Nine books in and Gabby McAllister just became someone the whole town has to
take seriously.
Message in the Game opens with something readers have been waiting for since Book 1
— Gabby standing at a press conference as an official police consultant, the woman River Bend once crossed the street to avoid now representing the police department in front of cameras. Dustin is fully in her corner. Lucas is there. The whole beloved gang is back — Grandma Dot, Mrs. Mott, Lacey, Haley — and for one brief moment it feels like everything Gabby has fought for across eight books has finally completely arrived.
Then the case dismantles everything.
Someone is using an online game to hunt real women in the real world. The premise is as current as it is terrifying — organized, methodical, and unlike anything the series has delivered before. This is the case that tests every skill Gabby has built across nine books and pushes every relationship she has to its absolute limit. The evil in this book is not hiding in River Bend's shadows. It is something bigger, colder, and far more deliberate than anything Gabby has faced before.
And the ending.
We will not say a word about what happens. We will only say this — it has been building for nine books, and when it arrives you will feel it in your chest like something physical.
Clear your schedule before you start the last chapter. Have Book 10 ready. You are going to need it immediately and you are not going to be able to wait.
If you have not started this series yet — go to Book 1 right now. Gabby McAllister is waiting for you and she is worth every single page of every single book.
Crap on a cracker. This one is something else entirely.