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  • Colter Shaw, Book 1
  • By: Jeffery Deaver
  • Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
  • Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (152 ratings)

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The Never Game

By: Jeffery Deaver
Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
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Publisher's Summary

Number one international best seller Jeffery Deaver returns with a stunning new thriller – the first in an exciting series featuring enigmatic investigator Colter Shaw. 

Escape or die trying....  

Three people are kidnapped across California.  

Sophie is locked inside a derelict warehouse.

Henry is abandoned in remote woodland.

Elizabeth is trapped inside a sinking ship.  

They are alive, but don’t have much time to live....  

Only one man can save them: unique investigator Colter Shaw. He’s an expert tracker with a forensic mind, but this will be a test even for him.  

Because this killer isn’t following the rules; he’s changing them. One murder at a time....

Soon to be a major TV show starring Justin Hartley (This is Us).

©2019 Jeffery Deaver (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

"Terrific writing, vivid and raw, Deaver grips from the very first line and never lets up. He is, hands-down, one of the finest thriller writers of our time." (Peter James)

"No one in the world does this kind of thing better than Deaver." (Lee Child)

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The Never Game

excellent book can't wait for the next installment as ever Jeffrey Deaver is the master

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Not my favourite but still worth the listen

not my favourite of this authors books but still worth a listen if your a Deaver fan. Little slower in places that I like but the narration I felt suited the story.

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The new Jack Reacher?

A compelling and enthralling story. The twist was a little hard to grab, but the character created I think, will be one to follow.
Looking forward to the next Colter Shaw story!

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I didn't want to finish it but I did anyway.

Not my type of story. I wanted to like it but it just put me to sleep

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Great new series

I really enjoyed the first book in this new Jeffrey Deaver series.
Looking forward to the next..

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Great storyline excellent voiceover

Plot was interesting and easy to listen to and follow over multiple sittings

Excellent voiceover made characters easy to understand and listen to the plot line in a engaging way

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Introducing Colter Shaw

And what an introduction! Colter Shaw is a fantastic protagonist who is instantly likeable and with a mysterious back story of his own. The plot itself is great and I loved the way it introduced gaming and VR to the mystery genre. Very clever indeed.

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Reminiscent of the style of Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels, with a relatable hero battling a deep mystery and trying to catch the bad guys. A deeper story arc underlying it all that will presumably carry over into sequels. Great story, well told. I will be looking for more books by this author.

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I Got Bored

My first Deaver book and there won't be any more. I reached about halfway in the book but thought life is too short for bad books, so I'm moving on to something else. The subject matter of the book should be interesting but it wasn't.

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Cracking

Struggled to get into the book over the first few chapters as it jumped around, but once things settled down just could not put the book down. Now looking for the next book by Jeffery Deaver.

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