In a terrifying confrontation that will push Sean and Michelle to their limits, the duo may be permanently parted. Their persistence puts them on a collision course with the highest levels of the government and the darkest corners of power. It is now up to them to ask the questions no one seems to want answered: Is Roy a killer? Who murdered Bergin? 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. But their investigation is derailed when Sean and Michelle find Bergin murdered. 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.In the #1 New York Times bestselling thriller that inspired the TV series King & Maxwell, two private investigators dig into a killer's past-but when their search threatens powerful enemies, it could cost them their lives.Įdgar Roy-an alleged serial killer-is awaiting trial. They find that the deception reaches the highest political offices in Washington, D.C.

“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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