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Fair Game (All's Fair, #1)

Josh Lanyon

Start date: February 1, 2017

Finish date: February 14, 2017

Discussion: Book of the Month Club

Why we're reading this: February 2017: Re-read in preparation for the March 2017 release of Fair Chance!

October 2014: Re-read in …more
[close] February 2017: Re-read in preparation for the March 2017 release of Fair Chance!

October 2014: Re-read in preparation of the November 2014 release of Fair Play.

November 2010: BOM

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Nov 05, 2012 Elisa Rolle added it

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

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Oct 10, 2014 liz rated it really liked it

So. Good. I'm a full-on converted Josh Lanyon fanfirl. It's official. This book was great. Super slow relationship build, but man, when they make it work? *happy sighs*

There was a mystery. It was well done. I don't always love the mystery aspects, and I guess the endings too often. I had many suspects til the end. It was fun and also tragically sad.

I had one tiny quibble with the end. (view spoiler) ...more

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Jan 29, 2012 Melyna rated it really liked it

Shelves: m-m

I read this book a while ago and when I discovered audiobooks, I added it to my list. I finished listening to the audio version on September 01, 2015.
I think I enjoyed it even more in audio than I did when I read it the first time. The narrator, Sawyer Allerde, does a wonderful job of portraying the characters and I enjoyed the voices he gave them.

The characters are intriguing and the story is filled with mystery and suspense. The romance between the main characters flowed perfectly and I foun ...more

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Oct 25, 2011 Trish rated it really liked it

Shelves: m-m, mystery

re-read.....why? for some reason i forgot i read this.. now that may sound insulting, but i do read a lot and over the years, (and with age :P) you tend to forget some of the books....

however, as soon as i started.... the light bulb went off and i said Yes! this is the story about the missing college students and whacky neighbor and father, as well some intense male and male lovin!

i kept reading till i finished and very happy that i did. in the end it's a positive thing to read a book 2 times b ...more

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Jun 20, 2011 Tara rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2012, m-m, teacher-professor

Damn, late for work again!

This book was a slow build all around. Before I knew it I was halfway through and while all the pieces were there the big action had started. Then it starts quick and suddenly the book is over. Not a lot of dwelling on things. And as always I just don't understand crazy people, so I don't quite know why the bad guy did it except that he didn't believe he was in the wrong. The personal relationship is also a good one. And at the end of the day, as much as I liked them, I ...more

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Aug 28, 2013 Sandra rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery, ebook

Lanyon's books are tightly plotted, subtle, elegant, and deeper than they seem at first glance. Sensitive portrayal of man's investigation of a crime, and his off/on relationship with an FBI agent. ...more

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Mar 08, 2018 Fangirl rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mm, crime, mystery

This book has everything I like.
A university setting, suspense and mystery, very good characters and m/m romance.

I've read several of Josh Lanyon's books and have never been disappointed. ...more

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Mar 04, 2011 Alyosha rated it really liked it

Shelves: top-bottom, contemporary, angsty-read, agents-cops-soldiers-warriors, geeks-nerds-teachers-professors, suspense-mystery-crime, disabilities, stalkers-on-my-grounds

Great mystery with a well done second chances- theme. 4.25 stars

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Sep 17, 2011 Victoria rated it really liked it

Shelves: m-m, m-m-mystery

I enjoyed everything about this story. The mystery, the amount of potential suspects, Elliot and Tucker as individuals, and as a couple. Another great Josh Lanyon mystery.

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