Hour Game (King & Maxwell)
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (795 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1586217038 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 389 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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But even before the chief suspect in the break-in meets his death in a gruesome slaying reminiscent of a serial killer long since caught and punished, King and Maxwell get caught up in a string of other murders, each of which copies the techniques of another madman, from San Francisco's Zodiac Killer to Chicago's infamous John Wayne Gacy. Now partners in a private investigation firm in a small Virginia town, they're hired to investigate a burglary at the home of a wealthy local family. Read this exc
--Jane Adams Exclusive ContentWhy Hour Game: An Exclusive Essay by David Baldacci It's hard not to notice that the majority of fictional serial killers are cut from the same mold. Now partners in a private investigation firm in a small Virginia town, they're hired to investigate a burglary at the home of a wealthy local family. But even before the chief suspect in the break-in meets his death in a gruesome slaying reminiscent of a serial killer long since caught and punished, King and Maxwell get caught up in a st
Baldacci is always good I have long admired the work of David Baldacci because he repeatedly crafts good, well-thought-out plot lines and strong character development in his stories without resorting to the very prevalent technique of serializing a set cast of core return characters. However, in the series of books in which he has used that technique (King and Maxwell and the Came. "Twists kept me guessing til the dial page!" according to Lynne A. Huskey. Baldacci holds your interest beginning to end. He put in a lot of characters many of whom were red herrings. This was a love/hate thing for me as they were fun distractions but didn't do much to advancing the plot and were confusing. On the other hand, that was undoubtedly their purpose. I could have done without a few of them.That said, I still enjoyed Hou. HOUR after hour after hour yawn Amazon Customer I still haven't finished this book. I am forcing myself to continue to the end. I'm about 3/4 there and it's been a struggle all the way. For having the great reputation Mr. Baldacci does as an author, I find this book surprising. Surprisingly simplistic and containing so much beginning writer rhetoric it's making me nuts. Far too many instances of a statem