Her Deadly Game

Keera Duggan was busy building a career as a Seattle prosecutor when she entered a relationship with a senior colleague. When their relationship ended, she went to work for her family’s criminal defense law firm. She has her work cut out for her as the firm is not doing well. One night she receives a call from Vince LaRussa, a successful investment advisor who needs her firms help. His wife has been murdered and he is being questioned by the police.

Keera rushes to help and comes face to face with her former lover, Miller Ambrose, who has every intention of bringing LaRussa to justice and in the process go up against her in court.

Keera, a former chess prodigy, will use her knowledge of the game, thinking several steps ahead, to help her mount her defense and defend her client. As she and her firm look further into the evidence while receiving emails from Jack Worthing, it becomes clear that there is a deadly game being played. No stranger to games, Keera is up for the challenge.

The beginning of the book was a little too slow for me. I am also not a chess player so when Keera was playing chess, the chess moves where lost on me. Chess players may appreciate this aspect of the book. Around the halfway mark, this book picked up a lot of steam. As the case went to court, I was glued to my seat. I enjoy court room scenes and drama, and this had my full attention. I enjoyed the back and forth as well as the twists and revelations which came out.

Although it was slow in the beginning for me and the chess moves went over my head, I enjoyed this book. I thought the case/investigation/court scenes were interesting and very nicely done. The second half of the book became a real page tuner for me and reinforced why I enjoy Dugoni’s writing/books.

Clever, well thought out and intersting.

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Thank you to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.