Hour Game (Sean King and Michelle Maxwell Series #2) Book

I like Baldacci's writing quite a bit. He's one of few authors that can usually keep me guessing until close to the end of the book. He also has the ability to create characters that feel real, and he offers insight into human nature. However, in 'Hour Game' I feel these two elements were missing. Michelle Maxwell and Sean King - the principal characters in this book and a few others - were just plain flat, 2-dimensional. In addition, he tended to be more verbose than usual: he would explain something, and you'd go "oh, okay, that makes sense" and be ready to move on, only to find that he spends two more pages re-explaining it. I don't know if he lacked faith in his readers' intelligence and perception, or in his own ability to portray his own thoughts, but it made for some tedious reading in a book that was supposed to be fast-paced. However, do not let this review stop you from trying some of his other works, which are excellent. 'Saving Faith' is one of my favorites, as well as the 'Camel Club' books.