Hangman, A Deadly Game

by: Roger Meadows

Published by: BookSurge, LLC

Reviewed by Elysabeth Eldering

What happens to a normal, truth-telling, morally correct, down-on-his-luck person when he finds seven million reasons to change? Imagine being in the mountains for a short camping trip and stumbling across a downed plane with two large duffel bags full of money. What would you do?

Matt Cross does just that--and then the games begin. The normal questions arise: Who should I tell? Should I report the plane? What should I do with all this money? His whirlwind few months have him going overseas to consult with an old friend/former co-worker and visiting his daughter who is taking fashion design courses in Italy.

Upon returning to his home in Tennessee, he comes to terms with having this money and begins planning to make sure it disappears from his life.

As the mystery unfolds, the intrigue comes from the point of delivering the money to an offshore account in the Bahamas--and everything that happens from the time of his return.

At first, I felt the story was moving kind of slow--finding the money, visiting with friends and involving them in a round about way, and then going to the Bahamas to stash the cash. From his return to the end, I had to keep reading to know what happened to Mr. Cross and his string of friends, people who know something but not all the details.

I couldn't put the book down and had to read straight through for five hours to get to the end. You find yourself rooting for Matthew to make it through without much harm to him or his friends. I wanted to know that there was a happy-ever-after ending. But is there really a happy ending?

Armchair Interviews says: Read Hangman, A Deadly Game and find out. A very interesting book about a deadly game played with someone else's money.