{"product_id":"044661873x-simple_genius3","title":"Simple Genius: 3","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a world of secrets, human genius is power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd sometimes it is simply deadly...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormer 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoon 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 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 \u003cb\u003eSplit Second\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eHour Game\u003c\/b\u003e, David Baldacci's #1 \u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e bestsellers, are back—as you've never seen them before.\u003c\/p\u003e\nPublishers Weekly\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLast seen in \u003ci\u003eSplit Second\u003c\/i\u003e(2003), former Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell have reached a crisis in their relationship in this less than compelling Washington political thriller from bestseller Baldacci. When Maxwell instigates a fight with the most intimidating bruiser she could find at a local bar and lets herself be beaten unconscious, despite her superior fighting skills, her partner suggests she voluntarily commit herself to a psychiatric facility. While Maxwell reluctantly undergoes treatment to find the childhood roots of her death wish, King probes the suicide of a scientist found on the grounds of Virginia's Camp Peary, a mysterious CIA facility. Both mysteries are fairly run of the mill, lacking the sharp twists and expert pacing that characterize Baldacci's fiction at its best. \u003ci\u003e(Apr. 24)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCopyright 2007 Reed Business Information\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMystery, Thriller \u0026amp; Suspense\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMystery\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eInternational Mystery \u0026amp; Crime\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Used - Poor","offer_id":47629721796798,"sku":"044661873X-6","price":18.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81lBnlsbCWL_2f65666d-c546-48c4-981e-dda162e2ca42.jpg?v=1781420048","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/044661873x-simple_genius3","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}