This book kept me reading trying to figure out who the killer could be. I enjoy books that keep me second-guessing.

A very good suspense thriller book. I usually can figure out who the killer is and this one threw me for loop. Andi Wren is trying to keep her late husband's company from going bankrupt. Throw in a pregnancy, mean in-laws and a stalker. Add some romance and bad guys and you have this book

I was provided a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest and fair review.

I've never read anything by this author before, but this one sounded pretty good so I thought I'd give it a try! The plot was pretty interesting and it was creepy enough. The bad guy was someone that I didn't see coming - I was pretty surprised once we got to that plot twist. Overall though I didn't find the book to be overly thrilling, I just couldn't get fully into the story. I mean the plot held my interest, it wasn't that I wasn't interested in the story. I just couldn't emotionally connect to the characters in the story. Andi was a little timid to me, and I thought her character development was a little choppy. I also thought that the transitions between the detective chapters and Andi / Luke story was not always the smoothest and sometimes it took me a minute to catch up. Other than those things the book was good, I liked it and it was a pretty good story. I would recommend trying it, and it might be better to try with the rest of the series.

According to my kindle I was 43% through this book when I finally gave up on it. I really felt the writing style was amateurish. I was surprised to later realize this was a book in a series and this writer was not a new novelist. The storyline was not believable. The characters were frivolous and childish. The romance was absurd. The dialogue writing was uncomfortable and awkward. This book had very little appeal.

Nancy Bush's The Killing Game is a wonderful mystery, suspenseful thriller with a little bit of romance thrown in. This book had me on the edge of my seat and it was just at the ending when the killer was revealed that I finally figured it out. For me, that makes a great book.

There are two parallel stories going on in this book and they finally curve toward one another and the solution comes fast and furious at that point. Andrea (Andi) Wren is a recent widow who is still reeling from her husband's death and infidelity. She is fighting with her brother-in-law about the direction the family business, Wren Construcion, is going to take. She is the majority stock owner and does not want to deal with the ruthless Carerra brothers. There is suspicion that they were responsible for her husband's death. When Andi starts getting strange notes about birds that appear threatening, she hires Lucas Denton to investigate the Carerra's as well as to give her personal protection. As the story progresses, it becomes apparent that Andi is not being threatened by the Carerra's but that she appears to have a stalker, a deadly serial killer who targets women who have bird names. With Luke as well as two female detectives on the hunt, how long will it take to discover how the cased intersect and who is after Andi.

Enter P.I. Luke Denton, former cop, and one determined sleuth. Who is sending the notes? What do they mean?

There are a lot of characters in this book, yet I had no trouble keeping track of them. Andi is a strong female character that shows her mettle when the chips are down. Luke is a great investigator, smart, loyal and good-looking to boot. He is a great partner in the mystery to Andi. The villian is wonderfully written. I could feel his evil coming off the pages. Add to the mix, a competitive and underhanded adversary in the building trade, millions of dollars at stake and what is the connection between these women and this twisted tale earns its mystery title. I will now have to go back and read the first 4 books in this series.