{"id":1047,"date":"2026-01-03T21:10:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/hour-game-baldacci-david\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T21:10:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:10:39","slug":"hour-game-baldacci-david","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/hour-game-baldacci-david\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour Game – Baldacci, David"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE MAN IN THE RAIN SLICKER WALKEDslightly bent over, his breathing labored and his body sweaty. The extra weight he was bearing, though not al that substantial, was awkwardly placed, and the terrain was uneven. It was never an easy thing to tote a dead body through the woods in the middle of the night. He shifted the corpse to his left shoulder and trudged on. The soles of his shoes bore no distinguishing marks; not that it would have mattered, since the rain quickly washed away any traces of footprints. He\u2019d checked the forecast; the rain was why he was here. The inclement weather was the best friend he could ask for. <\/p>\n

Aside from the dead body draped over his sturdy shoulder, the man was also remarkable for the black hood he wore, on which was stitched an esoteric symbol that ran down the length of the cloth. It was a circle with a crosshairs through its middle. <\/p>\n

Probably instantly recognizable to anyone over the age of fifty, <\/p>\n

the logo once inspired a dread that had significantly eroded with time. It didn\u2019t matter that no one \u201calive\u201d would see him wearing the hood; he took grim satisfaction in its lethal symbolism. <\/p>\n

Within ten minutes he\u2019d reached the location he\u2019d careful y selected on an earlier visit, and laid the body down with a reverence that belied the violent manner in which the person had died. He took a deep breath and held it as he undid the telephone wire holding the bundle closed, and unwrapped the plastic. She was young with features that had been attractive two days prior; the woman was not much to look at now. The soft blond hair fel away from the greenish-tinged skin, revealing closed eyes and bloated cheeks. Had the eyes been open, they might have stil held the startled gaze of the deceased as she endured her own murder, an experience replicated roughly thirty thousand times each year in America. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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