Oh my goodness!

What a wild ride this one was! I loved it.

I am not a fan of modern best-seller-style thrillers, and this one has tendencies that way (serial killer of nearly superhuman cleverness, ever-tightening suspense), but it overcomes them. The characters are so interesting!

About a hundred pages into the book, I began to wonder if the authors (a mother-and-daughter team writing pseudonymously) were going to be able to keep track of the plethora of characters they were creating and whether I would be able to process all of them into a meaningful reading experience.

They could and I could. Amazing, yes, but it worked.

This will be a new experience for you--I've certainly never read anything quite like it. The blurbs include the word "funny." I can't quite see that--there were no laughs for me. Plenty of oddball characters and new experiences, but nothing really funny. That's OK, it's a wonderful story--I just didn't want anyone to go in looking for light, funny stuff, because you would be disappointed. Instead, go in looking for unusual people, a fascinating situation, and plenty of good old-fashioned suspense.

Read this book.

Really good book. Lots of action, leaves you wondering who did it until the end.

TERRIFIC TALE
What a debut for this mother/daughter team! Many established authors never achieve the scintillating dialogue and captivating characters of these novices. Suffice it to say I finished the book in less than 48 hours. Hollywood, are you paying attention? I can't wait to revisit Leo and Gino in Live Bait.

computer games, software, murder - all the elements that make up an interesting modern day mystery. You figure out how the game and the real-life murders fit together. It kept me guessing.

Also published as "Want to Play?" This book is so enjoyable and well-written, it's difficult to believe it's a debut novel. It has a believable premise, likeable characters, and the wittiest of repartee.

P.J. Tracy is the pseudonym of the mother-daughter writing team P. J. Lambrecht and Traci Lambrecht, who live in
Minnesota and California, respectively.

Where will all those violent computer games end? With a copycat series of real-life homicides, in a preposterous,
entertaining nailbiter that seamlessly weaves together three subplots. Tracy covers all the bases in this debut thriller:
an accelerating, unpredictable plot that combines police procedural with techno-geek-speak, an array of well-drawn
characters and, most importantly, witty repartee. Monkeewrench is action-packed from the start. It's got complex characters
and a twisted plot. It's sure to keep you on your toes every step of the way.

Late-night alert:
Don't settle down with this wacky, supercharged maiden voyage at your bedside till you've cleared your schedule for
the following morning.

Both my husband and I enjoyed this pook tremendously. Good fast read with up to the date technology interest.

I read the 3rd book in the series first, which was an incredible book! I just had to go back and read all the books in the series, and this one was really great as well. Can't wait for #2 to arrive so I can dive right in!

A great mystery with lots of action. Kept me up late to find the ending!

A real thriller, Will change how you look at the computer....

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P.J. Tracy, the pseudonym for a mother-daughter writing team, seamlessly weaves together three subplots that converge in Minnesota where an eccentric group of hackers and computer geeks are preparing to release a video game where the object is to catch a serial killer. However, killings identical to those in the game have begun happening. The two detectives Gino Rolseth and Leo Magozzi, play off each other very well. There's a smalltown Wisconsin sheriff also in the picture (two of the murders happen in his vicinity), and the Monkeewrench crew all have their own eccentricites. There are a few more sequels in the series including "Snow Blind" and "Dead Run" and all are highly recommended.

I'm so glad I found this mother-daughter writing team. This was an incredible, edge-of-your seat mystery that really keeps you guessing. I highly recommend this book, especially if you're looking for a new mystery series - this is the first of what right now is a 4-book series. More books are supposed to be on they way in this series.

Loved this book - it really kept my attention. Hope there are more to come in the series.

I picked this up for a friend and couldn't resist reading it first. That silly monkey and the description of the computer group just called to me. Thankfully, despite being a thriller, it's a cop mystery not a gorey one. Gorey books give me nightmares, and are the reason I tend to avoid 'thrillers'-a stance I may have to re-examine.

The plot was unique, and suspensful. You knew what was coming, but just like the cops, you had to wait for it. And the first murders just hung out there, waiting to be tied in. Waiting. Waiting..then finally they were. Perfectly.

I laughed quite a bit at Halloran's antics with the Feds. It was a very short scene, but hillarious. There was just enough lightness put in the book to keep it from becoming too horribly dark. Annie & Diana's dressing, Sharon's comments, and the coffee ladies. (I like the coffee ladies.) But there wasn't so much as to pull away from the suspense.

The ending was a bit chilling, and had me turning pages quickly. I like the ending--everything fit, and it was well brought together. (I'm picky on my endings). Off-hand comments from earlier are not so off-hand later.

The characters are interesting, distinct, and real. Often strange, but real. Even the ones that never show up on camera (wives of officers) feel like they really are there.

This is a great debut thriller from the mother/daughter writing team of PJ Tracy. It reads like no other mysery I've read before-it has just enough creepiness to keep the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. I look forward to reading anything from PJ Tracy.

This is the first of the series and I hadn't read the entire book when I was at Amazon looking for all the books in the series.

Loved it and can't wait for #5!

I screwed up. I didn't think this book was going to be as good as it was so I started reading it and wasn't able to finish it til the next day!! Never again!

I loved the characters (although it was difficult to keep the detective straight in the beginning for me) and the way the story keep bringing in more and more pieces of the puzzle and making it all make sense. Now to just wait until the rest of the books in the series are delivered!

Great book written by a Mother Daughter team. The fiorst in an exciting series with characters you love to know.

An exciting and spine tingling read!!!

Strange but great mystery thriller. Written by a mother/daughter team who live in different cities, but write together. First in a series that now has two more books.

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