{"id":619,"date":"2018-05-01T08:30:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T07:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=619"},"modified":"2018-05-01T08:30:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T07:30:56","slug":"murder-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=619","title":{"rendered":"Murder Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Twists and turns as you follow the hunt for the next victim&#8230;&#8230;.<\/h2>\n<p>The Dealer leaves a trail of cards taunting the cops and challenging the professor in this story. While some serial killers want to be found, some really want to be found. The question is, can they find him in time to save more victims?<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/1784753866\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=1784753866&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=invittoevent-21&amp;linkId=92738ea3fd7f73a3d0cc3e1458c16c42\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;ASIN=1784753866&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;tag=invittoevent-21\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Plot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/1784753866\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=1784753866&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=invittoevent-21&amp;linkId=92738ea3fd7f73a3d0cc3e1458c16c42\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Murder Games<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>A serial killer is loose on the streets of Manhattan. His victims appear to be total strangers. The only clue that links the crimes is the playing card left behind at each scene that hints at the next target.<\/p>\n<p>The killer, known in the tabloids as The Dealer, is baiting cops into a deadly guessing game that has the city increasingly on edge. Elizabeth Needham, the tenacious cop in charge of the case, turns to an unlikely ally \u2013 Dylan Reinhart, a brilliant professor whose book turned up in connection with the murders.<\/p>\n<p>As the public frenzy over The Dealer reaches a fever pitch, Dylan and Elizabeth must connect the clues to discover what the victims have in common \u2013 before The Dealer runs through his entire deck.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/1784753866\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=1784753866&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=invittoevent-21&amp;linkId=92738ea3fd7f73a3d0cc3e1458c16c42\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-627 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/murder-games.jpg\" alt=\"murder games\" width=\"325\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/murder-games.jpg 325w, https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/murder-games-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Patterson\u00a0works with a variety of co-authors.\u00a0Murder Games is co-written by\u00a0 Patterson with\u00a0Howard Roughan. Just as\u00a0Patterson is a former advertising executive, Roughan credits his keen writing skills to his years of work in advertising.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The thing about my books is that they&#8217;re a rollercoaster ride, but at the end you get relief. It all gets sorted out,&#8221; Patterson told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/uknews\/1578012\/James-Pattersons-Kentucky-fried-books.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Telegraph<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dying to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/lists\/james-patterson-howard-roughan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">murder mystery<\/a>? Get your next book at <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/lists\/james-patterson-howard-roughan\">https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/lists\/james-patterson-howard-roughan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twists and turns as you follow the hunt for the next victim&#8230;&#8230;. The Dealer leaves a trail of cards taunting the cops and challenging the professor in this story. While some serial killers want to be found, some really want to be found. The question is, can they find him in time to save more&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=619\">More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Murder Games<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[95,96,97],"class_list":["post-619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-murder-mystery-books","tag-howard-roughan","tag-james-patterson","tag-murder-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Murder Games - Solve The Murder<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=619\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Murder Games - Solve The Murder\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Twists and turns as you follow the hunt for the next victim&#8230;&#8230;. 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