Win The God Game: A Dan Sharp Mystery Illustrated By Jeffrey Round Presented In Ebook

first quarter half of this book was pretty good, There was some promising political intrigue, wedding planning, missing person, piles of cash, gambling, and a murder staged as a suicide.


At one point we were introduced to the Toronto rap community, which was presented in a shallow, stereotypical way that was just unpleasant to read.


Then our protagonist made a string of unbelievably bad decisions, like farcically ludicrous life choices.
Before finally solving the case basically by accident,

Three starts is a stretch, but Im rounding up for the snarky comments about Canadian politics.
Disclosure: I am also a Dundurn author, but I write nonfiction, No spoilers here
The God Game is the first book I've read by Jeffrey Round and it won't be the last.
I love good mysteries!
Set in Canada, this murder mystery whirls through the corridors of power in the Ontario Legislature when one person has seemingly committed suicide and another has disappeared.
Well crafted and believable, the story also shows how dirty politics can be,
I also enjoyed the subplot attached to the main character, Dan Sharp, a private eye, who is about to marry his gay partner, a cop.
The book is an easy read, full of intrigue and action,
Highly recommended to readers of murder mysteries, Great story. Need to think how much to give away in review,
NB. This is a mystery with a gay lead, He is in a relationship but said relationship is very much on the backburner and not a massive part

of the story.
Just thought I should differentiate between a mystery/romance, I received The God Game by Jeffrey Round from Dundurn Press in a winter press package, This is not a typical read for me but I was intrigued by the fact that it was based in Toronto and around the era of when Rob Ford was the mayor when Toronto was in the news alot for his scandals and coincidentally that was also around the time I visited Toronto for the very first time so I did feel a connection through that.
I was also a little leery because The God Game is theth book in the Dan Sharp mysteries and I clearly hadn't read any of the other ones but as I found out that didn't matter too much and you could probably pick up any of theand read them as standalones.


I like Dan, I liked his story. He is a gay private investigator with a fiance who is a cop and heDan has a heterosexual son going to school in B.
C. and he does have a friendly relationship with the Syrian mother, Dan is curious and smart and obviously doesn't follow the rules, He always puts himself in danger quite frequently or finds himself in dangerous circumstances but there probably wouldn't be a story if he didn't.


So there is one other story that contributes to the plot other than it revolving around Dan solving a mystery there's also Dan's relationship with Nick, his fiance.
I enjoyed how Dan's relationship drama floated in and around the main focus of the story, I was very intrigued by their personal lives because they were interesting and because being gay inin Toronto had a different vibe as compared to.
I mean I guess I don't know a whole lot about the gay community in Toronto right now but I feel like it is more inclusive than it was even just a few years ago, at least that is the vibe I was getting from the book, that being gay was still something that was a bit hush hush especially in the political world.
I liked Nick's character and thought the added drama complemented the story well,

The novel is centered around a political drama but I think Jeffrey Round did an excellent job of keeping it more entertaining than boring us with political details.
This is a work of fiction but he still used the actual mayor ofRob Ford as the mayor in his novel but other political characters that appear are fictional to my knowledge.
What I did find interesting was that at the beginning of this book Jeffrey Round wrote an author's note that said he wasn't sure if anyone would believe something like this could happen in Canada as we have managed to avoid disasters in the news and comparatively to other countries.
. . well, we're pretty tame. This I do agree with but I also think that a lot of scandals do happen, they just don't make it on the news for whatever reason.


I found the reading pace nice and easy since I wasn't bogged down with a ton of political details other than the occasional Conservative, Liberal or NDP tagline.
The story was compelling as far as a mystery goes but I wouldn't say it was very suspenseful but I'm not sure if that was the angle he was going for anyways.
I liked the ending and I like how Jeffrey Round wrote it, very fitting for the type of story and dilemma that was happening.


One of my favourite scenes was when Dan went to the Ripley's Aquarium beside the CN Tower to meet another character and they were on the moving sidewalk looking at all the sea creatures there are a lot of various sharks!.
I was smiling while reading this part because I was physically there and have done that!! I thought it was neat that he added that scene in!

Yes I do recommend! But again if you like more suspenseful mysteries this may not be for you, but it is thought provoking and makes you wonder about the real world political scandals that occur and what's "fudged" and what not.
And yes you read about Dan and Nick's relationship and it's cute but not super romancey, I'd say it's very discreet.
But I do encourage others to read this and I enjoyed the book enough that I will try to pick up the rest of Dan Sharp's mysteries or some of his other works! Politics.
Drugs. Gambling. These themes interweave in The God Game by Jeffrey Round to spell out a story that is well played out in and around the Toronto setting.
And when you infuse an extra element of murder into the mix, the intelligent mystery novel takes on an intriguing tale that is totally unputdownable.


: sitelink blogspot. ca I enjoyed this but not as much as the earlier books in this series, I think this is because this mystery focuses on Candian politics and I don't really understand the ins and outs of the Canadian political system.
Despite this I enjoyed the story because of the richness of the characters and the fact that I wanted to see how the pieces would all fit together in the end.


I really like this series because Dan Sharp is a very real character with flaws, strengths and a past.
I love his determination and his friends, family and love life, I think all these aspects of his character add to the way the mysteries unfold, The writing in this series is good and the pace of the story is just right,

The most important aspect of any mystery story for me is that I don't want to be able to guess who 'did it'.
I like to keep thinking until the very end because the big reveal at the end is always the climax of the story for me.
In this series I am always guessing right until the very end and this makes for a very satisfying reading experience.


This is definitely one mystery series that I will stick with,

Copy provided by publishers via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review, .