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Fair Game
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February 1, 2017
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February 14, 2017
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February 2017: Re-read in preparation for the March 2017 release of Fair Chance!

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What Members Thought

Joy
Nov 09, 2012 rated it it was amazing
"Fair. Where did this idea come from that everthing was supposed to be fair? What about life was inherently fair? Was it fair that bombs fell on noncombatants? Was it fair that some people were born rich and some people were born poor? That beauty wasn't matched to goodness?"

Not sure how many times I can say I love Josh Lanyon's writing. I love his sentences--love his mysteries--I thought I knew who the killer was--then that suspect ends up dead--my next suspect was the killer--I liked Elliot an
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Johanna
Oct 24, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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
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JR
Aug 21, 2014 rated it it was amazing
"Those who can, do; those who can't, teach."

This is true for Elliot Mills. Elliot was in the FBI, but a crippling wound to his knee has him out of the agency and into teaching history in college. Elliot thinks he has his life in order, but a request from his father's best friend, asking him to look into the disappearance of his son, has him doubting his choices. Reluctantly, Elliot agrees to look into it, since the young man is a student at the same college. Elliot quickly becomes aware of how
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Feliz
Aug 07, 2011 rated it it was amazing
4,5, rounded up for good measure.
A masterful, multilayered mystery, two likeable heroes and this author's true-to-life, witty dialogue.
Small niggles: at times too lenghthy descriptions of minor locales while more important places were only sketched and hard to picture.
And I didn't get what exactly had caused the rift between Tucker and Elliot in the first place - mutual stubbornness? Male pride? Elliot's state of shock? Might have been only me though.
Overall, it's a totally enojoyable story
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Marissa
4.5 stars
So many friends have already given this book such fabulous glowing reviews, therefore my lazy ass is just going to jot down a few things and move on to my next book. (don't judge) :))

Ok, I admit it, I was wrong. I was SO wrong! Three times I thought I knew who it was, three times I felt like an idiot! And for some reason I assumed the killer and the stalker were two completely different people. Marissa, you dummy! But who am I kidding, I think I fingered almost every character as the ba
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May 25, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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Shelves: men-s-men, mystery
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Shelves: re-read
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