David Baldacci

He's copying famous serial killers. And the HOUR GAME has just begun... A woman is found murdered in the woods. It seems like a simple case but it soon escalates into a terrible nightmare. Someone is replicating the killing styles of the most infamous murderers of all time. No one knows this criminal's motives...or who will die next. Two ex-Secret Service agents, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, have been hired to defend a man's innocence in a burglary involving an aristocratic family. Then a series of secrets leads the partners right into the frantic hunt that is confounding even the FBI. Now King and Maxwell are playing the Hour Game, uncovering one horrifying revelation after another and putting their lives in danger. For the closer they get to the truth, the closer they get to the most shocking surprise of all.

Hour Game

Mariel Adrianna de la Garza

Mom had this as an audiobook stuffed away somewhere, and I found it. She said she'd gotten bored and hadn't finished it; I decided to give it a try. Threw it on in the background while cleaning out my room [epic project, let me tell you] and after the first 30 - 45 minutes, it actually got pretty interesting. I zoned in and out as I got distracted, but I was able to follow the story easily. The end made it feel like it could have been an old radio program or a black and white film - a little gimmicky, a little predictable, and entertaining because of it.

Things cited as flaws in other reviews [restating details too often, too many explanations of what would otherwise be subtle references] are actually good qualities as an audio book. The reading was well done, by a single individual.

My first Baldacci book, it was about what I expected and I appreciated it for that. I'm actually in the process of listening to it again [over a series of long drives]. I stopped reading books like this a while ago, but it was a nice break from what I read now and kind of fun. I'd pick up another by Baldacci as a vacation read.

Lacy Clagg

Zoe Kirkilis

Fran Lewis

karim othman

Baldacci's #1 "New York Times" bestseller brings back Sean King and Michelle Maxwell--the unstoppable duo from "Split Second"--on the trails of two diabolical killers, one of whom is copying the other--and stealing the "credit."

Kristy Madders

Jeremy Anderberg

Jenna Pederson

Daniel Feldt

David Baldacci's heart-stopping Hour Game is the second fast-paced thriller in the King and Maxwell series.Following their collaboration in Split Second, ex-Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell have gone into partnership and are investigating the robbery of some secret documents at the residence of the incredibly wealthy Battle family. It seems like a straightforward case of domestic burglary, but soon they begin to suspect links to larger, more terrifying events now shaking the prosperous town of Wrightsburg . . . The unidentified corpse of an attractive young woman turns up in the woods; two high school kids, one shot in the back, the other in the face, are found dead in their car; a successful lawyer is discovered stabbed to death in her own home. A serial killer is on the loose. The murderer kills in the manner of famous killers of the past but takes care to leave a stopped watch at the scene of each crime - corresponding to the victim's position on his hit list. As the killing spree escalates it seems that the fractured Battle family are somehow involved and Maxwell and King suddenly find themselves racing to solve an intricate puzzle, one that is full of tantalizing clues but barren of solid evidence, and one that is leaving even the FBI confounded. And all the while, the body count is rising . . .Hour Game is followed by Simple Genius, First Family, The Sixth Man and King and Maxwell.

Hour Game

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