Deadly Games

by Thom Racina

Practice Run is a computer game that's captivating the imaginations of teenagers. The mastermind behind it is being hailed as a creative genius. Then, across the country religious leaders are being... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 045121076X
• ISBN13: 9780451210760
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.8" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Ripping good read

The truth is: I carried this book everywhere for 48 hours until I finished it! Great pacing, and the characters are meaty enough that you want to know what happens to them. This is one of those plots where you already know whodunit, but you can't imagine how or why, and you have to keep reading to find out. This is my first book by Thom Racina, and I will keep reading. Think summer movie entertainment, not "litrajure", and you will not be disappointed!

Another Racina classic.

Flawless storytelling from the author and I (the lucky reader) got a lot of goosebumps. A great read.

Deadly Games

Once again Mr. Racina has written a compelling, captivating suspense thriller.His easy reading style makes his books a pleasure to read.The plot and character development are superb!!!!!!After reading this book of his, try all his others!!!

A gripping, clever story

I just read this book from cover to cover. It's strikingly suspenseful, and the author shows amazing skill in making a wild plot believable and scary. It reminds me of The Manchurian Candidate, but with a 2001 twist that could make any parent a little paranoid about the technology in their children's hands. The writing is vivid and brisk. This is the kind of book people reach for in airports right before they get on a plane -- and the kind that they hold on to and recommend to friends. It's several notches above any thrillers I've read in months!

One of the most exciting suspense authors of our time

The world's premier computer game programmer Tyler and Quinn, a woman who heads a foundation that gives computers to the needy in all parts of the world, met at Costco and soon they married. Quinn is the happiest woman on earth because she is in love again. She begins to have doubts about her husband when she learns that he has a brother he never mentioned. The sibling is in prison for hacking into the Pentagon's computer.Next Quinn discovers that Tyler's number one bestselling game has subliminal messages that program the hardcore users to kill religious leaders. She confides her fear to a closes friend, an FBI agent but he is murdered before they can find hard evidence against Tyler. Quinn talks to the agent's partner, but he too disappears. Now she concludes that the new version of Practice Run due in stores on Easter will cause a blood bath against religious figures yet she still struggles with accepting Tyler is a killer.Thom Racina is one of the most exciting suspense authors of our time, always writing a book that is believable and unforgettable. DEADLY GAMES is one of his most fascinating books to date because readers don't want Quinn's husband to be the villain. He is portrayed for much of the book as a kind-hearted loving spouse and the audience finds themselves, like Quinn, under his spell and hoping that he is not a killer (kind of like Hitchcock's' Suspicion). There is so much action in this crime thriller that it is a wonder that the characters are so three dimensional and realistic, a testimony to Mr. Racina's talent.Harriet Klausner