Thanks to NetGalley and Hampton Creek Press for an free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Grab your literary popcorn for this one...great fun, as JD Barker always is. If you liked 4MK you will love this one.

The action starts on page one and never lets up. The plot takes a few twist and turns and the last half of the book is very reminiscent of Die Hard which sealed the deal for me.

Highly recommended.

Review Copy

A CALLER'S GAME is 445 pages of nonstop action. Author J.D. Barker is like an injection of a triple shot of high octane espresso on top of a rush of an Indy 500 racecar. Once you start reading, you'll find yourself compelled to continue until the last page is turned.

The story follows a SiriusXM DJ and one of her callers in a deadly game of cat and mouse through a 50 story New York City skyscraper. The adreneline should keep you awake long past your normal bedtime to find out just how this one will turn out.

Who will live and who will die? And just what is this caller's game? Highly recommended! Order yours now.

"A Caller's Game" ought to have a warning label slapped on it. Don't open the damn thing thinking you'll just check out the first few pages and get a flavor for the novel, you know, figure out if it's worth spending some time with or tossing back on the pile. Forget it. It's like that box of chocolates you keep opening up or those chips you'll just have a handful of. You pick this thing up and it'll be glued to your swollen rotting hand. Cause you ain't putting it down no matter what. Forget dinner breaks. Hell, forget bathroom breaks. You can hold out.

It's a thriller-reader's thriller which means it will have your entire bloody undivided attention till they have to peel your butt off that couch with a bucket of WD-40. Barker specializes in cat and mouse games between serial killers and Law enforcement officers. You got that here. But, you got the focus on an odd set of lead characters, a mismatched pair if there ever was. You get Jordan, who is the queen of the shock jocks, talk radio's loudmouth bitch who says what she thinks and damn the consequences. You match her with Cole, a homicide detective busted down to traffic cop. And now you got two great lead characters nothing like each other and at seemingly opposite purposes.

But what really makes this one groove is the furious prose which, even from the start, with a crazy lady raving through midtown Manhattan traffic, you get that fast-paced action just spitting out. It all feels like lightning speed just the way Jordan talks with her callers. Except that one of her callers wants to play a little game, sort of a dangerous game.

He has done it again!

JD Barker has written an action packed, fast moving insanely intense novel.

It reminds me (only in sheer thrill a minute action) of ‘NoExit”.

So different from his previous novels but just as excellent.

Keep them coming JD,

Best early present ever!! Got an ARC of @jdbarker_author new book, The Caller’s Game out 2/22/2021. I literally dropped all the books I’m reading for this, and am almost done after bingeing non-stop today (after immediately going to read it after seeing his post about the chance). His books are a must read for me - if you like mysteries and haven’t read The Fourth Monkey (and the rest of the series) then do it...I’ll wait. This book, like his others, has great characters, an insane but so well written plot you are fully immersed and the breakneck, can’t stop reading pace of the best “just until the next chapter” books that keep you reading all night. Highly recommend!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wow wow wow,!!! This book has it all . I could not put this one down.. such solid characters even if you hate them you love them
Love the little attitude of Charlotte hope our daughters grow up to be like her.
Great setting and just draws you into the story as it is so wonderfully written.. you feel like you are there
Great all the way to the end..
Including the note by the author at the end.
First for me from this author.
This book was mentioned in a Facebook group and glad it was and to get approved to read an early release of this book.

Thanks to the Author, the publisher and NetGalley for an early release of this book

I really have to begin by thanking Hampton Creek Press and the author, JD Barker, for the opportunity to read an advanced readers copy of A Caller's Game in exchange for an honest and unbiased opinion.
I was first introduced to JD Barker when I came across The Fourth Monkey in my local bookshop. I loved the vivid imagery and the nail-biting twists and turns that the plot took. Every book I have read from this author has instilled the same feelings. I honestly think he just gets better and better.
But, we are not here to talk about any other book but A Caller's Game. To say I was extremely excited to receive an advanced readers copy is putting it mildly.
I was blown away. Yes, I read this book in one sitting. Come on, it's a JD Barker novel! It was necessary, in my brain anyway.
The premise of the story promises so much, and once again, the author has delivered in spades. The plot, the characters, the roller coaster twists and turns make for another gripping read.
Highly recommend this book and this author. I, as one avid fan, am so glad he didn't go into waste management as a career.