Games People Play is an unpublished mystery/thriller novel that I’m currently querying.

For ex-baseball player Ed Greene, an offer to spend the weekend testing board games for money seems too good to be true. While waiting to board a ferry to an island on Lake Michigan, he meets five strangers who will also be trialing games with him. The players discover the body of a company representative who apparently died of natural causes on the island. For both money and personal reasons, including a shameful secret Ed’s been hiding, the testers decide to see this weekend through. On their first day, they view a commercial for a game in which a shadowy figure slaughters the players one by one.

Each of the six game players claim no one has ever filmed them for marketing purposes. Some of the party are certain the company is setting up a parlor mystery game, but others are convinced their lives are in danger. After one of their party disappears, Ed starts believing one of his remaining companions is the killer. He now must navigate the rest of the weekend while deciding who to trust.

A novel for fans of The Guest List by Lucy Foley and One by One by Ruth Ware, Games People Play will satisfy readers who enjoy thrillers, mysteries, and suspense.

If you are a publisher or an agent, please send me a note so I can send an official query, synopsis, and sample work. You can reach me at jim.doran.author@gmail.com.

If you’re an author and interested in becoming a critique partner, drop me a line at the email above.