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Dying for Revenge (Gideon Trilogy, Book 3) | 
| Author: Eric Jerome Dickey
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Category: Book
List Price: $25.95
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Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 3007
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 480
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 1.7
ISBN: 0525950869
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780525950868
Publication Date: November 18, 2008
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Product Description
After a bestselling doubleheader in 2007 with Sleeping with Strangers and Waking with Enemies (both reaching #9 on the New York Times bestseller list), Eric Jerome Dickey is back with the final installment in his thrilling trilogyDying for Revenge.
This fast-paced story about a steamy, seamy underworld of crime that spans the globe features the hit man Gideon, a character who captivated fans in the first two books, squaring off against his most intriguing adversary yet.
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 3.5 Stars Gideon Wanted, Dead or DEAD? November 18, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Eric Jerome Dickey brings his character, Gideon, from Sleeping with Enemies and Waking with Strangers back to life. Gideon, a cold-blooded killer, with a somewhat sensitive heart, has been a hired killer all his life. Being raised by a prostitute, who molested him, and taught him the way of the streets has formed him. However, after committing an atrocious murder in book one, he is haunted by his life and his career choice. He is also chased by the desire and love for one woman. A woman he can never have. Gideon is a conflicted hunter, who is now the hunted.
Dying for Revenge is a slower-paced, less sexually saturated book than the other two. Gideon is on the run for his life. A character, who is now the Mayor of Detroit, has a contract out for his life. Though she failed to kill the killer, her life is geared towards Gideon's death. She literally wants his head on a platter. The chase for Gideon is an intriguing, though at times meandering story, filled with violence and flashbacks.
Mr. Dickey also provides a backdrop of other characters. There are the husband and wife assassins who are chasing Gideon, while trying to work out issues of their own. There is also, the sometimes killer, Hawks, who after a sexual fling with Gideon is unable to not love him, and is haunted by memories of him. And, of course, there is the ever elusive bloodline that Gideon constantly seeks.
I recommend Dying for Revenge to all who love Eric Jerome Dickey novels and those who enjoy intriguing novels with a backdrop of violence and sexuality.
Angelia Menchan
APOOO BookClub
 Gideon... oh Gideon... December 3, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Gideon is back! That simple sentence has enough power in it for fans to salivate in this, the last book in a phenomenal series. I will be honest and say that this book didn't start off with the liquid fast pace that his others one have. It actually caught me off guard because I was like "what in the world"? It was that noticeable and very unusual for EJD. That being said, I still hung with it because this man is pure talent and I knew he wouldn't let the story down. AND HE DIDN'T! I was pulling for Gideon (of course) but through the course of the story I also felt myself pulling for Matthew and the red-hair lady who loved shoes. I take that back, this crazy woman had an obsession for shoes!!
It was almost comical in how Eric described her and her obsessive infatuation. This woman could be in a gun fight for her life and she could tell you not only where her would be assassins bought their shoes, but what size they were, how much they paid, and what store on the exact street they bought them in!! But that's just a side dish let me get back to the main course... Gideon. Gideon. Freaking Gideon!! This assassin/lover/protector/walking paradox/murderer/one-man-dispenser-of-justice is the driving force to this entire trilogy. To say that this man is battling demons is like saying The Clinton's hate the Obama's... no kidding!
Once this story got going it really didn't slow down and THAT is what I expect from Mr. Dickey. I also LOVED the relationship between Gideon and Hawks. That was a part of the story that I didn't expect but it was a very, very strong glue to this book. In this book Gideon is the hunter and the hunted, usually at the same time. "Gideon" must be Latin for "nine lives" because this man gets out of more impossible situations than James-freaking-Bond. You really can't help but pull for Gideon even though his brutality is sometimes just downright...well... brutal. With violence emanating off him like cheap perfume it wouldn't be right if his friends and enemies were anything different. Once they start to hunt for each other the body count becomes high, the blood flows free, and the pain is given and taken like breaths.
The physical pain that Gideon goes through is only rivaled by the emotional and mental anguish he's feeling trying to protect what is "his". You read this series, this story in particular, and you wonder how one person can endure so much. So much pain. So much hunger. So much distrust. So much never having a home. So much destructive sexual freedom. So much what-ifs? So much... everything. Then you realize that Gideon is a murder-for-hire and maybe THAT is how he deals with it. But who knows? Maybe God? Maybe the devil, but even I think he's afraid to get on Gideon's bad side.
A really great finish to a really great series. I do think, however, that Eric is about .000008 seconds away from leaving the States and making his new home on the islands. The way he describes the islands is like describing an incredibly sexy and beautiful woman. If he does go I hope he's looking a chaperone... but I don't want Gideon as the pilot. :-)
Dicky Proves Again Why He is a Fabulous Writer! November 18, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
When the hit man misses, he thinks about murdering his own client while the client hires another assassin to take care of this problem. Dickey, originally from Memphis, Tennessee proves again why he is a fabulous writer.
ITS all THAT!! November 24, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This was an excellent book - EJD did a wonderful job with this book - it was all of the right things - I still want more -
Please don't pass this one up!
I finished the book in 2 days. Awesome page turner -
Grab a glass of wine and your imagination -
Cheers!
Lost for words December 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I simply love this book, I'm not even done just yet, but up to this point this is his best book ever! and yes I have read them all, I can see how EJD has evolved over the years. I love the way he blends characters in from previous books/stories. My heart was/is racing as I read the action scenes at the beach houses!!!!
5 stars for you Eric, and please keep up the GREAT work
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