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The Game #6
Murder House: Who Will Survive?
MURDER HOUSE
"The game has changed. Contestants now get to spend the night in a haunted house, in which the original owner murdered his entire family. At least, that's what they're told; a plan to get them INTO the house. Once inside though, the rules change. They're not surviving the ghosts, they're surviving each other."
Whilst this book can be enjoyed as a stand alone story, there are small references to "How Much To", "How Much 2", "The Game", "The Game 2"
"The game has changed. Contestants now get to spend the night in a haunted house, in which the original owner murdered his entire family. At least, that's what they're told; a plan to get them INTO the house. Once inside though, the rules change. They're not surviving the ghosts, they're surviving each other."
Whilst this book can be enjoyed as a stand alone story, there are small references to "How Much To", "How Much 2", "The Game", "The Game 2"
- GenresHorror
84 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 28, 2020
About the author
Matt Shaw
544 books2,254 followersBiography
MATT SHAW was born, quite by accident (his mother tripped, he shot out) September 30th 1980 in Winchester hospital where he was immediately placed on the baby ward and EBay. Some twelve years later (wandering the corridors of the hospital and playing with road kill when he was on day release), the listing closed and he remained unsold, he was booted out of the hospital to start his life as a writer and hobbit – beginning with writing screenplays and short stories for his own amusement before finally getting published when he was twenty-seven years and forty-five seconds old.
Once Published weekly in a lad's magazine with his photography work, Matt Shaw is also a published author and cartoonist. Has to be said, can be a bit of a flirt and definitely, without a shadow of a doubt, somewhat of a klutz.
Favourite books
"Roald Dahl's Collection of Short Stories"
Tim Burton's Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy
Anything, really, written by himself. Because he is that good.
MATT SHAW was born, quite by accident (his mother tripped, he shot out) September 30th 1980 in Winchester hospital where he was immediately placed on the baby ward and EBay. Some twelve years later (wandering the corridors of the hospital and playing with road kill when he was on day release), the listing closed and he remained unsold, he was booted out of the hospital to start his life as a writer and hobbit – beginning with writing screenplays and short stories for his own amusement before finally getting published when he was twenty-seven years and forty-five seconds old.
Once Published weekly in a lad's magazine with his photography work, Matt Shaw is also a published author and cartoonist. Has to be said, can be a bit of a flirt and definitely, without a shadow of a doubt, somewhat of a klutz.
Favourite books
"Roald Dahl's Collection of Short Stories"
Tim Burton's Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy
Anything, really, written by himself. Because he is that good.
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October 14, 2025
The original premise seems to have completely disappeared. Although I enjoyed this, it didn't really thrill me like the first 2.
March 19, 2021
Great Read!
Enjoyed immensely though not much gore. Unfortunately I died quickly. Lol. Now to see what I do in the next book!
Enjoyed immensely though not much gore. Unfortunately I died quickly. Lol. Now to see what I do in the next book!
August 13, 2023
A disappointing mess
I really enjoy Matt's novels but this one was way too clunky. It had an annoying habit of changing perspectives on almost every page to the point that the story became a headache to read. You could barely tell what was going on.
The book also promised that there would be a battle royale between the inmates but readers only mostly see the aftermath of it. Scenes kept changing all the time and we hardly received any details about the actual fight. I really hope Matt doesn't try something like this again. I felt like he was trying to be different for the sake of it without any actual merit to this experimental style of storytelling.
I really enjoy Matt's novels but this one was way too clunky. It had an annoying habit of changing perspectives on almost every page to the point that the story became a headache to read. You could barely tell what was going on.
The book also promised that there would be a battle royale between the inmates but readers only mostly see the aftermath of it. Scenes kept changing all the time and we hardly received any details about the actual fight. I really hope Matt doesn't try something like this again. I felt like he was trying to be different for the sake of it without any actual merit to this experimental style of storytelling.
June 21, 2023
A Good Storyline
I liked this book better than some of the others by Shaw I’ve read (although I like most of his stuff). I thought the story was good even though there wasn’t as much gore… or maybe it was BECAUSE there wasn’t as much gore… personal taste, I suppose. The ending, to me, was a twist. I’ll be interested in seeing if others mention it in their reviews because, to me, it seemed to have a couple of different interpretations.
I liked this book better than some of the others by Shaw I’ve read (although I like most of his stuff). I thought the story was good even though there wasn’t as much gore… or maybe it was BECAUSE there wasn’t as much gore… personal taste, I suppose. The ending, to me, was a twist. I’ll be interested in seeing if others mention it in their reviews because, to me, it seemed to have a couple of different interpretations.
September 22, 2023
I did like this one but I believe one character ruined the story because she damn got in the way which infuriated me seeing as I had come this far in the series. I was so eager to see how it would play out and this bloody character ruined it. But it’s a fantastic book it’s just my hate for that one character haha
October 24, 2020
Muuuuurrrrddeeeerrrrr
This one wasn't as good as the other ones but it was still enjoyable. I really do love this series, it's a lot of fun to read and I hope Matt keeps writing more of them!
This one wasn't as good as the other ones but it was still enjoyable. I really do love this series, it's a lot of fun to read and I hope Matt keeps writing more of them!
March 2, 2021
"The Game" series includes some of my favourite of Matt Shaw's books and this entry was no exception. My timing was great reading this because book 7 in the series - "This or That" - is out today on Kindle Unlimited and I can't wait to start it immediately.
September 8, 2021
I must be getting used to very graphic & I might add enjoyable content ( I am same i promise 😁😁) from this great Author because this book was very tame in comparison to previous I have read, but enjoyable all the same
July 24, 2024
the story pacing was very slow at the beginning to set up the scene, but then felt extremely rushed in the last quarter. i feel like some points could have been expanded on and written in more detail
January 24, 2025
I wasn’t really a huge fan of this book UNTIL the ending, after that I thought back and thought wow this is BRILLIANT! Very worth the read til the end, if i DNF it’d probably sit at 3 stars. Least favourite of The Game series but still a good read!
May 5, 2026
Yes, now we're cooking with gas!! This was a wonderfully creative tale, particularly being the 6th book in the series, this felt like it could have been a stand alone story. Absolute mayhem from start to finish, and packing so many punches and mystery.
November 9, 2020
Let down
After really enjoying the other books on this series I found this one a little flat and disappointing. Could have been so much better.
After really enjoying the other books on this series I found this one a little flat and disappointing. Could have been so much better.
April 24, 2021
Tame for Matt Shaw and littered with errors. Wouldn't recommend
February 9, 2022
Very, very tame for a Matt Shaw book.
April 27, 2022
Interesting thriller. Fun very quick read.
August 28, 2022
I liked the ending of this one too, made me doubt myself
May 21, 2024
This one didn't have as much violence and gore as the other books. This one was more of a revenge story. I enjoyed it, but so far, it's my least favorite one in the series.
December 28, 2024
"I'm not sure I get it"
I'm still gonna read the next one though.
I'm still gonna read the next one though.
October 15, 2021
An enjoyable read and slightly different story in this series of books. Only short so easy to pick up and finish same day. A group of female prisoners are sent to a house with the offer of their freedom if they last the night.
Worth the read but not the best Matt Shaw has to offer so if this is the first for you please seek out more as this is just a taster of what's on offer.
Worth the read but not the best Matt Shaw has to offer so if this is the first for you please seek out more as this is just a taster of what's on offer.
June 7, 2021
So, in the vein of "How Much To..." the company that puts out the pay-per-view shows that everyone loves to watch has come up with a new idea.
The "host" goes to a local prison and selects a group of "contestants" who agree to leave the prison for the "opportunity" to "win" their freedom. The group in this case is from a woman's prison. There is the usual bit of backstory along with the POV of the women as they are brought into the story, no one is really likeable. They agree to get on a bus and be driven to a "haunted house" where the ones who manage to make it "all night" are given automatic pardons and are free to leave.
Well, if you are a fan of this series you know that isn't what happens.
After a bit of back and forth between the "host" and the crew who film, the women, and various & sundry we get all the women into a sad house off the beaten path. The women are brought into a room with chairs and a video ready to play. The "host" says that all their questions will be answered and then pushes play, and leaves - locking the door behind him. This is where the film crew and the host wait outside, just picking their noses while time is ticking along.
The women in the room, these prisoners who think they are there for some "game show" to spend the night in some "haunted house" are actually being set up for a "hunger games" last-one-standing murder frenzy. Until everyone but the "winner" is killed, the doors won't open. There are various weapons hidden throughout the house, enough so that each "lady" has a weapon. Meanwhile there are hidden cameras everyone set up to beam the carnage to the waiting viewers who paid for the show.
This story kind of goes in a non-linear fashion where between one paragraph and the next you are either in the past (a previous episode of this show) seeing what happened to contestants, in the past of the women prisoners, or the past of the host. It is told in a "god" pov where everyone is in third person, but the narrative can change in a sentence.
The ending is a kind of wtf, in that the reader isn't quite sure of what they read, since the ending includes some back and forth about the show with the producer and the lighting man, that may or may not have lead the book to read as it did. I can't get into it without spoiling it, but if you read it and it's done, you know what I mean.
There are no real graphic or gross things, it's much tamer than the other books in this series. In fact, it was the tamest I have read by Matt Shaw in whole. It can be read alone, or as a part of the series. I think that the first three books are by far the best in the series.
It took me forever to finish it because I started it when it came up on my Kindle as a pre-order (don't pre-order if you have Kindle Unlimited because these books all end up being available that way), and I pretty much lost interest within the first 30 pages. I only finished it because I paid for the book, I read and loved the series, and I was hoping it would get better.
There is another book in this series that is poised for release in March, I will read it, but I won't pay for it. I have already deleted this book from Amazon so I don't have to "trip" over it every time I check out my Amazon library.
The "host" goes to a local prison and selects a group of "contestants" who agree to leave the prison for the "opportunity" to "win" their freedom. The group in this case is from a woman's prison. There is the usual bit of backstory along with the POV of the women as they are brought into the story, no one is really likeable. They agree to get on a bus and be driven to a "haunted house" where the ones who manage to make it "all night" are given automatic pardons and are free to leave.
Well, if you are a fan of this series you know that isn't what happens.
After a bit of back and forth between the "host" and the crew who film, the women, and various & sundry we get all the women into a sad house off the beaten path. The women are brought into a room with chairs and a video ready to play. The "host" says that all their questions will be answered and then pushes play, and leaves - locking the door behind him. This is where the film crew and the host wait outside, just picking their noses while time is ticking along.
The women in the room, these prisoners who think they are there for some "game show" to spend the night in some "haunted house" are actually being set up for a "hunger games" last-one-standing murder frenzy. Until everyone but the "winner" is killed, the doors won't open. There are various weapons hidden throughout the house, enough so that each "lady" has a weapon. Meanwhile there are hidden cameras everyone set up to beam the carnage to the waiting viewers who paid for the show.
This story kind of goes in a non-linear fashion where between one paragraph and the next you are either in the past (a previous episode of this show) seeing what happened to contestants, in the past of the women prisoners, or the past of the host. It is told in a "god" pov where everyone is in third person, but the narrative can change in a sentence.
The ending is a kind of wtf, in that the reader isn't quite sure of what they read, since the ending includes some back and forth about the show with the producer and the lighting man, that may or may not have lead the book to read as it did. I can't get into it without spoiling it, but if you read it and it's done, you know what I mean.
There are no real graphic or gross things, it's much tamer than the other books in this series. In fact, it was the tamest I have read by Matt Shaw in whole. It can be read alone, or as a part of the series. I think that the first three books are by far the best in the series.
It took me forever to finish it because I started it when it came up on my Kindle as a pre-order (don't pre-order if you have Kindle Unlimited because these books all end up being available that way), and I pretty much lost interest within the first 30 pages. I only finished it because I paid for the book, I read and loved the series, and I was hoping it would get better.
There is another book in this series that is poised for release in March, I will read it, but I won't pay for it. I have already deleted this book from Amazon so I don't have to "trip" over it every time I check out my Amazon library.
October 2, 2020
Extremely disappointing utter carp started good but he obviously got bored and wanted it to be finished
Don't bother complete carp and not worth it at all waste of money and time was really looking forward to it aswell
Don't bother complete carp and not worth it at all waste of money and time was really looking forward to it aswell
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