Bart Minnock, founder of the computer-gaming giant U-Play, enters his private playroom, and eagerly can't wait to lose himself in an imaginary world, to play the role of a sword-wielding warrior king, in his company's latest top-secret project, Fantastical.
The next morning, he is found in the same locked room, in a pool of blood, his head separated from his body. It is the most puzzling case Eve Dallas has ever faced, and it is not a game. . . .
NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas is having as much trouble figuring out how Bart Minnock was murdered as who did the murdering. The victim's girlfriend seems sincerely grief-stricken, and his quirky-but-brilliant partners at U-Play appear equally shocked. No one seemed to have a problem with the enthusiastic, high-spirited millionaire. Of course, success can attract jealousy, and gaming, like any business, has its fierce rivalries and dirty tricks-as Eve's husband, Roarke, one of U- Play's competitors, knows well. But Minnock was not naive, and quite capable of fighting back in the real world as well as the virtual one.
Eve and her team are about to enter the next level of police work, in a world where fantasy is the ultimate seduction-and the price of defeat is death. . . .
SUMMARY SOURCE: GoodReads
A story where fantasy meets reality, of believing what is real and what is not. This is not my favorite book in the series, but there were several sections I laughed between Eve and Peabody, felt emotions between Roarke and Eve. The technicalities relating to the gaming world was too deep for my small brain, though the ending remained a satisfaction. There were good actions toward the end that got me excited, enough for me to continue reading the next book in the series.
Source: Audiobook
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I agree, the gaming aspect was not interesting to me at all, but always love Eve and Roark!
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ReplyDeleteI never tire expressing my love to eve and roark though I fear I'd be miserable after I finish the series soon. They're my family!!!!
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