For your listening pleasure … below is the link to a chapter-by-chapter playlist. If I were producing a movie rather than writing books, the soundtrack of “Blood Game” might go something like this. For character-specific playlists, click directly on the “Playlists” tab in the menu bar above (not the dropdown tabs beneath it).

• Chapter 01 :: THE FLASH OP :: “This Side of Love” — Sananda Maitreya
• Chapter 02 :: THE UNVEILING :: “I’m Falling” — Critic City
• Chapter 03 :: SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN :: “Mother’s Talk” — Tears for Fears
• Chapter 04 :: ANY GIVEN THURSDAY :: “Soul Sacrifice” — Santana
• Chapter 05 :: HAIL FROM A CLEAR SKY :: “Tangled Up in Blue” — Bob Dylan
• Chapter 06 :: A SEAT AT THE TABLE :: “Eminence Front” — The Who
• Chapter 07 :: ARRANGEMENTS :: “Under the Milky Way” — The Church
• Chapter 08 :: TWO CLIPBOARDS :: “New Religion” — Duran Duran
• Chapter 09 :: SONDRA :: “Swamp Thing” — The Chameleons
• Chapter 10 :: ANTON :: “Horns Below Her Halo” — Selwyn Birchwood
• Chapter 11 :: LAY OF THE LAND :: “Just Another Night” — Mick Jagger
• Chapter 12 :: THE GIRL PARADE :: “Get It On (Bang a Gong)” — T-Rex
• Chapter 13 :: ONE LUMP OR TWO :: “Supernaut” — Black Sabbath
• Chapter 14 :: THE DROP :: “Communication” — The Powerstation
• Chapter 15 :: THE WHIPSAW :: “Call It What You Want” — Foster the People
• Chapter 16 :: KADRI SONER :: “The Man” — The Killers
• Chapter 17 :: THE AFTERGLOW :: “When I’m Small” — Phantogram
• Chapter 18 :: OVERLOAD :: “European Son” — The Velvet Underground
• Chapter 19 :: FUNERAL :: “Mercy Street” — Peter Gabriel
• Chapter 20 :: 0019978130539 :: “I’m Hungry” — The Sugarcubes
• Chapter 21 :: GORAN URUSOV :: “No One Knows” — Queens of the Stone Age
• Chapter 22 :: SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED :: “Who Was That?” — Deee-Lite
• Chapter 23 :: SHOWDOWNS :: “I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down” — Paul Young
• Chapter 24 :: BEFORE THE STORM :: “My Favourite Game” — The Cardigans
• Chapter 25 :: TOMAJ’S ROOM :: “Army of Me” — Bjork
• Chapter 26 :: ESCAPE ATTEMPT :: “Criminal” — Fiona Apple
• Chapter 27 :: FLIGHT TO PILSEN :: “6 Underground” — Sneaker Pimps
• Chapter 28 :: RESCUE :: “Love Like Blood” — Killing Joke
• Chapter 29 :: CANDID CAMERAS :: “Immigrant Song” — Karen O, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross
• Chapter 30 :: TWO SOULS :: “Sleeping Sickness” — City and Colour
• Chapter 31 :: HIJACK POSITION :: “Dominoes” — Robbie Nevil
• Chapter 32 :: BEFORE IT’S OVER :: “The Walls Come Down” — The Call
• Chapter 33 :: THIRD WHEEL :: “The Living Daylights” — a-ha
• Chapter 34 :: BROTHERS IN ARMS :: “Brothers in Arms” — Dire Straits
• Chapter 35 :: DEBRIEFING :: “Hear That Sound” — INXS
• Chapter 36 :: HOMECOMING :: “Owner of a Lonely Heart” — Trevor Horn (with Rick Astley)
• Chapter 37 :: REMAINDER OF ONE :: “The Man With X-Ray Eyes” — Bauhaus
• Chapter 38 :: COLD COFFEE :: “She’s Got Pages” –The Prime Movers