The Murder Game

De: Beverly Barton

Narrado por: Amy McFadden

A serial killer lures a beautiful FBI agent into high stakes game of life and death in this romantic thriller by the New York Times bestselling author.

The game is simple: he is the Hunter; they are the Prey. He gives them a chance to escape. To run. To hide. To outsmart him. But eventually, he catches them. And that's when the game gets really terrifying . . .

Private investigator Griffin Powell and FBI agent Nicole Baxter know a lot about serial killers—they took one down together. But this new killer likes playing games with Nic and Griff. Every unsolvable clue, every posed victim, every taunting phone call—it's all part of his plan. But now the Hunter is changing the rules . . .

The brutal psychopath needs a worthy adversary. To him, Nicole is the most precious prey of all. And he won't stop until he gets his chance to hunt her down. Now, with his partner in a killer's sights, Griff is playing for the biggest stakes of his life.

Contains mature themes.

©2008 Beverly Beaver (P)2022 Tantor

Griffin Powell

Love the series. Didn’t read in order. But love the characters is this series. Look forward to more Griffin Powell stories

Unexpected pacing compared to rest of series

By the time the "inevitable" happened, we were at the halfway mark. It was cool to finally dig into Grif's history, but I didn't expect so much of this volume to be focused on PTSD recovery and it took away from the mystery aspect of the story. Also didn't expect the villain to get so sloppy at the end - the last two chapters felt really rushed. I am glad we didn't get another "a year later" epilogue, though!

These characters should be divorced. Still fun

The narrator was fantastic! I have avoided reading this specific book in the series for a long time, but it fits thematically with the others. Suspenseful and engaging, the long read/listen is worth the payout at the end. However I stand by my opinion Nic Baxter & Griffin Powell are far too similar, too high-handed, and get far too messy in the continuation of the series to stay married.

Interesting book in the series

Would like less graphic details of the abductions and murders but all in all a good story.

Couldn’t stop listening!

Loved every second of this book. Amazing narrator. Cant wait to start the next in the series!

Love & War

The villain in this book is beyond psychotic. I love the way Nick and Grifth were arch enemies and ended up falling in love with each other. Love wins again. I enjoyed this book so much I am about to listen to the whole series. If you’re looking for suspense and love this is the book for you.

Delicious… Riveting… Great Book

I hands down loved this book 10/10 recommend this book, it was a great read and Beverly Barton is a great author all around.

the storyline was excellent!

This qas one of the best books I've ever read, I was so invested that I stayed up all night to get to the ending. I have literally never engaged and had such emotions over a book....a must read!!!!

Great Thriller Read

I found this book to be enjoyable and thrilling enough. I just didn't like the one part of the book where the main character gets entangled into this monsterous serial killers game and she had an opportunity to sneak attack him and managed to injure him but was unable to wrestle away his rifle and opted to run, instead of finishing him off as a "trained FBI Agent" or at very least had the know how to incapacitate his eyes so he couldn't get any shots off.

Outside of that puzzling event and the fact that the FBI was unable to figure out simple clues she manged to blurt out to help her being found was also puzzling but overall it was a pretty good listen depicting the mind of a madmen playing his twisted (cheating by utilizing trackers) hunting game.

Enjoyed overall

While the first chapter turned me off and I decided against the book. I listed to two others. Then by mistake I started this one again instead of the other book I listened to the first chapter of. However, it got much better the longer I listened. The character development was a bit odd. Griff was a bit of an obnoxious well to do womanizer and then suddenly falls in love and becomes a faithful, dedicated to the relationship with one women. Not quite believable, but still a chick type - happily ever after ending.