The Game you Played is a standalone psychological thriller
and will keep you guessing until the end.
A two-year-old child is missing. Any parent’s nightmare. Especially
if it’s your own. Phoebe took her eyes off Tommy for two seconds in the park
and when she looked up he was gone. Six months down the line and the police
still have no leads. Phoebe is a shadow of her former self, and her husband
Luke has thrown himself into his real estate business and no longer feels
connected to her. In fact, he has found himself a much more sympathetic ear. A
note arrives in their mailbox that makes reference to Tommy. Is it a sick joke
or does someone actually have some knowledge about Tommy? As Phoebe’s mental
state spirals, she starts relying more and more on the sleeping tablets she has
been prescribed. However, now she is waking up in strange places and has no
idea how she got there. Plus, the bizarre dreams she is having seem to be
trying to tell her something. Luckily she has the support of her close group of
friends who have been with her since she was young. As her desperation brings
her closer to the edge, the author of the notes is uncovered. Let the chaos
commence...
I really enjoyed this thriller. It is a little confusing to
try to tie in the dreams but once you see where they are headed it becomes a
race to finish the book to find out what, when, where, and how. The author
portrays the turmoil Phoebe is going through very powerfully and the raw
emotions are sometimes hard to handle. There is a fine line between drawing the
reader in just enough and overburdening them with emotion and sometimes I felt
as though the author could have reined it in just a little as too much
repetition tends to lose its effectiveness. But that was a small gripe. What
was not said between the couple was an indication of many relationships today –
each person crying out for the other but not communicating effectively enough
for the other to understand. There were definitely clues sprinkled throughout
the story to point you in the wrong and right direction, and while I thought
the ending may have been a little OTT it was still a fantastic read.
I definitely recommend this for a good, solid thriller with
some clever writing.
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