Death Match

by Lincoln Child

A young couple are found dead in their apartment, and double suicide seems to be the only interpretation- Alarm bells ring in the towering Manhattan offices of Eden Incorporated, the high-tech matchmaking company whose spectacular success and legendary secrecy have inspired awe around the world. The Thorpes, few people knew, were more than the quintessential happy couple - they were Eden's first perfect match. Christopher Lash, a gifted former FBI forensic psychologist, receives an urgent plea from Eden to perform a quick - and quiet - investigation into the deaths. Lash's investigation inadvertently dredges up the memories of a searing personal tragedy he has kept at bay for years, and his involvement becomes more personal and dangerous than he could have imagined. When a second Eden 'super-couple' is found dead, Richard Silver, the company's brilliant and reclusive founder, has no choice but to grant Lash unprecedented access to its most guarded secrets-

• ISBN10: 0307275566
• ISBN13: 9780307275561
• Publish Date: 31 October 2006 (first published 9 January 2004)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Imprint: Random House Inc
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 388
• Language: English

Reviews

[redjoy53]

Very interesting. Makes you ponder.

At one point, I thought "I didn't see that coming". At end, I thought "didn't see that one coming either". The technological age as it is, makes you wonder what is really possible.

Very good imagination combined with facts.

Worth a read.

[ibeforem]

This is going to be quick because I listened to this book a while ago and can’t remember a lot of the details! I do remember that I enjoyed it. I found the concept more interesting than I expected. Basically, couples who are deemed “perfect matches” by the high-tech matchmaking company, Eden, are committing mutual suicide at an alarming rate. Lash, a psychiatrist, is brought in to find out why people who have no known suicidal tendencies would do it. Eden is panicking, desperate to show that their process is not flawed, and therefore, not responsible.

The plot probably could have moved along a little more quickly, but overall I thought it was a good listen. There was one big problem with the audio production – there are parts of the book where Lash is reading various psychological reports and test results, and in the audio they read out every bit, even the multi-digit id numbers and various other numerical data. It grew tedious, and I think they should have altered that a bit for the audiobook.

If you are looking for a thriller that isn’t mired in the military, in espionage, or in the financial district, I think this would be a good choice.

[empressbrooke]

Death Match is about a matchmaking company that uses an advanced computer system to make sophisticated matches based on thousands of factors. Six couples in the history of the company have been "super couples" with a 100% match. Christopher Lash, a former FBI profiler and current private psychologist, is called in when one of these super couples ends up dead, victims of a double-suicide.

I definitely saw where the story was going, and even though it was predictable, and not entirely an original concept, it was a very enjoyable read. Child keeps things moving along at the perfect pace, dropping hints and details at just the right intervals.