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Laddar... Hour Game (urspr publ 2004; utgåvan 2005)av David Baldacci (Författare)
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(2004)Only a fair story that stretches credulity to the point when 2 adversaries fire their guns at each other and the bullets COLLIDE in midair and explode. Come on. (PW)Baldacci's last book, Split Second, was a relatively weak offering from this bestselling author, sunk by a cartoonish villain and absurd plot. But it did introduce two of Baldacci's (Absolute Power, etc.) most memorable characters, former Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, in business together as private investigators in smalltown Wrightsburg, Va. Baldacci is back in form, and King and Maxwell reappear in this utterly absorbing, complex mystery-thriller that spins in unexpected directions. The novel starts as a serial-killer thriller, for there's a murderer at work in Wrightsburg whose selection of victims appears random but whose modus operandi, differing from kill to kill, mimics the work of a notorious serial killer¥the Zodiac killer, John Wayne Gacy, etc. The fifth victim is local resident and international tycoon Robert E. Lee Battle. King and Maxwell have already been tangling with the gothic horror show of a dysfunctional Southern family that is the Battles, as they've been hired to help prove the innocence of a Battle handyman accused of stealing from the family. Then that handyman is murdered, and the duo (along with a clueless local sheriff and an obnoxious FBI agent) must race to figure out if the same killer is behind all the murders and, if so, why. There are terrific action sequences sprinkled throughout, and plenty of suspense, and the King/Maxwell relationship, while not romantic, emits sparks. It's Baldacci's portrayal of smalltown Southern life, however, and his sharp characterizations of the Battles, from the bombastic Bobby and his regal widow to his weird extended family, that give the novel texture and depth: this is Baldacci's most accomplished tale since his nonthriller Wish You Well, and it rivals that novel in its social commentary. Despite fair clues, few if any readers will ID the villain (villains?) before they're revealed, and a snappy surprise ending will have Baldacci's many fans remembering why they love this author so much. FROM AMAZON: 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. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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Det vältrimmade deckarparet Michelle Maxwell och Sean King från Den gemensamma nämnaren återkommer i ett drama som utspelar sig på landsbygden i Virginia. En mördare gäckar polisen. En ung kvinna, stripteasedansös visar det sig, hittas död och svårt sargad. På brottsplatsen har gärningsmannen lämnat märkliga spår som tyder på att han iklätt sig rollen av en seriemördare som härjade i Kalifornien under 1960-talet. Nästa offer är ett par ungdomar. Samma märkliga signaler från gärningsmannen. Polisen vet nu att fort-sättning kommer att följa. Robert Lee Battle är en av Virginias rikaste och mest ansedda män. Men det finns sprickor i den välputsade fasaden. Battle är en osympatisk familje-tyrann och det utåt sett lyckliga äktenskapet med den paranta hustrun är en kuliss. Han är också en notorisk kvinnojägare och använder sig gärna av prostituerades tjänster. Familjen ruvar också på mörka minnen av en son som dog i unga år under omständigheter som tystats ned. Michelle Maxwell och Sean King engageras av polisen i jakten på mördaren som fortsätter spela sitt morbida rollspel. Ett av uppslagen man arbetar med för dem nära familjen Battle och när ett av mordoffren visar sig vara en ung man som misstänks för inbrott på Battles lantegendom tar jakten en oväntad vändning. [Elib] Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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