King and Maxwell Series 6 Books Collection Set by David Baldacci - King and Maxwell, The Sixth Man

This six-book collection brings together David Baldacci’s King and Maxwell series, following ex-Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell as they take on investigations that draw them into high-stakes mysteries and escalating danger. Across the set, the pair move from past failures in protection to complex cases involving missing witnesses, secret documents, and crimes that suggest wider conspiracies.

From a robbery at the residence of the wealthy Battle family to a sequence of killings marked by a stopped watch, the stories place King and Maxwell under pressure from powerful institutions and shifting alliances. The collection also includes cases involving a secretive scientific community near Babbage Town, a teenager receiving messages from a father believed dead, a murder that derails a legal enquiry, and a kidnapping at Camp David that pulls the investigators into a situation shaped by personal history.

Included titles

• Split Second
• Hour Game
• Simple Genius
• First Family
• The Sixth Man
• King and Maxwell

Key details

• Six-book collection set
• King and Maxwell series
• By David Baldacci
• Includes Split Second, Hour Game, Simple Genius, First Family, The Sixth Man and King and Maxwell

Synopses

Hour Game

King and Maxwell investigate the theft of secret documents from the Battle family home, a case that soon appears connected to unsettling events in Wrightsburg. As multiple murders mount, the killer leaves a stopped watch at each scene, tied to the victim’s place on a hit list. With clues but little solid evidence, they race to solve a puzzle that even the FBI struggles to untangle.

Simple Genius

Still affected by their last case, King arranges therapy for Maxwell, but she uncovers troubling secrets in the hospital. King takes on a job linked to the mysterious death of physicist Monk Turing near Babbage Town, a secluded community of scientists and cryptographers. With the FBI and CIA closing in, he searches for answers while trying to help his partner.

Split Second

A momentary distraction costs Secret Service agent Sean King his career and presidential candidate Clyde Ritter his life. Years later, agent Michelle Maxwell’s protection detail ends in disaster when candidate John Bruno is abducted. Drawn by the similarities, Maxwell reopens the earlier case and teams up with King as witnesses and figures within the legal system begin to disappear.

King and Maxwell

King and Maxwell meet teenager Tyler Wingo after he is told his soldier father has been killed in Afghanistan, only for Tyler to receive an email from him afterwards. Hired to investigate, they uncover deeper questions about what really happened and whether Tyler could be in danger. As those in power try to remove them, the pair push forward towards a perilous conclusion.

The Sixth Man

Private investigators King and Maxwell are asked by lawyer Ted Bergin to look into the case of Edgar Roy, held in Cutter’s Rock psychiatric unit as an alleged serial killer. The enquiry is thrown into chaos when Bergin is found murdered in his car. With the FBI involved, the duo face obstacles, half-truths and dead ends as they try to determine what is true.

First Family

At Camp David, a birthday celebration turns into a nightmare when a child is abducted. The First Lady brings in King and Maxwell to help return the child safely, and she and King share a past. With Maxwell still battling her own demons, the investigation becomes a test of trust as the line between ally and enemy blurs.