Playing in the Dark: The Emptiness Love Brings [Paperback]

David Jr. Rivera (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 5, 2008

Chemah Rivers is back in an all-new erotic roller coaster of a story—the final book in a captivating trilogy filled with mystery and heart-stopping drama.

When a serial killer is suspected in a string of deaths, investigator Chemah Rivers quickly catches the person everyone assumes to be the culprit. Meanwhile, Chemah is dealing with his own drama at home. His love interest, a blind comedian, may very well get her sight back, while his ex-wife is fighting for custody of their daughter, and his son is getting a little too familiar with street life.

Soon the real killer starts to stalk Chemah, taunting him with murders that are tainted with sexual overtones. The detective struggles to be the hero, not only for the victims but for his own loved ones as well. Beginning with a revelation about the erotic depths hidden within a Biblical myth and developing into an adventurous modern-day murder mystery, Playing in the Dark will entice and capture readers’ minds long after the last page is turned.

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About the Author

David Rivera, Jr., is an investigator for the city of New York, and has a Master of Science degree from Metropolitan College. David is presently working on part three of this series. He lives in Harlem, New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Strebor Books; Original edition (February 5, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593091818
• ISBN-13: 978-1593091811
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,787,849 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Impressive, November 7, 2009

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The first chapter grabbed me. But, the book quickly lost me. Considering the genre, I was not expecting a great literary work. However, I was at least hoping it would be "hot and steamy". It wasn't. Overall, not impressive.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars David Rivera Jr Has Done It Again, September 4, 2008

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AMAZING!!!AMAZING!! David is an amazing author and all his novels prove that. I cant wait for the last installment of this book series

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5.0 out of 5 stars fascinating suspense thriller, February 15, 2008

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His brothers all failed and had to leave Sodom as part of their bet. Bereft believes he learned from their mistakes and now knows how to tempt Lot so he falls from grace in spite of this man's goodness. He sexually toys with Lot's two daughters, believing they will provide insight into winning his wager. However, before he can complete his quest, the Angels of God attack the city leaving him buried in its ruins.

Thousands of years later, NYPD Detective Chemah Rivers accompanies his live in lover Michelle Thomas to Israel where she will receive controversial treatment not allowed in the States that might enable her to regain her vision. The blind stand up comedienne has hopes and fears while Chemah worries about her, his daughter Tatsuya from his ex-wife and his son Hero from a third woman. Local police inspector Yankow asks Chemah to look at five corpses arranged like an upside down cross with the rest of the evidence making less sense as a clothes model is killed with her bare hands and a deadly military martial arts instructor is a victim as well. He offers his help before returning to New York with Michelle, who needs additional treatments. Chemah is unaware that Bereft has returned and stalks him as the demon sees a Lot like Goodness in the cop. As people die on the plane and in the city, someone looking like his former wife kidnaps his daughter.

The third Chemah Rivers suspense thriller (see HARLEM'S DRAGON and STREET SWEEPER; neither read by me) is a fascinating tale that deftly takes a biblical serial killing demon and places it inside a modern day New York police procedural. Chemah is fabulous as he struggles to be there for Michelle whose fears over seeing and not seeing begin to overwhelm their relationship until the bigger crisis involving his daughter occurs. However, Bereft owns the tale as he hops bodies with a touch and leaves his calling card of arranged broken bones behind in his path of mayhem and destruction.

Harriet Klausner