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The Pawn (The Patrick Bowers Files, Book 1) [Kindle Edition]

Steven James (Author)
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"A captivating look at the fine line between good and evil. The Pawn is not to be missed." --Ann Tatlock

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Special Agent Patrick Bowers had only met one man who made him truly afraid. Until now. When he's called to North Carolina to consult on the case of an area serial killer, he finds himself in a deadly game.
Cunning and lethal, the killer is always one step ahead of the law, and he's about to strike again. It will take all of Bowers's instincts and training to stop this man who calls himself the Illusionist. And just when the pieces start to come together, Bowers realizes they're not quite adding up. Can he unravel the pattern and save the next victim? Or will the Illusionist win the game by taking one of his opponent's pieces? Thrilling, chilling, and impossible to put down, The Pawn will hold suspense lovers in its iron grip until the very last page.
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 2501 KB
  • Print Length: 428 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0800732405
  • Publisher: Revell (31 Aug 2007)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B001MJ0CSS
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #20,433 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Short but good 11 Dec 2010
By F. Pook
Format:Kindle Edition
I thought this would be worth trying for free and it certainly was. It is not a particularly long book and I completed it in a day. I would disagreed with both of the previous reviewers slightly. I did not find it over Christian in content at all - certainly far less than I expected given the first review. As for the second review - yes maybe it is a bit over the top, but it is a story written to be entertaining and not to be put in to practise. As for graphic descriptions, I would not say it is over run with them.

Overall a good day's distraction and for free you really have nothing to lose do you?
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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful
By Derrick Johnson VINE™ VOICE
Format:Paperback
What I Love about this novel, is that, like a few thrillers that are coming out of the Christian market at the moment, this novel is a look at the world through a Christian perspective, and not a full on novel with a hidden Christian message (There's nothing wrong with this approach, as I like many novels that go down this road) This novels deal with quite graphic themes of murder, which may put some readers off, but, unfortunately this reflects the world we live in. Issues of grief, father/parenthood are also covered. This is the first novel/book that I have come across from Mr. James, but even now, I'm chomping at the bits to read the follow on in this series The Rook (Bowers Files)
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Good overcomes evil 26 April 2011
By Midnight TOP 100 REVIEWER
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I downloaded this when it was on free offer at the beginning of December. Unfortunately, quite a number of the 'crime books' offered during this period would in fact be better described as Christian literature - maybe it was the build up to Christmas?

I believe this was a debut novel and is the first in a planned series of books.

The story is set in North Carolina and features FBI Agent Patrick Bowers. Still grieving from the recent loss of his wife, widower Bowers seeks to solve cases through time and location. He is trying to apprehend 'The Illusionist', a serial killer who leaves chess pieces at the scene of his crimes.

A secondary character, Tessa, Bowers' teenage step daughter is thrown into the story to allow further spiritual soul searching.

While I'm not particularly squeamish and certainly not generally adverse to gruesome description, I did find this unnecessarily graphic in parts and it contains scenes of animal cruelty.

I didn't find the plot(s) particularly cohesive and overall, to me, the story came over as disjointed and clumsy.

As I did not feel the story was very subtle in it's attempts to portray good overcoming evil, it's highly unlikely I will read the other books in this series.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
An excellent read!
I downloaded this book when it was free, and literally couldn't put it down. A fast-paced story throughout, filled with many twists and turns. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mairemac
Superb introduction to the series
Great reason to have "free" books. Having down-loaded this because it was free, we (wife and I) then went and bought all the rest because of how much we enjoyed the first one. Read more
Published 5 months ago by ChrisJ
Actually 4.5 stars
This was one of the books that Amazon was offering for free over Christmas, I've previously downloaded many of the free books and never actually got round to reading them but for... Read more
Published 11 months ago by BookBliss
Very entertaining.
A very entertaining book but found a bit weak in the middle only to result in a very explosive not to be missed ending. Definitely worth reading the further books in the series.
Published 14 months ago by Mr. Terence Young
as good as James Patterson
the first thing you think of is James Patterson, Alex Cross... but the differances become apparent half way through. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Katherine Grant
Detective
This was the first book I read on my Kindle, Really enjoyed reading this one, from begining to end it kept me gripped, very well written. I will read more of this author.
Published 15 months ago by M. E. Jupp
wow!!
Just finished reading this great book. The plot has so many extra coils that reveal themselves at precisely the right moments so as not to overload the reader. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. Patrick M. Driscoll
Brilliant thriller !
This is the first book I have read by Steven James, but it will definitely not be the last. I really enjoyed The Pawn, exciting story, great characters, I am looking forward to... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Ronnie, Cumbria, England
Slow to start
I found this book slow to start (maybe because it was the first book I had down loaded onto my kindle) but kept going and by the end I had decided that I will download the other... Read more
Published 16 months ago by highlandmum
Absolutely gripping
Like other reviewers, I was 'persuaded' to download this book from an author I had not encountered before because it was offered for free! Oh boy! What a bargain.. Read more
Published 16 months ago by D. Thomson
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