Dangerous Games [Paperback]

Adamson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1999

By the author of "A Life of Adventure", this crime novel features the con man Jim Rush.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

This sometimes surreal suspense novel features a young American adventurer who gets in over his head in an attempt to best two treasure hunters in the Caribbean. Fleeing the London police, who seek him in connection to an accidental death thought to be murder, young Jim Rush joins a permanent house party at the home of a wealthy, puerile Englishman named Guy on the Caribbean island of St. Elena. On a neighboring island, Jim meets two sailors, Mike and Drew, who are attempting to excavate a sunken Spanish galleon, the Gloriosa. Thinking Jim wealthy, the two try to lure him into the project; he plays along, knowing he's being conned, looking for an angle of his own. Another accidental death and a turn for the worse on St. Elena as Guy's party games become nastier (a la Lord of the Flies) test Jim's wiles to the limit. While Grant-Adamson (Curse the Darkness) turns out a suspenseful thriller, the protagonist and those who surround him lack soul and charm, offering little to interest readers in their story.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From AudioFile

A con-man pretty nearly meets his match as he maneuvers among rich and frivolous treasure hunters who have zeroed in on a shipwreck in a Caribbean paradise. When one of those treasure hunters shows up murdered, the police enter into the picture. Edmund Dehn tells this story in a straightforward tone. His accents for the story's American characters have a broad and flat tone that works to distinguish them from the motley collection of characters hailing from various parts of the British Empire. J.E.M. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 298 pages
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (June 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340628723
• ISBN-13: 978-0340628720
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,973,126 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A truly horrible book., February 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dangerous Games (Hardcover)

Poor character development, limited storyline, countless abandoned opportunities to enrichen the plot or offer a "why" or two, and no ending. NONE. The book simply ends. What a major disappointment! Had I thrown out the book halfway through, I'd have been no worse off.