Fair Game

Fair Game

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A crippling knee injury forced Elliot Mills to trade in his FBI badge for dusty chalkboards and bored college students. Now a history professor at Puget Sound university, the former agent has put his old life behind him--but it seems his old life isn't finished with him.

A young man has gone missing from campus--and as a favor to a family friend, Elliot agrees to do a littl...more
ebook, 216 pages
Published August 2nd 2010 by Carina Press (first published August 1st 2010)

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Blacky *Mistress of doom*
“It was dark.”
“I’d know you in the dark, Tucker.”
Tucker’s eyes flashed up to meet Elliot’s. He said curtly. “Yeah. I’d know you too.”


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Fair Game was my first, but I think it was a good choice because I absolutely loved it
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"And he missed Tucker. He’d been missing him for seventeen months. Even though he’d told himself that there had been nothing between them but sex — and the profession they both loved — he
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Baba  ♥♥♥ Marcus, Tyler, Tate, Dan, Ty, & Hunter
Review completed January 13, 2012

Fair Game is a prime example why I love to read M/M novels. Wow! These are the reading moments I live for! Did I say that I loved it?

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After sustaining a terrible knee injury, former FBI agent Elliot Mills is now a college history professor. As much as Elliot enjoyed teaching, he had loved law enforcement and he had always loved believing that he was making a difference in the world. He truly enjoyed setting right a few wrongs. However, instead of accepting a desk...more
Dd

"If you even try to die, I’ll kill you myself."


Hello Readers!!

How do I not love this book after this???

So here I am....




This book was the perfect cocktail....


It had,my personal favourite,two very hot hunks.One of them,a wounded hero.



Drama.



Suspense.



Sexual tension.



Action.



Romance.





What else do you want?? Grab it and just sit back and enjoy!!




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Now,the story---

It starts with a vibrating cell phone....

Elliot Mills is a newly appointed profess...more
Loederkoningin
Please don't slam a corkscrew into my throat, ladies!

Oh, and could you drop that penknife?

That anvil you're about to use to drown me... Honestly, it'll ruin your back!

And I did like Fair Game. I really did! It's another decent formulaic mystery romance by Lanyon. I don't mean formulaic in a bad way here. It's great to know what to expect, and does Lanyon ever disappoint? However, compared to the Adrien English series, Fair Game didn't make much of an impression on me. That would have been spect...more
Vishous  * 4ever Racht's Minion *
THIS WAS AMAZING!!!!!!

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G-!

5 HUGE AWESOME STARS!!!!


I THINK I FOUND MYSELF A NEW FAVORITE AUTHOR AND I KNOW I'LL BE READING HIS OTHER BOOKS ASAP!!!!!!!!

HONESTLY I WISH THIS COULD BE A FIRST BOOK IN THE SERIES BECAUSE I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE GOING ON LATER WITH THEM!

MUCHO SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!!

ABOUT THE STORY.....

A young man has gone missing at the campus, so Elliot is asked to look into it as a favor from his father because he used to be an FBI agent. But because of t...more
ElaineY
REVIEW OF AUDIOBOOK MARCH 2013:
This did not turn out even half as good in the audiobook. My attention wandered several times and anyone who's familiar with audiobooks knows what a pain it is to go back and find where your mind last left off in the story!

I tried re-listening over three nights then finally gave up. This is another audiobook purchase I regret.

OCT 2011 REVIEW
This was just as good the second time around. Perhaps the murder mystery was even simpler than the impression I had the first...more
Vilda
Mar 23, 2013 Vilda rated it 4 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition Recommends it for: Suspense and/or M/M lovers!
Recommended to Vilda by: Dd
"It was good between us, Elliot. You know it was. We both know it was. We just needed more time."

While I'd been curious about Fair Game for some time, I admit I'd kind of forgotten about it a bit, so I'm extremely glad I decided to pick it up for a challenge when nothing else worked for me! I can't believe I might have missed out on this awesomeness if I hadn't.

I really loved Fair Game! It was exactly what I needed; in the middle of a chaotic life, it was the one book that managed to capture a...more
❂ Endless
Dec 12, 2012 ❂ Endless rated it 4 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition Recommends it for: All mystery and romance buffs
Shelves: erotic-re-read
4.5
I l-o-v-e-d this book! Josh Lanyon knows how to cajole his readers with evocative descriptions that takes us on a journey with his characters. It's a beautiful experience to read his mellifluous way of writing. This book had a strong storyline with a great mystery. I was hooked till the very end guessing about the "whodunnit". Intertwined with fabulous romance, as usual Josh Lanyon's multifaceted "human" characters drew me in completely and I cared about both of them very much.

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R.B.
It was first Josh Lanyon's book I read. I liked the tension between Elliot and Tucker and Elliot's selective memories of their relationship. This book was very romantic and yet suspenseful, I love whodonit kind of stories :)
Dina
Apr 20, 2011 Dina rated it 4 of 5 stars
Recommended to Dina by: Beanbag Love
This was only my second read by Josh Lanyon, but it was enough to earn him a spot in my (not so coveted, LOL) list of favorite authors. I just love his writing!

Elliot Mills is a former FBI agent who's trying to come to terms with his new life as a history teacher at Puget Sound University. After being seriously injured in the line of duty, he couldn't deal with the idea of a desk job so he chose to quit the Bureau - along with the man he loved, Tucker Lance - and leave his career in law enforcem...more
Lori K
Obviously, anything by this author is going to be excellent.

I read this book as well as listened to the audiobook. I enjoyed the voice talent for the audiobook version very much. He doesn't put so much inflection into his voice as to ruin your take on the moods of the characters but enough to give the general impression that he is more than simply reading aloud.

Listening to an audiobook is a very different experience than reading the book. I tend to read very fast, more looking at sentences/par...more
Tj
Well written story. Loved the mystery. (I guessed it right but wavered;) The author did a wonderful job of making the story come to life. Many times I could picture the scene so clearly. I did think the relationship in the story was more of a background feature. Tucker seemed so remote when you meet him. You can see later the truth in that he feels so much and is only protecting himself. Not much was said about the couple's original break up. It is a loose thread that bothered me a bit because f...more
Johanna
This is probably going to sound weird, but I love Lanyon's sentences. The way they bind together so easily and the way they still keep surprising you. It's so delightful and witty - from the very first page of the book. This book made me chuckle and laugh so many times (and I swear the chuckling started from the first page!). One of the things I like about Lanyon's books is actually the fact that the story begins right away from the first page in full gear.

The mystery part of Fair Game was very...more
deirdre
3.5 to 4 stars...rounded up
light, quick, easy read
Likeable main characters
interesting mystery plot that kept me guessing until the end
Paris
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Mona
Josh Lanyon has written a real page-turner. The plot is well thought out with the right amount of tension. The characters are well rounded, flawed, and sympathetic.

Elliot Mills is resentful of losing the life he loved and that resentment flares at some inopportune times. Lance Tucker said some things to Elliot that he regrets but can’t take back. As they meet again for the first time in seventeen months, it’s difficult to let bygones be bygones and they’re soon at each other’s throat.

But thei...more
Edina Rose
Good mystery and good romance, great style. Excellent read.

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I'm currently listening to the audiobook and I like Elliot's voice. It just suits him.

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The book is excellent and Ray Ramano, the narrator, does a great job. Elliot's voice is really, really good. I have to admit, I wish the same narrator had given his voice to Adrien in Fatal Shadows. Somehow, after listening to Ramano, I picture Adrien with his voice more than I picture Adrien with Chris Patton's voice (FS narrator)....more
Mel
Jan 07, 2012 Mel rated it 4 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition
Recommended to Mel by: Lenore
Shelves: e-book, m-m
I wanted to start the new year well with a good book, so the obvious choice was Lanyon and -yet again- I wasn't disappointed.

Fair Game tells the story of -ex FBI, now Professor- Elliott Mills who finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation after students from his university go missing. Righteous and determined, Elliott is set to solve the mystery, even if it means being confronted with his old FBI lifestyle and, more importantly, his old FBI lover.

I loved this story. The murder plot...more
Alicia
In just a few short weeks Josh Lanyon has become my favorite author. It doesn't matter if it's a short story or full length novel, his books are always excellent. This story is somewhat in between a short story and full length novel, and it's still excellent.

Elliot was an FBI agent up until his knee got blown out by a suspect. Now he's a history professor at a small college in Puget Sound. He gets asked to help out some friends of his dad's when their son goes missing. This one act of kindness e...more
Linda
Loved it!! the story,main characters,minor ones added nicely to the mix. had no idea who the murderer was didnt guess it was who it was and loved the way Josh wrote it kept me guessing. The main characters were written both with faults but once they got over the initial anger of seeing each other again, you could see underneath it all miscommunication in the past was the main cause of their breakup neither wanted. They both loved each other but were too afraid too say. Will definately read more...more
Deanna
A small novel in size but huge in content. Josh Lanyon is a writer for the wider mystery/romance audience. His stories are so compelling and very character driven. This book has an involved plot and continuous action, but it also haves family and love and tenderness. The two alpha males are Elliot and Tucker. They have a past but do they have a future? I love them and want more of them. We have knowledge of Elliot's background but Tucker's is still a mystery. They are sexy and stubborn. There ar...more
Cindi
A very good mystery, overall. The story developed somewhat predictably but there were enough red herrings to keep me guessing, the killer turned out to be someone I had not considered, and the ending wrapped up the story well. One typical serial-killer-mystery feature that was missing here was perspective from the killer and/or the victim(s) which I think would have been a good additional layer to the story, though its lack did not seriously detract from the book as a whole. The romance, if I ca...more
DaisyGirl
4.5 Stars

Elliot Mills is a former FBI agent sidelined by a crippling knee injury. Adjusting to his new life as a history professor at Puget Sound University is difficult but Elliot is making due until a student goes missing and Elliot agrees to do a little sniffing around as a favor to the family. The assigned FBI investigator is none other than Elliot's old flame - and all-around hawty - Tucker Lance. As Elliot and Tucker work together to solve what becomes a series of murders, they must mend t...more
Jaya
SlashReader: I really enjoyed this novel. I wasn't so sure, it's a little beyond what I usually read. However, I'm glad that I did read it because I thoroughly enjoyed it as a whole.

(view spoiler)[Elliot Mills is not used to being behind a desk without a badge and a gun. Indeed he is still trying to find his place and in a way himself away from the job that he loves. When he agrees at the request of his father to look into the disappearance of the son of a family friend, Elliot doesn't realize w...more
Elisa Ramblings
It’s strange since Carina Press is actually a romance publisher, but I think Fair Game is the less “romance” among the novels by Josh Lanyon I read; now, there is a love story in it, but really, the lion share in the plot is to the mystery/thriller. Elliot Mills, former FBI agent and currently a college professor, is investigating on the disappearance of a student, who happens to be a family friends’s son. That former lover Tucker Lance is the FBI agent in charge of the investigation it’s not a...more
Charly
I found one of the main guys a little hard to like, but the book has a great action/mystery plot

Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.

Rating: 8/10

PROS:
- I found the plot interesting and well-paced. The mystery is…mysterious (at least, *I* didn’t guess the murderer’s identity before it was revealed, although I’m admittedly not a great mystery solver), and the story incorporates a lot of different witnesses presenting differing views on the case and widely dispara...more
Gloria
I'm most of the way through the audiobook version. The biggest sticking point for me so far is the bad geography in the novel. Characters zoom between Portland and Tacoma and Seattle as if these cities were right next to each other, when in fact Portland to Seattle is a 3 to 4 hour drive, and Portland to Tacoma is not much better. Heck, several characters live in Tacoma while attending and/or working at PSU! So, in other words, people are apparently regularly doing a 3 or more hour commute one w...more
Michael Booker
In Josh Lanyon’s riveting, gay-themed mystery, “Fair Game” former FBI agent and now current history professor, Elliot Mills, finds himself wrapped up in solving the case of a missing boy, who is a student at a private Washington university where Elliot teaches. Because of his history as a Special Agent, Pauline Baker, the mother of the disappeared student, Terry Baker asks for Elliot’s help in gathering clues as to the whereabouts of her missing son. Elliot reluctantly agrees to do so, only beca...more
Boingboing
I went into Fair Game not expecting to like it. Not that I'd heard bad things about it, not that I was expecting a bad book. Josh Lanyon comes highly recommended and for good reason. I have Josh's book Man, Oh Man, Writing M/M Fiction for Cash & Kinks and love it.

It's just that contemporary fiction of any kind is simply not up my alley. Give me SF/F any day. Paranormal. Urban Fantasy. Those are my thing.

But I had this book and opened it and read it because I...don't know. Because I had it, I...more
GymGuy
Just finished this book by Josh Lanyon. It's another mm-murder-suspense story. Lanyon does an excellent job of developing a locale. This book takes place in Seattle. I lived in WA for a number of years. His depiction of the Puget sound area was spot on: the restaurants, the sounds and smells of the harbor area, University of Puget Sound, the ferries. All of these really capture the feeling of Seattle and Tacoma.

I enjoyed the two main characters. I enjoyed Elliot and felt for him. But the charac...more
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A distinct voice in gay fiction, multi-award-winning author JOSH LANYON has been writing gay mystery, adventure and romance for over a decade. In addition to numerous short stories, novellas, and novels, Josh is the author of the critically acclaimed Adrien English series, including The Hell You Say, winner of the 2006 USABookNews awards for GLBT Fiction. Josh is an Eppie Award winner and a three-...more
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Fatal Shadows (Adrien English Mystery, #1) The Dark Tide (Adrien English Mystery, #5) A Dangerous Thing (Adrien English Mystery, #2) Death of a Pirate King (Adrien English Mystery, #4) The Hell You Say (Adrien English Mystery, #3)

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“He needed fresh air and sunshine. A walk in the woods and afterward a good book to read by the fire.
Yeah, that was the life.”
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