Review: Fair Game is a winner
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 26, 2010
Josh Lanyon is on my must-buy list, so I was surprised when I got my new Kindle that for some reason I had missed this book when it was first published. I am glad I bought it now, because late is better than nothing.Premise: Elliott, is a retired FBI agent who after being injured on the job has taken up teaching at a small university. When a friend of the family's son disappears, the boy's parents ask Elliott to look into the matter. This brings him back into contact with his ex-FBI partner (and lover) Tucker. Their relationship at the beginning is strained to say the least. As the novel progresses and more young men have gone missing, Elliott and Tucker soon realize they have a serial killer on their hands whose man goal is to torment Elliott. The question is will Tucker and Elliott stop this mad man or will his game end with the death of one (or both) of them?I love Lanyon's mysteries. Some of the time I can figure out the killer, and sometimes I cannot. "Fair Game" was one of those novels where the person who I thought was the serial killer wasn't and the person who was the killer wasn't even on my suspect list! That takes true talent as I was raised on Agatha Cristie and Sherlock Holmes novels. The love story between Elliott and Tucker felt real, not forced and even though there was originally a Big Misunderstanding about why they broke up originally, their reunion made sense. Plus the secondary characters (some suspects) were three dimensional and complex, as always with Josh's books. All in all, this was a very enjoyable read. I highly recommend it.