A Stranger's Game (Bitter Creek Novels) [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Joan Johnston (Author), Holter Graham (Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 11, 2008 | Series: Bitter Creek Novels

From New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston comes a dazzling new Bitter Creek novel that features all of the passion and intrigue in Texas high society that her readers know and love, mixed with an explosive, spine-tingling tale of murder, wrongful imprisonment, and a woman who counts no cost too high to see a killer brought to justice.

FBI Special Agent Breed Grayhawk has the hottest sex in his life with a stranger who calls herself Grace Smith, only to discover early the next morning that her real name is Merle Raye Finkel -- and she's a convicted double murderer who broke her parole a year ago and disappeared. Now she's his prime suspect in a terrorist threat against the U.S. president.

Grace Caldwell is determined to find the killer who framed her for the murder of her father and stepmother -- and make him pay. She burgles the home of her #1 suspect and nets a surprising haul: a hot-pink, silk-covered diary -- the record of a sex-addicted wife's adventures -- which suggests that Grace's #1 suspect isa serial killer. But her theft has been caught on tape, and the man she's been chasing becomes the hunter...with Grace as his prey.

With just five days until the president arrives in Austin, Texas, the last thing the FBI needs is a serial killer on the prowl...and a terrorist suspect who will stop at nothing to clear her name. The clock is ticking down, and Agent Grayhawk is racing time to discover the truth about his dangerous lover.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Ten years after Merle Raye Finkel, a terrified runaway girl, is wrongfully convicted of killing her abusive father in bestseller Johnston's exciting seventh Bittercreek romantic thriller (after The Next Mrs. Blackthorne), Merle's paroled from a youth facility near Austin, Tex., and assumes a new identity as Grace Caldwell. Grace's hunt for the true killer, which involves examining all cases her Austin police detective dad, Big Mike Finkel, left unsolved, leads to a surprising suspect, FBI Assistant Special Agent Vincent Harkness, who's overseeing security for an upcoming visit of the U.S. president to the University of Texas at Austin campus. Grace hooks up with FBI Supervisory Special Agent Breed Grayhawk in hopes of learning more about his boss, Harkness. When Grace's snooping uncovers a diary by Harkness's wife detailing her sex addict antics and worse, Grace winds up accused of plotting to assassinate the president. A less successful subplot about Texas Ranger Jack McKinley, Breed's best friend, provides a cliffhanger that sets up the author's next nail-biter. (Mar.)
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Review

"Gritty suspense, hot romance!" -- New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio; Abridged edition (March 11, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743570715
• ISBN-13: 978-0743570718
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,653,214 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joan Johnston, the New York Times bestselling author of the Bitter Creek novels A STRANGER'S GAME, THE NEXT MRS. BLACKTHORNE, THE RIVALS, THE PRICE, THE LONER, THE TEXAN, THE COWBOY, and the historicals NO LONGER A STRANGER and COLTER'S WIFE, has written more than forty award-winning historical and contemporary romance novels. She received a master of arts degree in theater from the University of Illinois and graduated with honors from the University of Texas School of Law at Austin. Joan Johnston lives in Colorado and South Florida.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars DISAPPOINTED, March 6, 2008

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S. Smith "book lover" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Stranger's Game (Bitter Creek Novels) (Hardcover)

One of my favorite books is "The Next Mrs. Blackthorne" I was disappointed to read "A Stranger's Game" I really liked both Kate and Breed in the previous book and I expected more from their characters. I felt like alot of details were left out, the relationship between the two main characters was rushed and I didn't feel any chemistry between them from the beginning. There was no "big ending" for their relationship - the ending was more about the beginning of the next book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I hate mistakes in Books, February 18, 2009

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Patlb "love to read" (Columbus OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Stranger's Game (Bitter Creek Novels) (Hardcover)

I have not finished the book yet but so far it's ok I just hate mistakes that are just stupid i.e. when your (Kate's) parents (Clay & Libby) have two kids 18 years after they have you (Kate) HOW do these children become your half brother and sister? All three have the same parents! Mistake like this drive me crazy!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, March 24, 2008

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C. Nawroc (Edison, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Stranger's Game (Bitter Creek Novels) (Hardcover)

I expected a lot better from this author. The book was good but if you did not read her last book, you would have been lost on who the characters were.

Her story was good and left you a cliffhanger, but I thought that her special spark was missing.

I would recommend you wait for the paperback, as the hard cover price even with a discount is a bit steep,