikes and numerous other man made disasters. So smart that he was selected to filter the overwhelming information from the E-Program’s “Wall” and, in that role, performed like no one else had before him.
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