Book: Simple Genius
Author: David Baldacci
Source: recommended by my mother
GoodReads Summary: 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 worlds 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 in a hostpital bed after a night of sucidal violence. And Sean is forced to take on a thankless investigation into the murder 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 seeminly autistic girl's extraordinary genius, and a powerful breakthrough in the realm of classified codes, Sean soon learns enough to his life at riske. 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-intesity suspense. The heroes of Split Second and Hour Game, David Baldaccis #1 New York Times bestsellers, are back-as you've never seen them before.
My Thoughts: My mind was just blown away. I was almost instantly drawn to the two main characters, Michelle Maxwell and Sean King, when I began reading. From then on things just got even better as I read on. Throughout the entire book I found myself speculating who was the one responsible for all the murders, which of course lead to me finishing over half the book in one day just to find out exactly who did it. I have to admit, this is the first book I've read completely through that was not in the Young Adult section, and I could clearly tell it; the plot of this book was just exceptional, it held so many small minuscule details and was constantly making me wonder as I read. The reading level of this book wasn't bad at all for me, and was almost an easy read; it just took some push to get past the beginning that was a little slow to read. I definitely have to give David Baldacci a round of applause for such amazing writing he showed in this book. I have no doubt that I will read more of his work.
Favorite Quote: "Don't get too excited. Knowing that a man was murdered and finding out who killed him is, to borrow a line from Mark Twain, is the difference between the lightening bug and the lightening."
Rating: 5/5
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