false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179295854m/900774.jpg 85306 31 Two disgraced former Secret Service officers team up to solve a series of copy-cat crimes in this exciting new thriller by a master of the game. Sean King was momentarily distracted when a presidential candidate he'd been guarding was assassinated a few feet from where he stood, and Michelle Maxwell left the Service under a similar cloud when she lost a "protectee" to an ingenious kidnapping scheme, events told in Baldacci's typical terse, fast-paced style in <I>Split Second</I>. 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 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. While the two protagonists aren't especially complex or well-developed, the action never stops, and Baldacci's trademark pacing keeps the reader turning pages until the denouement, which unfortunately isn't quite as satisfying as the rest of the novel. <I>--Jane Adams</I><p> <p clear="left"><p> <strong><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="cc6600">Amazon.com Exclusive Content</font></strong> <p> <p clear="left"><p> <a name="baldacci-essay"> <B><I>Why Hour Game</I>: An Exclusive Essay by David Baldacci</B> <br><p clear="left"> <img border="0" src="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/artists/davidbaldacci.t.gif" align="left"> It's hard not to notice that the majority of fictional serial killers are cut from the same mold. When David Baldacci wrote <I>Hour Game</I>, he went out of his way to create a murderous original. Read this Amazon.com <a border="0" href="/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/544487/ref=lkh_bk_1/${0}">exclusive essay to learn how and why he did it. 1982850 2003 Hour Game (Sean King & Michelle Maxwell, #2) total:2659|5:456|4:1120|3:891|2:161|1:31| 2659 9786 3387 218 85306 0446616494 9780446616492 2476 206 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171059368m/85306.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85306.Hour_Game 4 1 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 21:33:35 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 21:35:17 -0700 2007
Narrator: Scott Brick
Publisher: Hachette Audio, 2004
Length: 14 hours and 25 min.

Publisher's Summary

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The characters were like Pinocchio - wooden, but they never came to life, not while I was listening to t...more...]]> 85306 0446616494 9780446616492 2476 206 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171059368m/85306.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85306.Hour_Game 4 0 false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 15:52:25 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 16:04:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 85306 0446616494 9780446616492 2476 206 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171059368m/85306.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85306.Hour_Game 3 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 21 08:44:36 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 09:11:07 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 85306 0446616494 9780446616492 2476 206 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171059368m/85306.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85306.Hour_Game 4 0 false Thu Aug 20 12:09:17 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 13:05:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 85306 0446616494 9780446616492 2476 206 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171059368m/85306.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85306.Hour_Game 4 0 false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 11:57:15 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 12:01:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 85306 0446616494 9780446616492 2476 206 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171059368m/85306.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85306.Hour_Game 3 0 false Mon Nov 16 19:15:48 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 19:17:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 85306 0446616494 9780446616492 2476 206 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171059368m/85306.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85306.Hour_Game 4 0 false Fri Jul 03 07:37:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 07:41:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 85306 0446616494 9780446616492 2476 206 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171059368m/85306.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85306.Hour_Game 3 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 12:42:08 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 06:54:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 85306 0446616494 9780446616492 2476 206 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171059368m/85306.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85306.Hour_Game 4 0 false Mon Feb 16 10:54:41 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 10:57:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 85306 0446616494 9780446616492 2476 206 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171059368m/85306.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85306.Hour_Game 4 0 false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 10:39:17 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 10:40:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 85306 0446616494 9780446616492 2476 206 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171059368m/85306.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85306.Hour_Game 4 0 false Mon May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 11 14:46:16 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 14:46:38 -0700 2008
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, my first Baldacci. I ...more...]]> 85306 0446616494 9780446616492 2476 206 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171059368m/85306.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85306.Hour_Game 4 0 false Fri Oct 23 09:42:34 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 09:42:34 -0700 2009 85306 0446616494 9780446616492 2476 206 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171059368m/85306.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85306.Hour_Game 1 0 false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 11:21:20 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 11:23:11 -0700 2009 85306 0446616494 9780446616492 2476 206 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171059368m/85306.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85306.Hour_Game 3 0 false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 10:13:07 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 11:04:58 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=900774