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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780446616492 ISBN: 0446616494 Label: Vision Manufacturer: Vision Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 624 Publication Date: September 01, 2005 Publisher: Vision Studio: Vision Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: 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 Split Second. 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. --Jane Adams
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 Rating:  - The best in the "King and Maxwell" series.David Baldacci has shown with this book his ability to write a good, old-fashioned "whodunit". A good mystery story. The best part of the book is the main characters, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, two ex-secret service agents turned detective. These characters have great interplay between each other, harkening back to Nick and Nora from the famous "Thin Man" series of the 1930's. The story is good, too, with enough twists and turns to keep it interesting. A wonderful read for Baldacci fans. Rating: - good ideas; poor executionI listened to this book on CD, so some of my impatience with the book may have stemmed from this. As the story summarizes, we have a group of people going after a copycat serial killer. Each killing has aspects from some former serial killer. We have, at the same time, a mystery about the theft of stuff from the local muckety-muck dysfunctional family. The case seems open and shut except it's almost certain the assumed culprit is innocent of this crime. The main ... Read More Rating: - Baldacci is a great writer.I like Baldacci's writing. There were numerous characters and all of them were well planned and thought out, a definite challenge as far as I'm concerned. I have to admit the title and summary of the book had me expecting a little something else. I kept thinking where is the "hour game" that I read about in the summary? Otherwise, this book was excellent. The storytelling was very detailed and realistic with regard to police procedure and crime scene forensics, or so it seemed to me. Overall, ... Read More Rating:  - An Enthralling Suspenseful ThrillerI found Baldacci's novel excellent. The characters believable. The story seems to have to separate plots in the beginning, which nicely come together as one. There are twists & turns throughout the novel which centers around an elite family in a small Virginia town. The serial killer runs amok. There seems no plausible ties to his killings. Mr. Baldacci brings it all together extremely well at the book's conclusion. The story is very well thought out & attention gripping Rating: - wow................I think this is the BEST book I have ever read. I read before work, after work & before bed. I have't even been watching TV. It is riveting....Read it... |
It's hard not to notice that the majority of fictional serial killers are cut from the same mold. When David Baldacci wrote Hour Game, he went out of his way to create a murderous original. Read this Amazon.com