July 31st 2008
I don’t know why some of Baldacci’s books read very easily, while others are like wading through quicksand. Although this is a very good story, the writing was just plain ponderous.
Oh, and for the record… I’m getting tired of megalomaniacs.
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November 27th 2007
Wow, what a ride! This takes place before Baldacci’s other book, Hour Game, and tells the tale of how Sean and Michelle meet. And Baldacci’s habit of calling male characters by their last name and female characters by their first name still annoys the heck out of me. However, it’s not going to keep me from reading his books… because they’re damn good!
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June 14th 2005
32. Hour Game by David Baldacci
A fun little murder mystery about a serial killer and the two ex-Secret Service agents turned private investigators who bring said killer to justice.
A woman is found murdered in the woods with a very special watch on her wrist — and what seemed a simple case soon escalates into a nightmare. The criminal methods of some of the most infamous killers of all time are being replicated by a new predator who stalks and strikes victims with a cunning brilliance. No one can understand the murderer’s motives or who the next victim will be.
Drawn into this violent affair are two Secret Service agents turned private investigators, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell. Both have been hired to prove a man’s innocence in a domestic burglary involving an aristocratic, if dysfunctional, family. Soon stunning secrets will lead the partners into the middle of a frantic search for a killer unlike any they’ve confronted before.
As the Hour Game barrels forward, Sean and Michelle face a macabre puzzle and uncover one horrifying revelation after another. Nearing the truth, they will find that their own lives are in danger. And then they’re hit with the biggest surprise of all. When you play the Hour Game, you have to play to win. But time is running out… for all of them.
It’s delightful to read a jacket cover that was written by someone who actually read the book. I’d have to say the only thing that bugged me about this book is that the author referred to the male protagonist as “King” throughout, yet referred to the female protagonist as “Michelle.” What’s up with that?
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