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Hour Game

David Baldacci
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mystery crime thriller past tense third limited POV ~564 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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tense gritty psychological

A propulsive and dark mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 65
sparsedense
Pacing 75
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 45%
noneexplicit
Humor 15%
seriouscomedic
Romance 25%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count140,929
Page count~564 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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