King and Maxwell by David Baldacci

"King and Maxwell" by David Baldacci - Another adventure for POTUS!

This book is published by Pan Macmillan in 2014 and has 624 pages. This is Book 6 of 'Shane King' series.

Sam Wingo is on a mission in middle east. The mission goes wrong, he loses the cargo but he escapes. He is declared KIA (Killed in action). His son receives an email from him after he was declared dead. The son hires Shane King and Michelle Maxwell to investigate.

As King and Maxwell start investigating, they ruffle feathers of certain governmental agencies. The agencies warn them to stay away, create obstacles and are detained by Homeland Security. They are even attacked by gunmen. But King and Maxwell persevere. That associates them with POTUS. It's followed by kidnapping. 

It's a maze that King and Maxwell have to navigate. They have to coalesce tiny fragments of information and make sense out of them. The odds are stacked against King and Maxwell but they eventually succeed. 

There are two interesting characters, apart from King and Maxwell. One is Diana, Shane's ex-wife. Her presence is a help for the case and subtle threat to Michelle. She and Shane are going to same hospital for rehab at the end of story. So expect author to exploit this angle in next book. Another is Edgar, brilliant analyst, the one who solves King and Maxwell's hacking problems. He is humourless and takes an action at the end of book that leaves King and Maxwell perplexed. Expect author to lean on this in next book too.

Story is decent. Plot is interesting. Execution is good and interest is maintained. Story is fluid but tends to stagnate occasionally.

Shane and Michelle talk about Shane's ex-wife as if she never met her, never knew of her. But in previous book Michelle knew about her and probably even met her. 

Why did I read this book? Author

What I didn't like? Curtis Brown angle is semi- convincing. 

What did I like? Edgar.

Read if you have read the series and liked it.