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The Murder Game
The Murder Game | Julie Apple
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For fans of The Secret History and How to Get Away With Murder comes an exciting new voice in suspense fiction.
Ten years working as a prosecutor have left Meredith Delay jaded and unsure of what she wants out of life. She’s good at her job, but it haunts her. Her boyfriend wants her to commit, but she keeps him at arm’s length. Then Meredith is assigned to a high-profile prosecution involving the violent murder of a fallen hockey star. At first, it appears to be just another case to work. But when her old friend Julian is accused of the murder, it takes on a whole new dimension.
Meredith, Julian, Jonathan, and Lily were a tight-knit group in law school. But now, Jonathan’s defending Julian, and Lily’s loyalties aren’t clear. And when Julian invokes a rare—and risky—defense, Meredith is forced to confront their past.
Has something they played at as students finally been brought to death?
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Matilda
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🔔📚🔔 a bit back I wrote about these two mysteries that while nothing new per say we're good mysteries with that page-turner element. They're both on sale for .99cents and $1.99 BUT I recommend you read them backwards so start with MURDER GAME then read FRACTURED.

MallenNC I agree. I read them that way thanks to your recommendation 7y
Matilda @MallenNC awesome! I had actually been super confused about the whole pseudonym and had to go research it but was really glad I had read them backwards. 7y
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Bette
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Enjoyable, but not at all what I was expecting. This is the book "written" by the protagonist from Fractured by McKenzie. I expected it to be more directly tied to Fractured, but it is a stand alone revolving around a murder trial, possibly the perfect crime. #catsoflitsy. [a side note] I love Dexters toes. ?

rubyslippersreads Jelly bean toes! 😹 7y
Bette @rubyslippersreads Yeah, aren't they cute? 😂😂😂 7y
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MallenNC
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Just finished listening to The Murder Game, a companion book to Catherine McKenzie's Fractured. McKenzie wrote both, and The Murder Game and its author feature in Fractured. I can't wait to read/listen to see how this all works! #PopSugarReadingChallenge author who uses a pseudonym task

Matilda I read them backwards--this one first then Fractured--and am glad, I think they work better that way. Not so sure about the How To Get Away With Murder comp the synopsis has though, I think the new Marcia Clark series fits that better. 7y
MallenNC @Matilda I'm reading in this order bc of a tip in your Bookriot newsletter! I haven't read the Marcia Clarke books but I've got that on my TBR. I don't think this exactly fit How to Get Away with Murder either. 7y
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MallenNC
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I have always had trouble with audiobooks but I've finally found a method that works for me -- the Whispersync on Kindle/Audible that lets you switch between the ebook and the audio. It's syncs to the last page heard or read. It helps me if I miss something! This has kept me company today while winter weather keeps me inside! #snowdayreading #audiobook

Centique That's such a good idea! 7y
MallenNC @Centique It is really working for me! Especially when there are times when I'd rather read than listen to the story 7y
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MallenNC
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I'm going to read this one for the #PopSugarChallenge in the category of author who uses a pseudonym. Then I'm going to read the other book that goes with it, Fractured.

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Toady
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The details unfold as the story flashes in alternating chapters between the past and the present, where I was happy to be privy to the aftereffects of an earlier life, sometimes before being told about the earlier years. I found both time periods equally compelling and equal in their importance towards the mean.

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NikkiA
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It's a wee bit of a gimmick (a crime novel "written by" a character from another novel) so I really wasn't expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised. This is a capably-written, solidly constructed & very readable suspense novel, if a little lightweight. Now I really need to read "Fractured" to figure out how it all fits together :)

melbeautyandbooks Would you recommend reading Fractured first? 7y
NikkiA @melbeautyandbooks I think that would be a smarter way to do it; I haven't read Fractured yet but I feel like it might've added something to this one if I had :) 7y
melbeautyandbooks @NikkiA- Thank you! 7y
tnorris I really liked Fractured so I was kind of excited to hear about this one!! 7y
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Betty
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Finished up this book yesterday while at the playground with grandson. Enjoyable read tied in with Fractured. Now need a new book between the two!

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Matilda
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3% in and totally sucked in and already said WHAT?! (Not in the database yet but I'll update the post with the book when it is-- comes out Nov 1st) and back to reading I have to know what is happening!

Boghunden Those are the best kind of books! 8y
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