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Jordan Myles #3
Killer Instinct
MENACE, ANYONE?
At Desert Springs Sports Science Clinic bad things are happening to good people. Jasmine Li, darling of the tennis circuit, receives mysterious threats. Her fiancé, an ex-NFL star dead set on a tennis Grand Slam, has a tragic accident. Champ-turned-sports-therapist Jordan Myles has terrifying brushes with death.
Who's behind these frightening incidents? As Jordan chases clues in Madison Square Garden, Palm Springs, and Hilton Head, another sort of game emerges--one so brutal it makes tennis seem like tiddlywinks. . . .
At Desert Springs Sports Science Clinic bad things are happening to good people. Jasmine Li, darling of the tennis circuit, receives mysterious threats. Her fiancé, an ex-NFL star dead set on a tennis Grand Slam, has a tragic accident. Champ-turned-sports-therapist Jordan Myles has terrifying brushes with death.
Who's behind these frightening incidents? As Jordan chases clues in Madison Square Garden, Palm Springs, and Hilton Head, another sort of game emerges--one so brutal it makes tennis seem like tiddlywinks. . . .
- GenresMystery
322 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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April 22, 2008
It's like Wimbledon (the movie), only with murders. Mostly really good on its tennis, only with "stars" you've never heard of. And then you reach the one thing that throws you completely out of the story with its wrongness and you never quite view the thing the same way again. In Wimbledon its the fact that they keep playing after rain has started to fall. Dramatic, yes, but oh, so wrong.
With this book, it's the following line: "Taryn Henderson, a former Davis Cup star herself".
Tell me, oh fellow tennis fans - what's wrong with this picture? That's right, women don't play Davis Cup. Women don't get closer to the Davis Cup than the stands. That one slipped past everyone, and it shouldn't have. Sadly, it also makes me doubt that Navratilova herself read the final draft.
Anyway: it's fluff, and I borrowed it because I knew it was going to be false. I've read one of the previous books - Breaking Point - which was fabulous on the tennis, and I'm pretty sure had at least one queer couple. This one was rather straight, but still fabulous on the behind-the-scenes of tennis. The ending felt just a little rushed, but it's not like I was reading this for quality. I was reading it because it's fun to read something "written" by Martina (Goddess!) Navratilova.
With this book, it's the following line: "Taryn Henderson, a former Davis Cup star herself".
Tell me, oh fellow tennis fans - what's wrong with this picture? That's right, women don't play Davis Cup. Women don't get closer to the Davis Cup than the stands. That one slipped past everyone, and it shouldn't have. Sadly, it also makes me doubt that Navratilova herself read the final draft.
Anyway: it's fluff, and I borrowed it because I knew it was going to be false. I've read one of the previous books - Breaking Point - which was fabulous on the tennis, and I'm pretty sure had at least one queer couple. This one was rather straight, but still fabulous on the behind-the-scenes of tennis. The ending felt just a little rushed, but it's not like I was reading this for quality. I was reading it because it's fun to read something "written" by Martina (Goddess!) Navratilova.
March 14, 2009
This is not the best mystery I read - pegged the "bad guy" and got a little tired of the main character's "insecurities." Of course, lots of tennis references because of the author. Nice surprise ending.
May 21, 2016
fictional, spirited look at top tennis players and insidious problems generated by commercial sponsors
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