These Deadly Games, Diana Urban
These Deadly Games, Diana Urban
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These Deadly Games

Author: Diana Urban

Narrator: Kate Rudd

Unabridged: 10 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2022


Synopsis

"A propulsive mystery with high stakes and devious, masterful twists that will leave you guessing until the very last page. Diana Urban's latest had my jaw on the floor." —Jessica Goodman, bestselling author of They Wish They Were Us

Let’s play a game.

You have 24 hours to win. If you break my rules, she dies. If you call the police, she dies. If you tell your parents or anyone else, she dies.

Are you ready?

When Crystal Donavan gets a message on a mysterious app with a picture of her little sister gagged and bound, she agrees to play the kidnapper’s game. At first, they make her complete bizarre tasks: steal a test and stuff it in a locker, bake brownies, make a prank call.

But then Crystal realizes that each task is meant to hurt—and kill—her friends, one by one. But if she refuses to play, the kidnapper will kill her sister. Is someone trying to take her team out of the running for a gaming tournament? Or have they uncovered a secret from their past, and wants them to pay for what they did...

Author of All Your Twisted Secrets, Diana Urban’s explosive sophomore novel, These Deadly Games, is a must-read, propulsive YA thriller with deadly stakes, stunning twists, and a shocking ending you'll never forget—perfect for fans of I Know What You Did Last Summer and One of Us Is Lying.

A Macmillan Audio production from Wednesday Books.

About Diana Urban

Diana Urban is an author of dark, twisty thrillers, including All Your Twisted Secrets and These Deadly Games. When she's not torturing fictional characters, she works in digital marketing for startups. She lives with her husband and cat in Boston and enjoys reading, playing video games, fawning over cute animals, and looking at the beach from a safe distance.


Reviews

Goodreads review by jessica on January 30, 2022

these deadly games... more like these obnoxious games. lol. this story is ‘need’ by joelle charbonneau mixed with ‘the dead list’ by jennifer armentrout. if you havent read these books, then you will probably find the plot of this exciting and jam-packed. but i have read them, so this felt pretty pre......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer on March 10, 2022

Wow! What a heart pounding cat-mouse game! Crystal Donovan competes to win the annual Mortal Dusk Crown! Team prizes are $3 million! Only thing she needs to do work harder not be disqualified ( one of the six members has to go: the reward is only for team of five) and defeat her enemies wisely and b......more

Goodreads review by PamG on October 02, 2021

These Deadly Games by Diana Urban is suspenseful, shocking, and pulls on your heart strings with a high stakes twisty story line. This young adult psychological thriller with a game trope is a standalone novel and the first book that I have read by this author. What a first sentence! Then a read......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine on February 01, 2022

These Deadly Games is an addictive and high-stakes thriller perfect for YA readers. Crystal Donovan is obsessed with playing MortalDusk with her friends. They have a big gaming tournament coming up in a few days that has a huge cash prize. While sitting in class one morning, Crystal receives a video......more

Goodreads review by Melissa (Semi-hiatus for Work) on February 01, 2022

3.5 stars, rounded up This is an engaging YA mystery that kept me turning pages until the exciting conclusion. Crystal is part of a group of gamer friends rising in the ranks in order to compete in a tournament worth millions. During class, she gets a mysterious message with a video of her younger si......more