Death Match | 
| Author: Lincoln Child
Publisher: Anchor
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 25614
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 3.9 x 1.2
ISBN: 0307275566
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780307275561
ASIN: 0307275566
Publication Date: October 31, 2006
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Everyone’s looking for the perfect match, a life-long partner, and Lewis and Lindsay Thorpe have found theirs, thanks to hi-tech matchmaker Eden Inc.
But when the happy couple’s life together ends in what looks like a double suicide, Eden Inc. has some explaining to do. So they hire forensic psychologist Christopher Lash to figure out what went wrong. And then another perfect match ends in death...
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 Death Match (Review) October 14, 2008
I am a big fan of suspense thrillers. I also enjoy the Preston and Child's novels so I was excited to read this this book by Lincoln Child. I thought it was okay...a good story; but not as exciting to read as the novels by both authors.
 Great Premise, Flat Ending September 12, 2008
The premise was great. The writing in the early part was absorbing. I was hoping against hope the ending would be different. But it became the boring, flat ending I was afraid of.
As to Eden, while the premise of an all-knowing computer was intriguing, the extent to which it was pushed, & for a purpose like match-making, made it rather implausible, if not laughable. It is conceivable a computer can hack into that much data. It is rather dubious it can do that a million times without anybody detecting anything.
Would have preferred if the novel had taken another direction, like, how all the information in the world still can't predict a perfect match...a little misinterpretation can ruin all the hard data...
 Excellent and Enjoyable August 10, 2008
Lincoln Child can make sitting in an airport waiting for your delayed flight to arrive quite enjoyable. I had a difficult time putting it down and really appreciated the concept that our happiness is something that can be mapped and put into binary. Kind of match.com meets War Games (remember that movie?). It's an interesting look into AI, data mining and the human psyche. Definetely a must read.
 good suspense June 4, 2008
This is a totally different storyline from the usual Child books. It was an enjoyable read about a futuristic (one hopes!) concept of dating and the perfect couple. It shows what can go wrong if you allow the human relationship matching to be done by a computer. A very good read and a very different plot from the regular Preston and Child books.
Already done on Star Trek!! May 25, 2008
This entire computer story line has been done before on the original version of Star Trek, I kept expecting they would change it, but it is almost verbatim! Would have liked more of a twist! I listened to the audio version and I could not believe how many numbers that poor person had to read out. Every time Lash picked up a file he read the client number and that was for 6 different files, all the different tests, all the different results. It was beyond tedious to listen to over and over. I think I had one of the numbers memorized by the end! When you are reading you can just skim over it, when listening you are stuck!!! I have to admit the basic premise is intriguing. The thought of a perfect match, the one person who complements you completely is fascinating. It is hard not to wonder if they person you are with would match with you in the tank!!!
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