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Wicked Games

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When Harley's new boyfriend invites her to a weekend at his family's country house, she accepts, game for an adventure. But the estate has a sinister history. Harley knows about the murder suicide that happened in the kitchen; the other stories might just be rumors.

She's not worried.

She has a history too.

Then night falls, and a brutal game begins. Masked intruders who know the house too well—and who also know Harley's closely guarded secrets—arrive. But Harley's hard-boiled past has endowed her with a bag of tricks, and she knows how to play this kind of game.

In fact, she's pretty good at it.

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    • Library Journal

      December 1, 2024

      Markert's (Sleep Tight) psychological horror evokes the home-invasion trope, although the story doesn't quite reach horrific proportions. Harley is a young woman who lives life on the edge, having survived years of trauma. Not afraid to take risks, she agrees to accompany a man she barely knows on a visit to his mysterious family estate in the mountains. Harley soon becomes part of a sinister game where she is hunted, and the terrain offers no escape. Fortunately for Harley, she is by no means easy prey. Listeners may be reminded of the movie You're Next, which also features a hunted protagonist and a message about classism. Unfortunately, despite the compelling premise, Markert's latest falls short of creating the necessary tension. Narrator Leila Allarie ably embodies protagonist Harley, even though Markert's depictions of her and the other characters feel less than three-dimensional. With a narrative full of asides and the actual horror taking so long to happen, the story feels less like a cohesive whole than a string of random violent moments thrown together. VERDICT A horror novel for splatterpunk fans looking for depictions of violence more than a strongly plotted and characterized narrative.--James Gardner

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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