Wendy H. (donkeycheese) - , reviewed on 6/26/2013 + 1255 more book reviews

What would you do if you answered the phone and someone asked you to pick a number. You pick that number, and then that someone tells you to go look in your mailbox. There is a piece of paper in there with the exact same number you just picked. How is that possible?

Think of a Number is an extraordinary edge-of-your-seat thriller that will have your mind reeling with the possible and the impossible. David Gurney is a retired NYPD homicide detective. Pretty famous from some homicides he solved, but is now in the country with his wife; retired. He picks up a hobby at a local art class, making art from photographs of murderers. The teacher is pretty hot herself, but again, Dave's married.

Then he gets a call from a college classmate he hasn't seen in twentyfive years. Mark Mellery needs Dave's help. He is getting these letters and poems that make no sense to him. But what he cannot get past is the fact that person unknown picked his number. How?

Dave can't stand unsolved puzzles, but he's retired, right? So, he suggest Mark get the police involved. But then Mark ends up dead, and before you can say retired, Dave is working as a consultant with the NYPD to solve Mark's murder. But as more dead bodies and more clues pile up, Dave has to work quickly to solve the puzzle, but can he?

I loved this book! It's full of mystery, murder, puzzles and wonderful and vivid characters. The pages almost turned themselves, I was so into the story. Mr. Vernon is a master storyteller and I sincerely hope he has another book with Detective Dave in it, I really enjoyed his character and how his mind works.

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