A review by cjeanne99
The Never Game, by Jeffery Deaver
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Colter Shaw, raised off the grid by two college professor parents on a large tract of land in Northern California. Colter helps find missing persons and helps law enforcement solve crimes. In this first story in the series - Colter is in Silicon Valley - helping find a missing college student who was last seen on her bicycle leaving an Internet cafe. As Colter cracks the case - he uncovers a deeper issue. Someone is using a role playing game called The Whisper Man to kidnap victims - and in one case to commit murder. The investigation brings Colter in touch with police, gamers, game inventors. All the while, he is looking for answers to what happened to his father on the night he died fifteen years earlier.
The pre-story about his dad’s death is an interesting sidebar - and gives us some of Colter’s backstory.
The pre-story about his dad’s death is an interesting sidebar - and gives us some of Colter’s backstory.